Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Sustainable Design Associate (CSWA-SD)

Find a similar material and compare the Environmental

Impact to Nylon 6/10. This frinction is a real time saver.
30. Click the Find Similar button. The Find Similar
Material dialog box is displayed.

31. Click the Value (-any-) drop-down arrow. View your options.

32. Select Plastics. You can perform a general search or customize your search on
physical properties of the material.
Find Similar Material

Materials Material Class Elastic Mod.- Poisson's R... Shear Mod... Thermal Ex... Density Thermal Co... Specific Heat Tensile Stre... Yield
Stren..
Property IJn...

Material Class Plastics Select search criteria.

Set
Elastic Modulus -any- the cdndition(s) and

Poisson's Ratio N/A value(s)

Shear Modulus Iron
Thermal Expansion Coefficient Aluminium Alloys /K

Density Copper Alloys kg...

Thermal Conductivity Titanium Alloys
Specific Heat Zinc Alloys
Tensile Strength Other Alloys
Yield Strength
Financial Impact Other Metals
Other Non-metals
Generic Glass Fibers
Carbon Fibers
Silicons
Rubber Find Similar
nvironmental Impact
oods
DIN Aluminum Alloys
DIN Copper Alloys
DIN Iron
DIN Steel (Alloyed)
DIN Steel (Free Cutting) Manufacturinq Process
DIN Steel (Hot Work Tool) Injection Molded
DIN Steel (Nitriding Alloy)
DIN Steel (Stainless) Units
DIN Steel (Structural) Sl - N/m A2 (Pa)
)rigine )rigine DIN Steel (Toolmaking)
DIN steel (Unallo ed)
N/tnA2 N/A N/mA2 /K kg/mA3 W/(m•K) N/mA2

Material Financial Impact

Selected Cancel Help
Original

Select a Similar Material from the provided list. You can find similar materials
based on the following Properties: Material Class, Thermal Expansion
Coefficient, Specific Heat, Density, Elastic Modulus, Shear Modulus, Thermal
Conductivity, Poissons Ratio, Tensile Strength and Yield Strength. The
definitions are listed at the end of the chapter.

SOLIDWORKS Simulation provides the ability to search various

materials properties. Select either Greater than, Less than or approximately
from the drop-down menu.
33. Click the Find Similar button. SOLIDWORKS provides a full list
of comparable materials that you can further
refine.

34. Check the ABS material box.

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35. Check the ABS PC material box.

36. Click inside the top left box (Show Selected Only) as illustrated.
The selected materials are displayed with their properties.
View the Environment Impact for the alternative materials.
37. Click the ABS material row as illustrated. View the results. The
material is lower in Carbon Footprint, Energy Consumption, Air
Acidification and Water Eutrophication than Nylon 6/10. Your
numbers may vary depending on your release and version year.
What is important is the trend.
Find Similar Material x
Materials Material Class Elastic Modm Poisson's Shear Mod.„ Thermal Ex.„ Density Thermal co... Specific Heat Tensile Stre... Yield Stren...
N/mA2 N/A N/mA2 /K kg/mA3 W/(m.K) J/(kg.K) N/mA2 N/mA2
2e+09 0.394 3.189@+08 1020 0.2256 1386 3e+07
2.41e+09 0.3897 8.622e+08 1070 0.2618 1900 4e+07

nmental Irnoact

Manufacturing Process Injection Molded

Units

Accept Edit Cancel Help

Selected Original

38. Click the ABS PC material row. View the results. You decide to stay
with Nylon 6/10 due to cost and other design manufacturing
issues. Your numbers may vary depending on your release and
version year. What is important is the trend.
Find Similar Material x
Materials Material Class Elastic Mod.„ Poisson's R... Shear Mod... Thermal Ex... Density Thermal Co... Specific Heat Tensile Stre... Yield
Stren...
N/mA2 N/A N/mA2 kg/mA3 W/(mK) J/(kgk) N/mA2 N/mA2

2e+09 0.394 3.189e+08 1020 0.2256

S PC
2.41e+09 0.3897 8.622æ08 1070 0.2618 1 goo 4e+07

Environmental Impact

Manufacturinq Process

Original Inj
ection Molded

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39. Click the Cancel button from the Find Similar Material Manufacturinq Process
dialog box. Injection Molded
Units
Sl - N/m A 2 (Pa)
Run a Report.
40. Click the Save As or the Generate Report button as
illustrated depending on your SOLIDWORKS version.
SOLIDWORKS provides the ability to communicate Accept Edit C ncel Hel
p
this report information throughout your
organization. Sustainability generates a report that
will compare designs (material, regions) and
explain each category of Environmental Impact
and show how each design compares to the Base
line.
Sustainability Output
41. Click OK. File type:
Report - Generate a Sustainability report in .docx format

File name:
CLAMP2
You can't generate a report if Microsoft Word is Save file to:

running.
42. Review the Generated report. Ctrl Click here for
alternative units such as Miles Driven In a Car.
View the results. Note: Internet access is required

43. View the Glossary in the report section and the

other hyperlinks for additional information. SOLIDWORKS
tXJmpany namebetel — here'Ä Sustainability•Reporta

Close the Report and part. You are finished with this
section. Model-Name:.ä CLAMP2Ä
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SOLIDWORKS models need to be created for this exam. The above was a simple
exercise to perform Click- here for- alternative- units- such- as- 'Miles- Driven •
in •a• Car'Ä Sustainability.

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Summary
The main requirement for
obtaining the CSWA-SD
certification is to take and pass the
on-line 30 minute exam (minimum of 24 out of 30 points).

The CSWA-SD exam consists of a total of 30 questions in various key

categories: Environmental Assessment, Introduction to sustainability and
Sustainable design.
All questions are in a multiple choice/multi answer format.
SOLIDWORKS does not require that you have a copy of
SOLIDWORKS
Sustainability, or even SOLIDWORKS. No
SOLIDWORKS models need to be created for this exam.

You are allowed to answer the questions in any order you

prefer. Use the Summary Screen during the CSWA-SD
exam to view the list of all questions you have or have not
answered.

Download the
http://www.SOLIDWORKS.com/sustainability/sustainable -
design-guide.htm to learn and answer these questions and
to apply your knowledge for the CSWA-SD certification
exam. SOLIDWORKS does not require that you have a copy
of SOLIDWORKS Sustainability, or even
SOLIDWORKS.

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Review the information presented in this chapter and

guide in detail and then address the key categories that
are aligned to the CSWA-SD exam.

Sample Exam Questions

These questions are examples of what to expect on the certification exam. The
multiplechoice questions should serve as a check for your knowledge of the exam
materials.
I . Environmental Product Declarations, or EPDs, are an increasingly used method for
communicating sustainability results with:
A. Suppliers and Customers.
B. Engineers.
C. Managers.
D. None of the Above.

2. The commonly referenced definition of sustainable development put forth by the

Brundtland Commission reads as follows:
A. "Sustainability requires closed material loops and energy independence. "
B. "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. "
C. "Sustainable development is the use of environmental claims in marketing."
D. None of the above.

3. The study of sustainable development broadly covers these three elements:

A. Land, air, and water.
B. Natural, man-made, hybrid.
C. Environment, social equity, economics.
D. Animal, vegetable, mineral.

4. This answer choice is NOT part of a long-term, working definition of a "sustainable

company" ideal:

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A. Generates wastes that are useful as inputs by industry or nature.

B. Sources recycled waste material and minimal virgin resources.
C. Follows all current environmental regulations.
D. Uses minimal energy that is ultimately from renewable sources.
5. "The intelligent application of the principles of sustainability to the realm of
engineering and design" is a working definition for the following concept:
A. Sustainable design.
B. Sustainable business.
C. Life cycle assessment.
D. SOLIDWORKS Sustainability.

6. A focus on product design that ensures the ultimate recyclability of a product you're
developing is a sustainable design technique most specifically called:
A. Design for Environment (DÆ).
B. Design for Disassembly (DfD).
C. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
D. Design for Total Life Assessment (TLA).

7. The sustainable design technique that promotes systematically using natural inspiration
and technologies found in nature to design products is known as:
A. Biomimicry.
B. Cradle to Cradle.
C. Environmental Management System (EMS).
D. Intelligent Design.

8. The sustainable design technique that can most simply be characterized by the concept
that the waste from one entity equals the food of another is:
A. Cradle to Cradle.
B. Design for Disassembly (DfD).
C. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
D. Intelligent Design.

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9. The sustainable design technique that focuses on re-formulating the raw materials we
use to design out their toxicity and environmental impacts is known as:
A. Green chemistry.
B. Design for Environment (DfE).
C. Life cycle assessment (LCA).
D. Cradle to cradle.

10. The following is an example of green marketing:

A. A brochure of a product painted green, printed on 100% post-consumer recycled
paper.
B. An ad touting the cost savings you can get from driving an efficient vehicle.
C. A label that indicates how many trees will be saved by purchasing this product.
D. None of the above.

I l . A green product is defined as one that:

A. Is made of 100% recycled content and is itself recyclable.
B. Uses no energy or only renewable energy.
C. Has been designed using SOLIDWORKS Sustainability.
D. There is no such thing as a green product - the only "green" product is the one that's
never made.

12. LCA stands for:

A. Life Cycle Analysis, because LCA is an exact science, similar to Finite Element
Analysis (FEA).
B. Life Cycle Assessment, because LCA is an approximate and pragmatic method, like
medicine.
C. Left Cymbal Assassination, because LCA practitioners rove the world destroying half
of all percussion equipment.
D. None of the above.
13. Photochemical oxidation (smog) and ozone layer depletion are examples of
environmental impacts that fall into the following domain:
A. Air impacts.

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B. Terrestrial & aquatic impacts.

C. Natural resource depletion.
D. Climate effects.

14. The "global warming potential" (GWP) from greenhouse gases emitted throughout
a product's lifecycle, such as carbon dioxide and methane, is a measure of the product's
tendency to affect:
A. Human toxicity.
B. Climate change.
C. Ionizing radiation.
D. Air acidification.

15. The following: "(1) raw material extraction, (2) material processing, (3) part
manufacturing, (4) assembly, (5) transportation, (6) product use, and (7) end of life"
describes a product's:
A. Environmental indicators.
B. Metrics.
C. Lifecycle stages.
D. Good times.

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 CHAPTER 7 - CERTIFIED
SOLIDWORKS ASSOCIATE
SIMULATION (CSWA-S)
EXAM
Certified SolidWorks Simulation Associate: Examination Information

Examination Information
DS SOLIDWORKS

Welcome to the Certified SolidWorks Simulation Associate Examination

- Your exam is: 20 questions divided into hands-on and multiple choice questions.
- You are allowed to answer the questions in any order you prefer. You may answer other questions while an
analysis is running.
- use the Summary Screen to see the list of all questions you have or have not answered.
- Once you click End Test you will not be able to return to your questions.
- You will have: 120 minutes to complete this examination.
- Minimum passin score is: 70.
- Your proctor is:
- For all numerical answer. a reasonable percentage or error is allowed to account for various
sources of discrepancies.

Press the Next button to continue.

Good luck!

Start Examination

Chapter Objective
Provide in-depth coverage of the material in the
Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate - Simulation (CSWA-
S) exam. Knowledge to create and modify models,
exam layout, question types and grading procedure.

The chapter is not designed to educate a new user on

SOLIDWORKS Simulation and Finite Element Analysis (FEA).

Finite Element Modeling

SOLIDWORKS Simulation uses the displacement formulation of
the finite element method to calculate component
displacements, strains, and stresses under internal and
external loads. The geometry under analysis is discretized using
tetrahedral (3D), triangular (2D), and beam elements, and
solved by either a direct sparse or iterative solver.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation also offers the 2D simplification
assumption for plane stress, plane strain, extruded, or
axisymmetric options.
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Introduction
The Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate - Simulation
(CSWA-S) certification indicates a foundation in
and apprentice knowledge of demonstrating an
understanding in the principles of stress analysis
and the Finite Element Method (FEM).

The main requirement for obtaining the CSWA-S

certification is to take and pass the on-line 120
minute exam which consists of 20 questions.

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-Simulation

The questions consist of 4 hands-on problems (13 points, 7 points, 5points and 20
points) single answer, and the rest are multiple-choice questions for a total of 100
points.
Point allocation ranges from 3 points to 20 points, depending on the difficulty. A passing
grade is 70% (70 out of 100) or higher.
You are allowed to answer the questions in any order. Use the Summary Screen during
the CSWA-S exam to view the list of all questions you have or have not answered.

Previous Question Reset Question o Show Summary Next Question

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The SOLIDWORKS Simulation hands-on

problems, 4 hands-on problems (13 points,
7 points, 5points and 20 points) require you 2020 2021

to create and modify various elements, Contacts Interactions

(beam, solid, shell) apply and modify fixtures Contact Visualization Plot Interaction Viewer
Contact set Local interaction
types, loads types, and results. You need to Component contact Component interaction
enter the answer in the correct units with Global contact Global interaction

the correct decimal places. There is no Allow penetration Free

No penetration Contact
partial credit for any questions.
Incompatible mesh Independent mesh
Compatible mesh Continuous mesh
Timing yourself is crucial. One exam strategy Compatible bonding Enforce continuous mesh between
touching faces
is to answer all the hands-on questions first
Download all needed model
within 90 minutes. Here you will gain the most
files from the SDC Publications
points. Leave 30 minutes to answer the
website
multiple choice yes/no, and multiple answer
https://www.sdcpublications.com/d
questions. Use SOLIDWORKS Simulation Help
ownloa ds/978-1-63057-421-5).
during the exam.

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updates for Contact terms between
SOLIDWORKS 2020 and 2021. The CSWA-S
exam uses the older contact terms. The
older terms are used in this chapter.

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Simulation

Summary DS SOLIDWORKS

estion (double-click to go to) Points State

Consider the "Suppofi.sidofi" model in the attached file. 13 Not Answered
2 -1: Consider the "welded-corner.sld model in the attached zi file. Its 7 Answered
3 -1: In the same stud what is the bendin stress in the X direction at the sm 5 Answered
4 -1: Look back at the results u obtained - ou dont need to rerun the Stu... 4 Answered
5 1: Consider the "SheetMeta11.sld model in the attachedzi file. 20 Answered
6 What is the modulus of elasti ? 3 Answered
7 To im rove accura of the results ive methods can be used, The 3 Answered
8 To im rove accura of the results Ada methods can be used. The H-„. Is is 3 Answered
9 ossible to simulate the i act of a bullet made out of lead onto a st... The 3 Answered
10 statement that the dis lacementat a articular location in a s ecific di... Answered
11 Where will the maximum stress be? 5 Answered
12 In which case is the red r e most like to break? Each horse ulls with th„. 5
13 After runnin astu some material ro ertie loads and fixtures were 3 Answered
14 Asa result of an lied load 2 lates initial se arated b a small clearm Is there 3 Answered
15 a difference between the fixed and immovable bounda conditio... 3 Answered
16 The structure shown in the fi ure is best ana ed usin Answered
3
17 Is the art com lete constrained b the fixture shown in the ima e? 3 Answered
18 To avoid a misinte retation of the results after erformin a static ana... 3 Answered
19 Which results are available for a Bolt connector? 3 Answered
20 Can ou ca e the distance between two nodes in a SolidWorks Simulat, 3 Answered

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