Cert Prep: SOLIDWORKS Surfacing
1h 40mIntermediate2020-02-28
Authors
Gabriel Corbett
Product Designer, Instructor, and Speaker
Course details
Get ready for the Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced Surfacing (CSWPA-SU) exam. Earning this certification proves that you have the cutting-edge skills that businesses need—and will help you stand out in a competitive job market. This course reviews key concepts and techniques to help you tackle the CSWPA-SU exam with confidence. Instructor Gabriel Corbett goes over the exam requirements and shares test-taking tips for using your time wisely. He covers creating splines, projected and lofted curves, and 3D sketches; knitting surfaces together; moving and offsetting surfaces; building boundary and planar surfaces; and more. Plus, test your SOLIDWORKS knowledge and your readiness for the exam with the four sample questions.
Topics include:
- Creating splines and 3D curves
- Creating projected curves
- Building a boundary surface
- Knitting surfaces together
- Creating surface fillets
- Using the Thicken tool
- Examining sample exam questions
Topics include:
- Creating splines and 3D curves
- Creating projected curves
- Building a boundary surface
- Knitting surfaces together
- Creating surface fillets
- Using the Thicken tool
- Examining sample exam questions
Skills covered
SOLIDWORKSDassaultManufacturingProduct and Industrial Design3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingCert PrepAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Get ready for the SOLIDWORKS CSWPA-SU exam
- 02 - Using the exercise files
1. Preparing for the Exam
- 03 - Certification exam software settings
- 04 - Exam info
- 05 - Exam-taking techniques
- 06 - Downloading the testing software
2. Surfacing Tools
- 07 - Spline creation
- 08 - 3D curve creation
- 09 - Projected curves
- 10 - Loft surfaces
- 11 - Guided curves
- 12 - Trim Surface Untrim Surface
- 13 - Boundary surface
- 14 - Blend surface
- 15 - Filled surface
- 16 - Planar surface
- 17 - Ruled surface creation
- 18 - Swept surface
- 19 - Knit surface
- 20 - Offset surface
- 21 - Move face
- 22 - Extend surface
- 23 - Fillet
- 24 - Thicken
- 25 - Split solid body
- 26 - Sensors
- 27 - Delete hole
3. Sample Exam Problems
- 28 - Question 1 - Swept surface
- 29 - Question 2 - Creating a curvature continuous fillet
- 30 - Question 3 - Trimming surfaces
- 31 - Question 4 - Mirror surfaces and create solid
Conclusion
- 32 - Next steps