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From: Gil Alsberg on 1 Nov 2005 00:14 thanks for the link. Ed's comments are enlightening! <ed1701(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:1130795695.415241.279990(a)g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > Doing a google search of this newsgroup will give you some good advice. > One thread that came to my mind was this one: > http://makeashorterlink.com/?S6362241C > > The models in the CSWP aren't all that hard, and don't require any > knowledge outside of basic training classes. As I remember it it was > more of a speed and comfort-with-the-software thing. > > VAR's tend to run bootcamps - maybe someone who has gone through one > can comment on its usefulness >
From: WT on 1 Nov 2005 14:05 Here are a couple links to past conversations. I also copied my discussion right after taking the test. WT http://groups.google.com/group/comp.cad.solidworks/browse_frm/thread/3940cc78377f55a3/5cf021035751ff94?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3DCSWP%2BTiffany%26btnG%3DSearch%26meta%3D#5cf021035751ff94 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.cad.solidworks/browse_thread/thread/48cbf015c7e84428/a72224f440e78eda?q=cswp+tiffany&rnum=1&hl=en#a72224f440e78eda Newsgroups: comp.cad.solidworks From: "Wayne Tiffany" <wayne.tiff...(a)asi.com>-Find messages by this author Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:33:21 -0600 Local: Sat, Jan 24 2004 1:33 pm Subject: Re: Certified SolidWorks Professional I was one of the very few that passed the test at SWW2004 and would offer some tips. If interested, read on. 1. Go through the "What's new" in 2004 - I rudely found out the test was 2004, not 2003. Even if you don't use it yet, study up on the changes - the written test killed me. 2. Make sure you know how to do all the basics, even if you don't normally use them. This would include lofts, revolves, sweeps, ellipses, in-context mates & features, reference geometry, symmetry, linking, patterns, min/max/center, external references, configs, custom properties, etc, etc, etc. 3. Think about your special area - free form, sheetmetal, top-down design. Really know how to use all the features available - study up on what's available for tools & features in that area. 4. Drawings: Multisheet, section views, detail views, all types of views, BOM, customizing the title block, inserting geometric tolerancing, standard tolerances, all kinds of dims, datums, etc, etc, etc. 5. Most of all - read everything. (Did you get this far in this email?) Take the time to understand the design intent, read the scoring criteria carefully, do the work, go back and review the scoring criteria to make sure you covered what's required. I can't emphasize this point enough. All in all, I felt it was a good, fair test. Long day (8-5:30 - ran out only for coffee) but a good solid check of most of the basics, not just a "gimmee." The skills portion is "open book" in that you can use the help section, but if you have to look up much, you will run out of time. Most importantly, read. WT "Gil Alsberg" <gil(a)zoopee.org> wrote in message news:newscache$v6t8pi$4p8$1(a)news.actcom.co.il... > Hi Everyone, > I decided to take the CSWP exam at my near VAR. in order to be ready and > in > sync with the test requirements and question style, I wanted to try and > solve some old CSWP exams from previous years, but I can't seem to find > any > of them on the web besides the regular sample test which appears on > SolidWorks web site, which lacks the crucial 3rd hands on part. does > anybody > of you guys can give me some info on the test besides the formal > information > on the solidworks site? is there an additional source of CSWP exams? > > thanks, > Gil
From: Gil Alsberg on 2 Nov 2005 04:51 Wayne, thanks for the useful info. I hope I'll pass the test, because the idea that a computer will score my test is a little bit frightening. "WT" <wayne.tiffany(a)asi.com> wrote in message news:1130871900.755027.33730(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > Here are a couple links to past conversations. I also copied my > discussion > right after taking the test. > > WT > > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.cad.solidworks/browse_frm/thread/3940cc78377f55a3/5cf021035751ff94?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3DCSWP%2BTiffany%26btnG%3DSearch%26meta%3D#5cf021035751ff94 > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.cad.solidworks/browse_thread/thread/48cbf015c7e84428/a72224f440e78eda?q=cswp+tiffany&rnum=1&hl=en#a72224f440e78eda > > Newsgroups: comp.cad.solidworks > From: "Wayne Tiffany" <wayne.tiff...(a)asi.com>-Find messages by this > author > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:33:21 -0600 > Local: Sat, Jan 24 2004 1:33 pm > Subject: Re: Certified SolidWorks Professional > > I was one of the very few that passed the test at SWW2004 and would > offer some tips. If interested, read on. > > 1. Go through the "What's new" in 2004 - I rudely found out the test > was 2004, not 2003. Even if you don't use it yet, study up on the > changes - the written test killed me. > > 2. Make sure you know how to do all the basics, even if you don't > normally use them. This would include lofts, revolves, sweeps, > ellipses, in-context mates & features, reference geometry, symmetry, > linking, patterns, min/max/center, external references, configs, custom > properties, etc, etc, etc. > > 3. Think about your special area - free form, sheetmetal, top-down > design. Really know how to use all the features available - study up > on what's available for tools & features in that area. > > 4. Drawings: Multisheet, section views, detail views, all types of > views, BOM, customizing the title block, inserting geometric > tolerancing, standard tolerances, all kinds of dims, datums, etc, etc, > etc. > > 5. Most of all - read everything. (Did you get this far in this > email?) Take the time to understand the design intent, read the > scoring criteria carefully, do the work, go back and review the scoring > criteria to make sure you covered what's required. I can't emphasize > this point enough. > > All in all, I felt it was a good, fair test. Long day (8-5:30 - ran > out only for coffee) but a good solid check of most of the basics, not > just a "gimmee." The skills portion is "open book" in that you can use > the help section, but if you have to look up much, you will run out of > time. Most importantly, read. > > > WT > > > > > "Gil Alsberg" <gil(a)zoopee.org> wrote in message > news:newscache$v6t8pi$4p8$1(a)news.actcom.co.il... >> Hi Everyone, >> I decided to take the CSWP exam at my near VAR. in order to be ready and >> in >> sync with the test requirements and question style, I wanted to try and >> solve some old CSWP exams from previous years, but I can't seem to find >> any >> of them on the web besides the regular sample test which appears on >> SolidWorks web site, which lacks the crucial 3rd hands on part. does >> anybody >> of you guys can give me some info on the test besides the formal >> information >> on the solidworks site? is there an additional source of CSWP exams? >> >> thanks, >> Gil >
From: John Eric Voltin on 2 Nov 2005 08:45 The computer scoring method is nice because it is so fast. When I took the CSWP test, the proctor graded each test while we waited. In just a few minutes, we had our scores. I will say that I doubt the computer scoring is perfect. On my test, the computer scoring indicated that my models failed to provide certain functionality although that functionality was definitely present. In fact, the details that were scored as wrong were relatively simple tasks, not the complex ones. Therefore, my confidence level on the incorrect details was extermely high. I suspect that some of my methods did not match the pre-defined methods the computer was searching for. Therefore, I submitted a request for these details to be checked manually, but I never received a response. Fortunately, I did pass the test so this was really an academic question. I have always been curious about the accuracy of the scoring system. Independent verification of the results would have been nice. -- - John John Eric Voltin Mechanical Engineer Agile Technology 512-633-0394 "Gil Alsberg" <gil(a)zoopee.org> wrote in message news:newscache$tdnbpi$24n$1(a)news.actcom.co.il... > Wayne, thanks for the useful info. I hope I'll pass the test, because the > idea that a computer will score my test is a little bit frightening. > > "WT" <wayne.tiffany(a)asi.com> wrote in message > news:1130871900.755027.33730(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... >> Here are a couple links to past conversations. I also copied my >> discussion >> right after taking the test. >> >> WT >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.cad.solidworks/browse_frm/thread/3940cc78377f55a3/5cf021035751ff94?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3DCSWP%2BTiffany%26btnG%3DSearch%26meta%3D#5cf021035751ff94 >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.cad.solidworks/browse_thread/thread/48cbf015c7e84428/a72224f440e78eda?q=cswp+tiffany&rnum=1&hl=en#a72224f440e78eda >> >> Newsgroups: comp.cad.solidworks >> From: "Wayne Tiffany" <wayne.tiff...(a)asi.com>-Find messages by this >> author >> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:33:21 -0600 >> Local: Sat, Jan 24 2004 1:33 pm >> Subject: Re: Certified SolidWorks Professional >> >> I was one of the very few that passed the test at SWW2004 and would >> offer some tips. If interested, read on. >> >> 1. Go through the "What's new" in 2004 - I rudely found out the test >> was 2004, not 2003. Even if you don't use it yet, study up on the >> changes - the written test killed me. >> >> 2. Make sure you know how to do all the basics, even if you don't >> normally use them. This would include lofts, revolves, sweeps, >> ellipses, in-context mates & features, reference geometry, symmetry, >> linking, patterns, min/max/center, external references, configs, custom >> properties, etc, etc, etc. >> >> 3. Think about your special area - free form, sheetmetal, top-down >> design. Really know how to use all the features available - study up >> on what's available for tools & features in that area. >> >> 4. Drawings: Multisheet, section views, detail views, all types of >> views, BOM, customizing the title block, inserting geometric >> tolerancing, standard tolerances, all kinds of dims, datums, etc, etc, >> etc. >> >> 5. Most of all - read everything. (Did you get this far in this >> email?) Take the time to understand the design intent, read the >> scoring criteria carefully, do the work, go back and review the scoring >> criteria to make sure you covered what's required. I can't emphasize >> this point enough. >> >> All in all, I felt it was a good, fair test. Long day (8-5:30 - ran >> out only for coffee) but a good solid check of most of the basics, not >> just a "gimmee." The skills portion is "open book" in that you can use >> the help section, but if you have to look up much, you will run out of >> time. Most importantly, read. >> >> >> WT >> >> >> >> >> "Gil Alsberg" <gil(a)zoopee.org> wrote in message >> news:newscache$v6t8pi$4p8$1(a)news.actcom.co.il... >>> Hi Everyone, >>> I decided to take the CSWP exam at my near VAR. in order to be ready and >>> in >>> sync with the test requirements and question style, I wanted to try and >>> solve some old CSWP exams from previous years, but I can't seem to find >>> any >>> of them on the web besides the regular sample test which appears on >>> SolidWorks web site, which lacks the crucial 3rd hands on part. does >>> anybody >>> of you guys can give me some info on the test besides the formal >>> information >>> on the solidworks site? is there an additional source of CSWP exams? >>> >>> thanks, >>> Gil >> > > >
From: matt on 2 Nov 2005 08:57
In article <Fp3af.63997$GQ.28270(a)tornado.texas.rr.com>, jevoltin(a)agile- technology.com says... > The computer scoring method is nice because it is so fast. ... One piece of useful information might be to try to take the scoring criteria as literally as possible, even if it seems a bit silly or not the best way to do it. Since it is a computer that grades the model, if you give it what it is looking for, the results should be predictable. You may feel that you have to "dumb down" your models somewhat. There aren't any truly difficult modeling problems on the test, the main difficulty is understanding the criteria. Matt |