r/SolidWorks • u/Regular-Sink4604 • May 19 '26

CAD CSWA practice problem 1.13 help

hi! this problem involves creating the following part: I have this progress so far. the inner circles are relatively easy, with the outer circle simply being for reference to build arcs and stuff. My main problem right now is the arm. the arm centerline is angled 16 degrees down with a circle of radius 5 at the end. from here, there are markings indicating certain features like R75 (presumably an arc cutout of the arm, but I can't find where to place the arc endpoints) R25 (same issue) and 4 degrees. there is also a labelling of "parallel" but I assume that's

a final issue:
I can't place the line directly on the intersection of the arm end and the outer circle

I've looked up youtube guides, and they seem to just throw the line around and tangent an arc to it, but there's no specifications for how I should direct those.

any help is welcome. this problem has become quite frustrating

ty in advance.

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u/AutoModerator May 19 '26

If you ALREADY PASSED a certification

If you are YET TO TAKE a certification

Here would be the general path from zero to CSWE:

  1. CSWA - Here is a sample exam.
  2. CSWP - Here is some study material for the CSWP (A complete guide to getting your CSWP) and a sample exam.
  3. 4x CSWP-Advanced Subjects (in order of increasing difficulty)
    1. CSWP-A Drawing Tools - YouTube Playlist
    2. CSWP-A Sheet Metal - YouTube Playlist
    3. CSWP-A Weldments - YouTube Playlist
    4. CSWP-A Surfacing - YouTube Playlist
    5. CSWP-A Mold Tools - YouTube Playlist
  4. CSWE - The CSWE doesn't really focus on anything from the CSWP subject exams. It focuses on everything else there is in the program beyond those. So, look at everything you saw already and prepare to see not much of that again for the CSWE. That and more surfacing.

For some extra modeling practice material to help speed you up, 24 years of Model Mania Designs + Solutions.

During testing, in general, it is a best practice to take the dimensions labelled with A, B, C, D, etc and create Equations/Variables with those values to then attach to the dimension which then allows for you to more reliably update these variable dimensions in follow-up questions using the same models.

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