Certified SolidWorks Professional?
Certified SolidWorks Professional?
(OP)
I know that there is a SolidWorks group but I would like to hear from someone out side of the SolidWorks world.
I just got my Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) in the last week because it is required by all machine engineers in my company. I had no problems taking the test but the question that I have is what good does it do for an engineer who has over 10 years using SolidWorks? and what good is it over all?
Chris
I just got my Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) in the last week because it is required by all machine engineers in my company. I had no problems taking the test but the question that I have is what good does it do for an engineer who has over 10 years using SolidWorks? and what good is it over all?
Chris
"In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics." Homer Simpson





RE: Certified SolidWorks Professional?
All it means is you've presumably reached some level of competancy with a specific CAD package, I'm not familiar with how good you have to be to pass.
It doesn't make me think you're necessarily a better engineer/designer/drafter.
So, if applying for a job where using Solid Works is a major element it's probably a pretty good thing.
If applying for a job where solid Works use isn't a major factor, it means at best that you've taken the effort to do some further learning since graduating.
At worst, it makes me think you're a CAD Jockey/Monkey not a real engineer (actually I probably wouldn't think this but some Engineers are real snooty about CAD work/design not being engineering).
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RE: Certified SolidWorks Professional?
Peter Stockhausen
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Infotech Aerospace Services
RE: Certified SolidWorks Professional?
Chris
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RE: Certified SolidWorks Professional?
In fact, I frequently provide how-to advice to individuals with a CSWP (even those who passed the original "hard" test years ago).
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Certified SolidWorks Professional?
Chris
"In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics." Homer Simpson