SDC Publications: Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert Preparation Materials Book Errata

Chapter 1 Page 3

Steps 1 thru 4 are preparations steps for the actual question on step 5. The sketch is supposed to be Under-Defined because the actual CSWE-Exam does not provide the 2 angular dimensions during this time. But if you would like to add these dimensions to make your sketch Fully-Defined, you go ahead and use the 30° (Driving) and 108.08° (Driven) dimensions.

Chapter 1 Page 6

The answers are the 2 Driven Angular Dimensions. The actual exam uses the Driven Angular Dimensions as the answers to each question. We use 88.79° and 120.94° as the answers for step number 6.

Chapter 2 Page 14

The resulting mass for step 11 should be 1.883 lbs.

Chapter 3 Page 1

The IGES file originally provided for this chapter is no longer fully compatible with SOLIDWORKS 2018. The downloads have been updated to include a new SOLIDWORKS file. Please use this new file instead to complete this exercise.