SOLIDWORKS Mold Design
Sample Exam: CSWPA – Mold Tools Exam Guide & Practice Test
Exam Length: 2 hours
Minimum Passing Grade: 75%
Re-Test Policy: There is a minimum 14 day waiting period between every attempt of the CSWPA-MM exam. Also, a CSWPA-MM exam credit must be purchased for each exam attempt.
Note: You must use at least SOLIDWORKS 2015 for this exam. Any use of a previous version will result in the inability to open some of the testing files.
All candidates receive electronic certificates and personal listing on the CSWP directory* when they pass.
Exam features hands-on challenges in many of these areas of the SOLIDWORKS Mold Tools functionality and Mold Industry knowledge:
- Parting Line Creation
- Cavity Tool
- Draft Analysis
- Undercut Analysis
- Mold Cooling Problem
- Max Mold Opening
- Parting Surface Creation
- Runner and Sprue fill
- Shrink / Scale factor
- Shut-off Surface Creation
- Modifying Shut-off Surfaces
- Create Side Cores
- Create Tapered Interlocks
- Surfacing:
- Ruled Surface
- Planar Surface
- Knit Surface
- Filled Surface
- Extend Surface
- Trim Surface
- Lofted Surface
*This option must be set in your online certification account to show up in the directory.
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Other Professional Level Exams:
- CSWP – Mechanical Design (Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional)
- CSWP – Simulation (Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional – Simulation)
- CSWPA – Sheet Metal (Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced -Sheet Metal)
- CSWPA – Weldments (Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced – Weldments)
- CSWPA – Surfacing (Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced – Surfacing)
- CSWPA – Drawing Tools (Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced – Drawing Tools)
- CSWP – MBD (Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional – Model Based Design)
- CSWP – CAM (Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional CAM)
- CPPA (Certified PDM Professional Administrator)
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