3DS SolidWorks

Certification Program

Online System User Guide

Released July 1st, 2012

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Contents
Download TesterPRO Client………………………..…. 4
Create A Virtual Tester Account……………………… 4
Find A Certified User………………………………………. 6
Find A Certified Reseller And Training Center…..8
Accessing Your Account……………………………………9
Updating Settings…………………………………………..10
Changing Your Password…………………..…....11
Getting Listed In The Online Directory…..…12
Receiving Emails From SolidWorks………..…13
Accessing Your Certificates……………………….….…14
How To Download A Printable Version….…16
Download Email/Business Card Logos……..17
Viewing Exam Results………………………………….….18
View Your Exam Credit Balance………………………20
Issue A VT-Voucher……..……….………………………...21
Issue a Trackable VT-Voucher…..………….…..24
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 Redeeming Unused VT-Vouchers…….……..27
Using An Event ID Or Voucher Code……….……..29

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Download Tangix Virtual TesterPRO Client
The Tangix Virtual TesterPRO client software is used to take all of the SolidWorks
Certification exams. To download the tester software, visit the following site:

http://tangix.cachefly.net/Tangix_TesterPRO_Client.exe

Create a SolidWorks Certification Account

Your SolidWorks Certification account is used to maintain your SolidWorks
Certifications in the Virtual Tester database. This account is not associated with
any other SolidWorks accounts including the customer portal or the SolidWorks
Forums.

To create an account visit the following site:

https://www.virtualtester.com/solidworks/branding/user-portal/#

Click on the “Create VirtualTester Account” link on the left side of the page:

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  Fill in the appropriate
boxes (boxes in red are
mandatory).
 Spelling of first and last
name is what will appear
on any certificates you
earn.
 City and state will locate
you in the online
directory if you chose to
be listed in it.

Once you have submitted your information, you will receive the following notice:

Check your email for a link to access your account, you will also receive a
temporary password. Accessing that link and logging into your account will gain
you access.

You can read more about updating settings including your password in the
“Updating Settings” and “Changing Your Password” sections of this guide.

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Find A Certified User
Visit the SolidWorks Certification Center at the following link:

https://www.virtualtester.com/solidworks/branding/user-portal/#

Click the “Certified Users”

link on the left side of the
page

On the resulting page select a certificate type and country, once you select a
country an additional box will appear for state or region depending on what
country you select:

If you select the CSWP as the certificate type, you will see additional information
in the results:

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Clicking on one of the users will display additional certifications under the user
details box.

In order to be displayed in this directory, you must enable the option in your
account settings. See the “Getting Listed In The Online Directory” section of this
guide for further details.

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Find A Certified Reseller And Training Center
Visit the SolidWorks Certification Center at the following link:

https://www.virtualtester.com/solidworks/branding/user-portal/#

Click the “Certified

Resellers and Training
Centers” link on the left
side of the page

On the resulting page select a country and state:

Certified Resellers and Training centers for that country and state will be shown
along with what areas they are certified in:

Clicking on the link of the reseller will take you to their homepage.

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Accessing Your Account
You can access your account by going to the following link:

https://www.virtualtester.com/solidworks/branding/user-portal/#

Click the Login link in the upper left hand corner of the page:

Provide your email address and password to login:

You can select to have your

account always logged in, and
you can also recover your
password if you have
forgotten it.

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Updating Settings
Access your account at the following link and login:
https://www.virtualtester.com/solidworks/branding/user-portal/#

Once logged in click on the “Settings” button at the bottom of the page:

The settings page is then displayed:

The greyed out fields can only be

changed by SolidWorks
Certification Personnel. Please
email
[email protected] to
request any changes.

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Changing Your Password
On the settings tab you can change your password:

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Getting Listed In The Online Directory
If you would like to appear in the online directory as shown in the “Find A
Certified User” section of this guide, enable the option in your account settings:

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Receiving Emails From SolidWorks
From time to time we send out certification specific emails and offers for free
exams, in order to receive this email you need to select the option to receive
emails from us. On average we send out 2-3 emails per year, and do not share
our list with any outside companies.

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Accessing Your Certificates

Each time you earn a SolidWorks Certification, the certificate will be available for
you on the internet at any time. To access your certificates visit the SolidWorks
Certification Center at the following URL:

https://www.virtualtester.com/solidworks/branding/user-portal/

Once there click the login link in the upper left hand corner of the page:

Enter in your credentials in the login screen:

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If you do not remember your login information, a recovery tool is available in the
same window.

Once logged in you will be taken to your account and clicking on the certificates
tab at the top of the page will take you to your available certificates:

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How To Download A Printable Certificate

You can download and print any of your certificates. Once logged into your
account click the PDF download link for that certificate in the “Dwnld” column:

You will need Adobe PDF or other compatible PDF viewing software to view the
certificate.

Note: Not all exams have downloadable certificates.

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How To Download Business Card and Email Logos

You can download and print logos suitable for business cards, and email
signatures. Once logged into your account click the attachment download link for
that certificate in the “Attach” column:

The download will contain a compressed file that will contain different graphic
formats of the logo for use in a variety of programs:

You will need a decompressing program to open the compressed file.

Note: Not all certifications have downloadable logos.

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Viewing Exam Results

Some SolidWorks exams have the ability to report your actual exam results back
inside your account. Click on the Exam Results tab in the SolidWorks Certification
Center:

Then click on one of the exams listed in the Exam Subject area. In the results area
you will get a bar graph display of how well you scored on the different topics of
that exam:

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Hovering your cursor over each bar in the graph will also give you the actual
numerical percentage you scored on that topic. Please note that not all exams
have this reporting functionality.

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View Your Exam Credit Balance

By clicking on the Credits/Vouchers tab in the SolidWorks Certification Center you

can view what exams you have credits for, and how many:

The first column will list the number of credits you have and will correspond to
the exam description next to it:

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Issue A VT-Voucher

VT-Vouchers can be used to share a credit with another person. They can also be
tracked which is explained in the “Issue A Trackable VT-Voucher” section of this
guide. A VT-Voucher is a code that another user can redeem to gain credit(s) to
an exam. Basically you are taking an exam credit you own and giving it to another
user. Once a VT-Voucher has been redeemed by that user, it is no longer
available to you.

Unused VT-Vouchers can be redeemed back into your account which will be
explained in the “Redeeming Unused VT-Vouchers” section of this guide.

You can issue 1 or more VT-Vouchers at a single time. To start select the exam
you want to issue VT-Voucher for:

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Note: You must have credits available in order to create a VT-Voucher. Once the
exam has been selected, click the Create VT-Vouchers Button:

On the next screen you then choose how many VT-Vouchers you want to create:

In this example up to 15 VT-Vouchers can be created because the account has 15

credits in it. Choose if you would like them to be trackable or not. Trackable
Vouchers basically has the system report back the results of an exam that
someone else takes to you.

The second option is how many credits you would like the voucher to deliver to
the person redeeming the VT-Voucher. For example you may want to give
another user two chances to pass an exam. By selecting 2 as the value in the
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Credits option, the user redeeming this VT-Voucher will get 2 chances to take that
exam:

In this example two VT-Vouchers will be created for Segment 1 of the CSWP
exam. Each redemption of a VT-Voucher will give that person two chances to
pass the exam. The issuer will have a total of four credits deducted from their
account balance of 15.

After you create the VT-Vouchers you will see them populated into the list in the
Active Vouchers area in the SolidWorks Certification Center:

The codes listed are the codes you will then give to the person you wish to take
the exam.

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Issue A Trackable VT-Voucher

Trackable VT-Vouchers allow for the person issuing the VT-Voucher to see the
exam results of the person the VT-Voucher was issued to, and used by.

To create a trackable VT-Voucher, access your account and navigate to the

Credits/Vouchers tab:

Select the exam you would like to issue a trackable VT-Voucher for and click
Create VT-Vouchers:

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Note: in order to create VT-Vouchers you must have at least one credit for that
exam in your account.

On the VT-Voucher creation page select the number of VT-Vouchers you would
like to create, and select the option for them to be trackable:

You also have the option to tag the VT-Vouchers with a tag, this will aid in
identifying what vouchers are used for which purpose. For this example we will
tag them with “CSWP Class”.

After you create the VT-Vouchers you will see them populated into the list in the
Active Vouchers area in the SolidWorks Certification Center:

The codes listed are the codes you will then give to the person you wish to take
the exam.

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After a person has taken the exam you can access their results under the Team
Info tab in the SolidWorks Certification Center:

Select the tracking tag from the pull down list:

You will then see a list of people who have redeemed and used the Trackable VT-
Vouchers. Clicking on their name will show you the results of the exam they took.

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Redeeming Unused VT-Vouchers

VT-Vouchers that go unused can be put back into the account they were created
from. This includes both Trackable, and non-trackable VT-Vouchers.

To redeem unused VT-Vouchers go to the Credits/Vouchers tab in the SolidWorks

Certification Center:

Click on the Active Vouchers Tab:

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Highlight the VT-Voucher you wish to redeem back into your account and click the
Copy Voucher Code Button:

In the box labeled Redeem, paste the code into it and click Redeem:

After it is redeemed you will notice that your credit balance has increased by that
amount, and the active vouchers have disappeared. You will need to perform this
for every outstanding active voucher you no longer wish to use.

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Using An Event ID Or VT-Voucher Code

1. Visit the following site and download TesterPRO Client:

http://www.virtualtester.com/

2. Run the downloaded executable file:

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3. Click “I Agree” to the license agreement:

4. Click the install button:

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5. Click the finish button:

6. Select your language and click continue

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If you have already taken a SolidWorks Certification Exam, skip to step 9

7. Fill in the required fields and click continue:

Write down your login credentials for future use!

Skip to step 9

8. If you have already taken a SolidWorks Certification Exam select the option
below, fill in your credentials, and click continue:

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9. On the exam selection page enter the event ID or VT-Voucher code that
was given to you in the box shown below and click submit:

10. On the usage agreement page click “I Agree”:

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 11. On the Examination Information page, read the information and then click
“Start Examination”, this will begin the timed portion of your exam:

You will then take the exam and it will walk you through it all the way to getting
your results.

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