Hopefully by now your know that through your SOLIDWORKS Subscription Service you receive FREE SOLIDWORKS Certification Exam codes every six months for a CSWA, CSWP bundle, or a SOLIDWORKS Advanced exam.
This is a great way to get recognition in industry of your SOLIDWORKS skills as well as add value to the company your work for by being able to say that all your designers or engineers are SOLIDWORKS certified. The one question that I receive quite often is…
This is awesome that we get free codes, now how do I use them to pay for the exam?
Well hopefully I can clarify the process so you can get on your way to SOLIDWORKS Certification Bliss.
Using the Certification Codes
The first thing we want to do after grabbing your Free Exam codes is go to the SOLIDWORKS Certification website here : https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/mcad-certification-programs.htm
And click on Purchase SOLIDWORKS Certification Exams on the right-hand side of the screen.
That is going to take you to where we can purchase SOLIDWORKS exams, here you choose which exams you want, in this case we will purchase the CSWP bundle as we have a Free Exam Code for it.
Select the CSWP exam and then click the Checkout button in the right-hand side of the page.
You will now see an option to enter a Coupon Code this is where you want to enter your Free Exam Code. Once we have done that you will notice that it has credited back your exam total resulting in a $0.00 exam.
Now all you have to do is enter your information below and submit your order.
NOTE : be sure to verify your email address as once you enter and submit your order it will automatically create a VirtualTester account based on the email that you submit
Once you confirm your order you will Receive three confirmation emails, the first one will have your username (email) and a password to login to the SOLIDWORKS Certification Center. Plus a link to take you to the Certification Center home page. Once you are there click the Login button in the top right-hand corner and enter your credentials.
You should now be logged into the Certification center, check to make sure your exams were added to your account by navigating to the Credit/Voucher section
The credits for the CSWP exam should be listed as shown in the example below:
Starting the SOLIDWORKS Certification Exam
Now that we have the credits we need to download the TesterPRO client so that we can write the exam. We can do this on the main page of the Certification Center.
Once downloaded and installed you can startup the TesterPRO application and choose your preferred language.
You can then login with the same credentials as the SOLIDWORKS Certification Center, the Exam credits are waiting for you.
To take an exam simply click Start Exam next to the exam you would like to take.
And then select the language you would like to take it in.
You are now ready to begin the exam, always make sure you have SOLIDWORKS ready to go before starting and exam and a dual monitor setup is recommended but not required. You can take an exam anytime 24/7 and after purchase they do not expire and will remain in your account until you use them.
Get more information
Learn more about the benefits of SOLIDWORKS Subscription Service.
Also read a related post on using MySolidWorks to help pass the CSWA exam.
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