Official Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification Guide - Softcover

David Planchard; Marie Planchard

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9781585036585: Official Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification Guide

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585036587 ISBN 13: 9781585036585

Publisher: SDC Publications, 2011

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This book, along with the companion disc that accompanies it, will provide you with a wealth of information about the three segments of the CSWP CORE exam. The intended audience for this book is a person who has passed the CSWA exam and who has eight or more months of SolidWorks training and usage.

This guide is not intended to teach you how to use SolidWorks, but is written to provide you with CSWP exam tips, hints and information on sample questions and categories that are aligned with the exam. This guide is written to help you take and pass the CSWP exam.

This book comes with a companion DVD containing segment videos for you to follow while you use the book. Each segment video provides valuable information, tips and tricks to successfully pass the CSWP CORE exam. SolidWorks model files, in both their initial and final state, are provided on this DVD for both SolidWorks 2010 and 2011.

The book is organized into three chapters. Each chapter is focused on a segment of the CSWP CORE exam. This is not intended to be a step-by-step book.

Goals of this book
The primary goal is not only to help you pass the CSWP CORE exam, but also to ensure that you understand and comprehend the concepts and implementation details of the process.

The second goal is to provide the most comprehensive coverage of CSWP CORE exam related topics available, without too much coverage of topics not on the exam.

The third and ultimate goal is to get you from where you are today to the point that you can confidently pass all three segments of the CSWP CORE exam.

Who this book is for
The intended audience for this book and the CSWP exam is a person who has passed the CSWA exam and who has eight or more months of SolidWorks training and usage. However, passing the CSWA exam is not a prerequisite for taking the CSWP exam.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Testing Tips
Segment 1 of the CSWP CORE Exam
Segment 2 of the CSWP CORE Exam
Segment 3 of the CSWP CORE Exam
Appendix A-1:Keyboard Shortcuts
Appendix A-2: SolidWorks Document Types

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Product Description:

Genre: Computers + InternetSubgenre: CAD-CAMPublisher: Schroff Development CorpPages: 127Language: English Release Date: June 4, 2011 Date Published: June 4, 2011 Author: Marie P. Planchard,�David C. Planchard

About the Author:

David Planchard is the Founder of D&M Education LLC. Before starting D&M Education, he spent over 27 years in industry and academia holding various engineering, marketing, and teaching positions and degrees. He holds five U.S. patents and one International patent. He has published and authored numerous papers on Machine Design, Product Design, Mechanics of Materials, and Solid Modeling. He is an active member of the SolidWorks Users Group, Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). David holds a BSME, MSM with the following Professional Certifications: CCAI, CCNA, CCNP, CSWA, and CSWP. David is a SolidWorks Solution Partner and an Adjunct Faculty member at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Mechanical Engineering department.

Marie Planchard is the Director of World Education Markets at SolidWorks Corporation. Before she joined SolidWorks, Marie spent over 10 years as an engineering professor at Mass Bay College in Wellesley Hills, MA. She has 14 plus years of industry software experience and held a variety of management and engineering positions. Marie holds a BSME, MSME and a Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification. She is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

David and Marie Planchard are co-authors of the following books:

A Commands Guide for SolidWorks 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008
Assembly Modeling with SolidWorks 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005-2004, 2003 and 2001Plus
Drawing and Detailing with SolidWorks 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001/2001Plus
Engineering Design with SolidWorks with Multimedia CD 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001Plus, 2001 and 1999
Engineering Graphics with SolidWorks 2011, 2010 with Multimedia CD
SolidWorks: The Basics with Multimedia CD 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003
SolidWorks Tutorial with Multimedia CD 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2001/2001Plus
The Fundamentals of SolidWorks: Featuring the VEXplorer robot, 2008 and 2007
Official Certified SolidWorks Associate Examination Guide, Version 3; 2011, 2010, 2009, Version 2; 2010, 2009, 2008, Version 1; 2007
Official Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification Guide with Multimedia DVD, 2011, 2010
Applications in Sheet Metal Using Pro/SHEETMETAL & Pro/ENGINEER