CSWP Test very off base in my opinion 11

[TitaniumLeg]

I took the CSWP test and I was disappointed in the overall format. I have never used the default SW hotkeys so why would I know what hotkeys do what (multiple choice). Can you use the flex and deform commands on the same part? No idea, never used either one. Never got to the assembly or drawing parts because I spent a bunch of time on a SW provided model to fix and the model was corrupted, even the instructor could not fix it. I got the actual modeling parts perfect and the assy and drawing sections would not have been an issue if there would have been time to do them. Seems to me that the test should be two different tests. One directed toward someone who primarily does industrial design (consumer products) and one directed towards mechanical design (building machines). I have been using SW for over 3 years on a daily basis and can usually do whatever needs to be done without issues. I am a mechanical designer and will probably never change fields to building telephones and toilets. In fact, I think it would be a better description of your skills to be able to be certified in different fields of SW expertise (sheetmetal, molds/dies, weldments, mechanical design, industrial design, etc.) I believe that there are many people out there that have a very focused line of work and those people should be able to be certified for those fields. Some things do cross over, like assembly modeling and drawings. Those are things that would be common to all tests. The way it stands now is someone who has no idea how to make a weldment could easily pass the test if they know other aspects of SW.

Did I fail - Yep, I sure did ($300 bucks down the drain). Honestly I not complaining because I failed but now that I have taken it, I do not believe that it is a good meausre of someones SW actual skills. It's just too broad. Maybe there could also be a CSWPM (Certified Solidworks Professional Master) for those people who work with all the aspects and functionality of SW.

Comments welcome....

 

[GBor]

I'm guessing his figure is a cyclist...

 

[Heckler]

Patricia - Thanks for pointing that out. It's a quote from one of Footballs greatest players George Best. The other thing is a cyclist hence my handle Heckler

(In reference to David Beckham) "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he's all right." -- George Best

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(In reference to David Beckham) "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he'

 

[johnwm]

Heckler
<off-topic> Looks like you have overrun the max characters available for a sig, which I believe is around 250 </off-topic>

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