12½ TIPS TO PASS THE SOLIDWORKS SURFACING EXAM (CSWPA-SU)

[@user-yk8mh4nf3k]

Delete Hole is a powerful command for sure. Along with Move Face. That bit on face fillet is very interesting, thanks for sharing. Some of my "secret" techniques: turning on auto-dimensioning on sketch creation, creating new planes via ctrl+dragging, changing selected states to more pleasant colors, single key shortcuts (M for measure, D for dimension, C for construction, N for normal to, etc), S key + right click everything, lowering spin box increments to be more useful, offset 0 (copy) surface -> untrim surface.

[@VirtualFlat]

Thanks for sharing these!! This is sure to help a lot of people be faster in general, but the copy surface thing is HUGE and I can't believe I forgot to include it in this video! For anyone just coming across this comment, what I mean is there is no 'Copy Surface' Command in SW. If you need to copy a surface (or copy a face of a solid into a surface), you launch the 'Offset Surface' command and type in a value of 0 (zero). If I make an appendix video to this, I'll be sure to include that one for sure. Thanks for the save, @J !

[@andymcleod6802]

That ctrl drag is awesome, thanks.

[@andytolle4352]

Just wanted to say: this is hands down one of the most brilliant tutorials I have seem to date... And I have seen a lot of them... What I love about it, is that it teaches people principles and why stuff works, as opposed to explain the things that do work. In the real world, we need to know the little distinctions that make the difference between a surface failing and one succeeding and you do that with so much ease, it makes me think you must have spend a lot of time figuring stuff out on your own. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks. Hope you're doing well. You last video is of a couple of years back, love to see more of you and your style of teaching, but very grateful of what is available. Wishing you well.

[@alisaim8260]

Thanks a lot for the tips, I am gonna have my 1st attempt today. Edit: Just passed, Thanks alot. Couldn't have done it without you. Now I have all 5 CSWPAs

[@joshuadeaver05]

Really enjoy your videos. Don’t understand why you don’t get more views. Really good at explaining how to use commands and features.

[@VirtualFlat]

Thanks!! I'm glad you enjoy them. Views are less important to me, though its nice when something catches on! What really drives me is the real life impact that these have on people. I went to the SolidWorks conference in Nashville earlier this month. A subscriber found me and told me that she passed her cert with my help. That alone is worth more than even the biggest numbers!

[@AmateurPetrolHead]

I think the views are less cause most people don't even click/open long videos, honestly even I wouldn't have clicked this video considering the duration. But knew he teaches well from past short videos.

[@TheJordan75]

Dude!!! Thanks so much for the tips, I was able to use them and barely passed the CSWPA-SU. I don't think I would've done it without watching this video. Thanks again!

[@Wong3d]

This is by far the best video I've seen on surfacing. Keep up the great work and keep producing content!

[@sharadsanjeev1506]

I have to thank you a lot for these tips, I passed on my 3rd attempt after practicing all the tips you mentioned in this video, keep up the great content, thanks!

[@Auday365]

Great tips and amazing power lurking in the surfaces you just revealed to us, Thank you very much.

[@DesignInsightofficial]

this is a video which i wish to never end

[@tallatchoudhry]

The way you have explained each tip is awesome❤

[@bpetnoi1472]

Damn son, you got skills. I can say that because I am nearly 70 and have been working with SW now for two years and had no clue of these functions. Well done explaining your knowledge and skills.

[@lanceliu419]

Great tips. Answered a lot of issues that I am having with the surface modeling. Definitely a must-see before the exam.

[@muhammadullah7466]

Please make a video on Mold Making Exam

[@hyper_active_snail]

Finally!! Someone who can teach well and explain all damn differences and intent of these features!! Like a damn unikorn-hard to find, but well worth the search!! liked and subbed!!

[@yousefsaddeek]

this is straight up gold 😮

[@HamadBuhamad]

Thank you for your tips , my bad is that I just found this video after I had the exam and I didn't pass it (: Your videos are really helpful! Keep going man you are doing great job !!

[@AlaaElhamrawy]

Great Tips, Thank you

[@jimmyhe2967]

good fookin video! I feel more confident now, thank you good sir

[@MartinJacobsonInstruments]

Surfacing is hard, after working in product development for ten years, the CSWPA-Surf kicked my butt. Nice set of tips!

[@rodrigovillagranpadilla228]

Thanks a lot. I've failed my first attempt and just seeing your video I can tell why. I´m looking forward to my second attempt with all your tips.

[@elshansalimiyan5066]

Amazing techniques 🤩❤️

[@CS-fz4to]

Amazing video, there's very little in depth content on the cswpa-su so I really appreciate this!

[@rshadix86]

Great vid! I'd love to see something like this for the sheet metal exam. I cannot tell you how frustrating it is for the official DS practice exams to fall so short of what the actual exam is like.

[@crklopotic]

Did anyone else feel like you were learning 3D modeling techniques from Ice Cube? Seriously though, these tips were so awesome! I'm trying to get better at using surfacing and I've been finding it very frustrating when I get errors and also which surfacing tool to use. I appreciate your explanations and the "why" behind them. Very helpful. I've watch many other surfacing tutorials and most of them demonstrate the tools but don't explain the technique. Also they never have errors popup to explain what the errors mean or how to recover from them. The small humor you put in was great.

[@alirezaaskari4902]

20,000 Leagues Deep Tips. Millions Kilions Thank you dear rub.

[@dionismarku8272]

Very nice video, thanks for your effort. I love face fillet when dealing with surfaces. It saves you a lot of time

[@samuelmartinezmacias2072]

Thank you for the video! Ready to take the surfacing test!

[@vaughnmonkey]

That Face Fillet seems game-changing!

[@Auday365]

Great surface tips, thank you so much

[@bilalmubarak7364]

You are great brother, Love from pakistan, i have learnt a lot from you in just one video

[@drish2]

Excellent video, just what I needed.

[@nathanielthomas3143]

This is a great video, you've done a fantastic job of explaining everything.

[@HoundDogRock]

Thanks for the video! Exactly what I needed! Love your tips.

[@unblutiger2020]

Big thanks for your help 👍 this video helps me a lot for understanding 🤝

[@DjZoniick]

I really enjoy your videos, it is a shame that you do not upload videos that often. I would really like to see a cswe prep course. Regards!

[@playmaker7094]

so calm

[@kevingruber4785]

Thank you, excellent tips. At first I thought it's Ice Cube doing SolidWorks stuff on KZbin. :)

[@quaidbergo]

Great tips. Surfacing really wrecks my head :-P

[@rahuldumu8456]

thanks a lot💚💚💚💚

[@edd1152]

"Tip 12:get comfortable with check tool!" I wonder if you have any tutorial on evaluate tools. I would like to take more advantage of those tools.... I learned many new tips and techniques... Thank You.

[@Annette-Soul_at_Peace111]

Excellent! Thank you!!

[@rogercouture4372]

Thanks

[@173roberto]

Amazing tips, do you have any PDF for practice exercices?. Far away I learned so much with this video. Great work!

[@erikfernandouribe2558]

Awesome!

[@fernandovillagomez6382]

awesome man thank you!! aiming for the cswe myself and really wanna face my demon (surfacing). been studying for a few weeks with solidprofessor/yt and this video was ultra insightful!! cheers man

[@gokulk5625]

Owsm

[@AppliedEngDesignUSA]

Nice Video. I think the part I liked most was hearing you failed it the first time. I just failed it today. I was totally unprepared. I only have Surfacing and Mold Tools left out of the CSWPA tests before I can start preparing for the CSWE. I don't really ever use surfacing much so its somewhat foreign to me. I currently teach beginner and advanced SW at the local community college. As you can see from my videos I do mostly parametric stuff that ends up getting CAM'd out for CNC work. Shoot me a message if you can... would love to connect via FB/Twitter or Linked In.

[@VirtualFlat]

Thanks for telling your experience. It can be tough to admit that one of these exams got the better of you. In my case, it certainly wasn't the last exam I failed either. My road to CSWE was full of setbacks and failures. It's just part of the learning process! As a matter of fact, when I was recording this video, I started rambling about how I failed and how I came back from it. I cut it from the video because it was like 5 minutes and I wanted this video to be easy to consume and it was already getting long. Maybe, I can post it so you can get the story about how I got my surfaces cert. Or maybe I can post another video telling my full cert journey. I have about 26 right now, some of them you can only get as a reseller, but I'm not sure if everyone wants to hear about that. But anyway, I'd be happy to connect with you! maybe, we can carve out a bit of time and get you some pointers about how to do better the next time!

[@AppliedEngDesignUSA]

VirtualFlat CAD that would be awesome. Would love to chat

[@VirtualFlat]

@@AppliedEngDesignUSA Same here! Check your twitter DMs. I shot you a message

[@saghersaghi5910]

Pretty usefull

[@stevecorner3553]

This video helped me pass the CSWPA-SU and I've since passed the CSWE. Thanks! One question: Where did you get the CSWE hat?

[@pawematz4026]

Where did U get that cap? Good video btw

[@houssemeddinemostefa7607]

Thank u bro ♥️♥️

[@diegosalas4294]

I just end the exam and I didn’t pass and I just found your video and i think that if i had seen your video before that I took the exam I’d been writing other things like “I pass the exam!” Haha now I have to wait 30 days to take it again Muy bien video, saludos desde México

[@davidrichards4591]

I am in the same situation as you, but if you keep studying you can take it again in 2 weeks and pass it! ¡Solo tiene que esperar 14 días!

[@jalberto677]

Is the test much harder than the sample surface test?

[@shubhankarriswadkar9720]

I am about to take my surfacing exam in a few days. Could you please tell me where I can find a few practice problems cause the sample exam doesnt cut it

[@Kactusdog]

Thank you for the tips! Where did you get that hat??

[@Crevelco]

Great tutorial! Hope solidworks pushes surface modelling to be more robust. By the way what was the short key to hide and show the parts??

[@VirtualFlat]

Glad you liked it!! I've spoke with SW developers before and there's been a shift of putting R&D resources into stability (robustness) rather than new features, so I am hopeful. and to answer your question, its the Tab key! Hover+TAB hides, Hover+SHIFT+TAB shows. Also pressing CTRL+SHIFT+TAB shows a silhouette of all hidden parts, though I don't use that one as often, its mostly just the first two.

[@gustavoa.barragan7834]

Can you please give some tips for the CSWPA-SM?

[@ManishGupta-gv4kk]

thxxxxxxx

[@avitolourenco]

where can i learn to become a CSWE

[@trabadix]

There are 3 steps that you must follow, get the CSWA, then the CSWP and then a minimum of 4 CSWPA modules that can be any of the following: Sheet metal, Drawing tools, Surfaces, Weldments, and Molds, and at the end you can make the CSWE, but according to solidworks and most of us who handle this program, it is the most difficult certification because it covers the entire program, that is, that is why they require you to meet the above requirements and certifications, you can be self-taught or pay for some courses, There are many solidworks certified people who provide these courses, search the internet for the one you like the most, and as I always say, everything is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, good luck!