# SOLIDWORKS Certification Course Online

100% online course with SOLIDWORKS software access & exam

Canonical URL: <https://vdci.edu/courses/solidworks-certification>

## Overview

This comprehensive course takes you from the basics of 3D design all the way through advanced mechanical modeling, assemblies, and professional engineering documentation. You’ll work through real-world design challenges while building the skills needed to confidently prepare for the SOLIDWORKS Certification Exam for CAD Design. By the end, you’ll have a portfolio filled with industry-relevant projects and the confidence to step into design and engineering roles.

As the course progresses, you’ll focus on assembling complex multi-part models using both standard and advanced mates, configurations, and exploded views. You’ll also create professional technical drawings, schematics, and photorealistic renderings suitable for manufacturing and presentations. Throughout the course, projects and exam-focused practice help ensure you’re not just learning the tools, but learning how to use SOLIDWORKS effectively in real engineering workflows.

## What you'll learn

- Navigate and customize the SOLIDWORKS interface while creating precise, parametric 3D models
- Develop multi-component assemblies using standard and advanced mates, configurations, and exploded views
- Apply sheet metal, mold, and weldment tools to produce manufacturable and visually refined components
- Generate professional 2D drawing sets, including custom templates, dimensioning, and bills of materials
- Render photorealistic visuals and animations in SOLIDWORKS Visualize to communicate design intent
- Interpret and verify technical drawings and schematics to connect 2D documentation with real-world assemblies
- Demonstrate complete project workflows, from concept modeling through analysis, documentation, and presentation, in alignment with professional engineering standards

## Curriculum
1. **Intro to SOLIDWORKS Course Online**
2. **Intermediate SOLIDWORKS Course Online**

## Instructors

### William Tenney — Instructor

William Tenney is a career Solidworks designer. He began his career in consumer products then shifted to retail display design, corporate interiors, and finally furniture. His time with Solidworks spans almost two decades where in that time he designed many pieces for mass production, was awarded co-inventor status on five patents, obtained the Professional Certification and Surfacing Certification for Solidworks, and also contributed to many pieces shown in such publications as Architectural Digest, Interior Design Magazine, Fashion Magazine, and 1st Dibs. Outside of his work life, he is a husband to a wonderful spouse and a father to two future creatives.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $999