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Layoff Payoff Program: Get Certified

At the end of the 90-day trial, you also can get certified by taking the free Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam. As a Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA), you will stand out from the crowd in today’s competitive job market. CSWA certification is proof of your SolidWorks® expertise – cutting-edge skills that businesses seek out and reward.  The well-recognized CSWA certification documents your SolidWorks skills for prospective employers.


CSWA Exam Details

Sample CSWA Exam (PDF)

Certification FAQS (PDF)

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Recommended Self-paced training: SolidWorks Tutorials
Exam Length: 3 hours
Minimum Passing grade: 70%
All candidates receive electronic certificates.

Exam features hands-on challenges in many of these areas:

  • Sketch entities - lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, ellipses, centerlines
  • Sketch tools - offset, convert, trim
  • Sketch relations
  • Boss and cut features - extrudes, revolves, sweeps, lofts
  • Fillets and chamfers
  • Linear, circular and fill patterns
  • Dimensions
  • Feature conditions – start and end
  • Mass properties
  • Materials
  • Inserting components
  • Standard mates - coincident, parallel, perpendicular, tangent, concentric, distance, angle
  • Reference geometry – planes, axis, mate references
  • Drawing sheets and views
  • Dimensions and model items
  • Annotations
  • SimulationXpress

All certification testing is done online and through the SolidWorks webstore. The process is as follows:

Step 1: Purchase your exam(s)
In order to take an online certification exam you must first visit the SolidWorks webstore and make a purchase.

Step 2: Take your exam(s)
Once you've purchased an online exam, you will receive two emails. One indicating that your testing account has been created, the other a receipt of your transaction. To begin your exam, simply download the virtualtester client as instructed and follow the directions. You will also need the exact information (login and password) that was supplied in the email notice.  

Step 3: Print your certificate(s)
When you achieve a certification, SolidWorks provides 24-hour access to your electronic certificates.  Each certified user gets a custom online account where they can view, download and print their certificates.   

Note:  

  • All exam purchases are tied to one email.  If a customer purchases more than one exam, that person may transfer the credit to another user when logged into their virtualtester account.
  • If you experience any difficulty, send a detailed email to certification@solidworks.com.
  • Allow up to fourteen (14) days for a resolution.