SolidWorks Announces CSWA Exam to Test Students' CAD Skills
 CONCORD,
Massachusetts, February 20, 2007 - Building off the momentum of the
Certified SolidWorks Professional certification program, SolidWorks today
announced a new, more effective way for teachers and potential employers to
ascertain students’ 3D CAD skills and their grasp of fundamental engineering
principles. The Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam tests students’
abilities to model objects in 3D, their understanding of the overall design
process, and their familiarity with industry best practices – crucial
knowledge for engineering careers.
The CSWA joins the CSWP exam, which tests professional engineers’
abilities, as the two industry benchmarks for gauging SolidWorks and COSMOS
software skills. The CSWA helps educators monitor individual student
progress as well as curricula effectiveness. It also gives manufacturing
companies and design firms tangible proof of competency as students enter
the job market.
“You can’t really evaluate applicants’ CAD skills by looking at their
resume and samples of their work,” said Bob Mimlitch, vice president of
engineering at Innovation First, Inc., a diversified manufacturer that
provides a broad range of rack solutions and robotics components. “That
means we can’t hire people on the spot, because we either have to see their
work from a previous internship or put them on a computer and look over
their shoulders. The Certified SolidWorks Associate exam would give us a
tangible gauge of someone’s grasp of engineering fundamentals and
proficiency in SolidWorks.”
Brigham Young University, which has been teaching SolidWorks for more
than four years, is using the CSWA exam to determine the ability of its
industrial design students to use SolidWorks to communicate their designs to
others, especially their engineering colleagues. “Working with industrial
design students, I see the ability to effectively use a CAD application as
an important communication tool between them and their colleagues in the
engineering world,” said John Reinhard, part-time SolidWorks instructor and
computer support representative at Brigham Young University’s School of
Technology. “Having industrial design students take a certification test
geared toward engineering students enables me and them to assess their
understanding of an application and of engineering principles that will help
them communicate with their engineering teammates of the future.”
The online test will be offered at participating educational institutions
around the world. Instructors at these institutions and Certified SolidWorks
resellers will proctor the exams.
“There is no standardized test that comprehensively measures students’ 3D
CAD skills, so teachers and potential employers have to rely on project work
and in-classroom performance,” said Marie Planchard, SolidWorks director of
education. “The CSWA program gives students a way to showcase their skills,
teachers a way to gauge progress, and companies an additional tool for
evaluating potential hires.”
For more information about the CSWA program, please visit the Web site at
www.solidworks.com/cswa.
About SolidWorks Corporation
SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systèmes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext
Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets software for design,
analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD
technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them
design better products. For the latest news, information, or a live online
demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com)
or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).
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