{"id":90,"date":"2012-11-30T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/new-certification-exam-certified-solidworks-simulation-associate-fea-1"},"modified":"2012-11-30T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T21:00:00","slug":"new-certification-exam-certified-solidworks-simulation-associate-fea-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2012\/11\/new-certification-exam-certified-solidworks-simulation-associate-fea-1.html","title":{"rendered":"New Certification Exam: Certified SolidWorks Simulation Associate &#8211; FEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2017c34198f2e970b.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FEA Tutorials  in SolidWorks\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e2017c34198f2e970b image-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2017c34198f2e970b-800wi.jpg\" title=\"FEA Tutorials  in SolidWorks\" \/><\/a><br \/>SolidWorks introduces a new certification exam based on the SolidWorks Simulation application and the Finite Element Method.&#0160;&#0160;The Certified SolidWorks Simulation Associate &#8211; FEA (CSWSA-FEA) exam is a 2 hour, on-line exam that evaluates knowledge in linear static analysis theory and FEM theory.&#0160; The exam also measures skills in Solid, Shell and Beam applications.&#0160;-<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2017ee5bd403f970d.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cantilever beam deflection\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e2017ee5bd403f970d image-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2017ee5bd403f970d-800wi.jpg\" title=\"Cantilever beam deflection\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Developed by engineers and educators, the CSWSA-FEA exam can be offered to students through our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/education\/certification-programs-cad-students.htm\" target=\"_self\" title=\"CSWA Provider Program\">Certified SolidWorks Provider program<\/a>. Qualified schools, on subscription, and students that have passed the Certified SolidWorks Associate Exam (CSWA), &#0160;may now take the CSWSA-FEA exam.&#0160; <\/p>\n<p>The Application to become a CSWA provider can be found through the&#0160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/education\/certification-programs-cad-students.htm\" target=\"_self\" title=\"CSWA Provider Program\">Certified SolidWorks Provider program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students need to have applied knowledge in Statics, Strength of Materials, Materials, and FEA Theory.&#0160; To prepare for the exam, students should review examples that require&#0160;beam elements, shell elements (sheet metal parts) and solid elements.&#0160; <\/p>\n<p>Passing the CSWSA-FEA exam leads to recognition with a certificate and&#0160;your name&#0160;listed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualtester.com\/solidworks\/branding\/user-portal\/user-portal.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"SolidWorks Virtual Testing Center\">SolidWorks Virtual Testing Center<\/a>.&#0160;&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>CSWSA-FEA&#0160;exam is&#0160;offered to our commercial users through the <a href=\"https:\/\/login.solidworks.com\/nidp\/idff\/sso?id=cpenglish&amp;sid=0&amp;option=credential&amp;sid=0\" target=\"_self\" title=\"SolidWorks Customer Portal\">SolidWorks Customer Portal<\/a> &#0160;or through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualtester.com\/solidworks\/branding\/user-portal\/user-portal.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"SolidWorks Testing Center\">SolidWorks Virtual Testing Center<\/a>.&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;Marie<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SolidWorks introduces a new certification exam based on the SolidWorks Simulation application and the Finite Element Method.&#0160;&#0160;The Certified SolidWorks Simulation Associate &#8211; FEA (CSWSA-FEA) exam is a 2 hour, on-line exam that evaluates knowledge in linear static analysis theory and<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2012\/11\/new-certification-exam-certified-solidworks-simulation-associate-fea-1.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5207,4184,4183,4015],"tags":[3930,4058,4039,4415,4113,4416,4417,3931],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis-2","category-cad-instructor","category-cad-teacher","category-mechanical-engineering","tag-cad","tag-certification","tag-cswa","tag-cswsa","tag-fea","tag-fem","tag-finite-element","tag-solidworks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}