Comments on: Free SolidWorks Certification – Offer Extended!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:26:28 +0000

They changed the CSWP a couple of years ago. It is no longer a proctored 8-hour exam, it is a 3-hour exam that is taken online, similar to the CSWA and all the other exams.

If you look closely, it is now called CSWP-CORE, and I believe that the advanced discipline problems that you choose from at the end are no longer there (note that I haven't taken this new 3-hour exam). They seem to be breaking the advanced disciplines out into their own exams.

There is now Surfacing and Sheet Metal certifications as well as Simulation, and I believe there is a Mold certification in the works.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:26:28 +0000

By: caddesign911

caddesign911 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:13:49 +0000

I believe the 3 hour exam is for the CSWA, not the CSWP – which is for professional. The CSWP is much more difficult.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:38:16 +0000

Yes, Sherrie, it is!

By: sherrie mcelyea

sherrie mcelyea — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:00:24 +0000

hey brian is this your real last name…..

By: Devon T. Sowell

Devon T. Sowell — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:06:06 +0000

The test I took was difficult, no doubt about it. I’d have to study up to take the 8 hour test today.

Devon

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:39:21 +0000

I know, I did too in 2006!

I am tempted to take it again myself for on behalf of my company thru this just to see what the difference is since they’ve cut it down from 8 hours to 3…do you think it has diluted the certification? My manager was asking me these questions earlier…

By: Devon T. Sowell

Devon T. Sowell — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:57:38 +0000

Free, what a deal! I think I paid $700.00 to take the 8 hour CSWP test in 2002.

Cheers,
Devon