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These 10 free CSWP-MBD questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Model Based Design (CSWP-MBD) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A 12 mm-thick cover carries the callout 'Ø6 THRU; counterbore Ø10, 4 DEEP.' Both diameters share one axis, and the counterbore depth is measured from the entry face. An axial section should therefore show:
Correct answer: A - A flat-bottomed Ø10 cylindrical recess 4 mm deep, followed by a Ø6 through hole.
An inspection dimension is assigned correctly to the Right annotation view, but it is difficult to read at the current oblique viewing angle. The Right annotation view is not active. You want to display its annotations and look normal to its existing plane in one command, without moving annotations to another plane. Choose the appropriate shortcut-menu command.
Correct answer: B - Activate and Reorient
Two perpendicular planar faces on a machined housing meet through a constant-radius fillet. A locating dimension is specified from the theoretical sharp corner, not from the finished blend, and the fillet must remain in the production model. Which reference represents the intended corner for this dimension?
Correct answer: C - The line where the two extended parent planes would meet without the fillet.
During 3D PDF publication, the release engineer must enter a shipment-specific handling instruction that is not stored as a model property. After receiving the file, the inspector must fill in an acknowledgement name. Neither value should be baked into the reusable template. Which field types serve these two roles, in that order?
Correct answer: D - Text field; PDF form field
A supplier provides a STEP model of a manifold as a valid solid with analytic planar and cylindrical faces, but no native sketches or Hole Wizard history. You need manufacturing dimensions and tolerances, not a redesign. A colleague recommends returning the file and withholding all PMI work until the native part arrives. Which response is technically justified?
Correct answer: D - Use DimXpert to recognize the manufacturing features directly and apply the required dimensions and tolerances.
A locating hole is specified as Ø12.00-12.20 mm with a position tolerance of Ø0.12 mm at maximum material condition relative to A, B, and C. Inspection confirms an ideal cylindrical hole of Ø12.08 mm and a diametrical position error of 0.18 mm over its controlled length. The datum reference frame is fixed; there is no datum shift. Ignore measurement uncertainty. How should size and position be assessed?
Correct answer: A - Accept both checks: the hole permits a Ø0.20 mm position zone at its measured size.
Only the Aluminum configuration of a bracket should display 'Material: Aluminum'; the Steel configuration must continue to display 'Material: Steel'. Each configuration has the correct Material property. A reusable note is instead linked to the document-level StockMaterial property and displays Steel in both configurations, even after rebuilding. How should the note be repaired while preserving automatic updates?
Correct answer: B - Link the note to the active configuration's Material property, not the file's StockMaterial.
DimXpert reports a machined shoulder as under-constrained. Its planar face has a parallelism control relative to datum A, but the scheme contains no requirement for the face's distance from A. Design intent calls for a 24.00 ±0.05 mm separation. Adding which annotation addresses the missing constraint rather than merely adding another orientation or form control?
Correct answer: D - A toleranced location dimension of 24.00 ±0.05 mm from datum A.
Two locating-hole centers are dimensioned from the same datum plane: H1 at X = 20.00 ±0.05 mm and H2 at X = 60.00 ±0.05 mm. The independent limits may occur in any combination; there is no separate hole-to-hole control. A mating component requires an X-direction center separation of 40.00 ±0.08 mm. Before approving this scheme, determine whether it guarantees that separation requirement.
Correct answer: B - No. The separation can vary by ±0.10 mm from 40.00 mm.
Selecting the captured 3D View 'Seal inspection' makes a valve body's finish-machined bore disappear. The model switches from Machined to As-cast at the same time. Manually reactivating Machined restores both the bore and its valid PMI; rebuilding produces no errors. The PDF must use the existing 'Seal inspection' view. What needs to change before it is republished?
Correct answer: C - Change the captured 3D View's configuration to Machined and verify its saved PMI selections.
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