Overview
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Prepare for the Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced Weldments (CSWPA-WD) exam, and master weldment techniques to design complex welded and bolted structures.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- Certification exam software settings
- Exam info
- Exam-taking techniques
- Downloading the testing software
- Weldment profile creation
- Placing the weldment profile in the weldment profile library
- Basic and advanced weldment part creation
- Locating a weldment profile
- Weldment corner modification
- Profile alignment
- Placing gaps at corners and segment intersections
- End caps
- Gussets
- Weldment part modification
- Using the Trim/Extend command
- 3D sketch creation
- Cut list folder management in the weldment part
- Cut list creation in the weldment drawing
- Question 1: Creating a weldment profile
- Question 2: 3D sketch creation
- Question 3: Initial part creation
- Question 4: Vertical leg creation
- Question 5: 3 Segment corner miter
- Next steps
