CSWA CSWA - Certified Solidworks Associate Configurations and Design Tables Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

What is a 'derived configuration' in SolidWorks?

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A child configuration that inherits settings from a parent configuration

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A configuration imported from another file

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A configuration created automatically by Simulation

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A read-only locked configuration

Question 2

How do you switch to a different configuration in the SolidWorks ConfigurationManager?

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Double-click the configuration name

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File > Switch Configuration

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Edit > Activate Configuration

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View > Display Configuration

Question 3

When inserting a component into a SolidWorks assembly, how do you specify which configuration to use?

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In the Insert Component PropertyManager, select the configuration from the dropdown

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SolidWorks picks the configuration automatically

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Edit > Component Properties after insertion

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Right-click the part file in Windows Explorer

Question 4

What is the purpose of the 'Show Configuration' setting in a SolidWorks drawing view?

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Links the drawing view to a specific model configuration

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Displays all configurations simultaneously

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Creates a list of all configurations

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Exports configuration data to Excel

Question 5

In a Design Table column header like "D1@Boss-Extrude1", what does the '@' symbol signify?

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It separates the dimension name from the feature name

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It indicates a suppression state

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It marks a global variable

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It denotes a derived dimension

Question 6

How do you manually add a new configuration in SolidWorks without using a Design Table?

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Right-click in the ConfigurationManager > Add Configuration

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File > New Configuration

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Insert > Configuration

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Tools > Add Configuration