Marie’s Tips to Passing the CSWP Exam

So, I am departing from the norm on this post.  Marie Planchard, Director of Education Community, SOLIDWORKS presented at our SWUG meeting last night.  She makes an awesome presentation on education and SOLIDWORKS.  If you can snag her for a meeting, I highly recommend it.

Part of her presentation as the title suggests was Tips and Tricks.  With her permission, I'm posting them below.  I'll start getting into mine in the next few posts, but I wanted to share hers with everyone.  I've added my comments in { } to help clarify things that she said verbally.

Thanks Marie for your support of Education, Certification and SWUG. 

Bryan

• Use Global Variables and Equations
• {watch} Number of Decimal Places (Precision) 
• The first multiple choice is right on
• Read the next series of problem variables carefully {They change}
• Problem 1: A=110
• Problem 2: A=120
• Problem 3: A=135
• Reference Coordinate System - Know the Direction of X and Y axis
• {be familiar with} Width Mate and Angle Mate
• Material - exactly {if it says Aluminum 6160, don't use plain Aluminum}
• {Understand} Mass Properties - Mass, Moment of Inertia based on material
• CSWP = passing 3 parts of the exam