This weekend, version 7.0 of Virtual Tester was released online. Virtual Tester is the software that manages and delivers all of the SolidWorks Certification Exams. The system is an online tool that manages the entire database of nearly 40,000 certified SolidWorks Users around the world.
The first change is how certified users log into our system. The online Certification Accounts page has been combined into the SolidWorks Certification Center page. You can access your account by using the login button in the upper left corner of the page:
One of the biggest enhancements comes in the tester software itself. As we all know PC's can crash from time to time from a variety of reasons. Unfortunately having a computer crash during a times online exam is not very good. Virtual Tester 7.0 features recoverable exams. If your in the middle of an exam and your computer crashes, the virtual tester system automatically pauses your exam online and allows you to pick up right back where you were in terms of the time remaining. This is accomplished by letting the online server track your exam time, instead of the tester client that is running locally on your machine.
Another new feature is Portrait mode. What portrait mode allows you to do is to reshape the tester window to fit the edge of the screen much like the SolidWorks tutorials do:
As you resize the window, virtual tester automatically resizes the components, and moves items around to allow for a cleaner presentation.
There are a variety of other behind the scenes enhancements as well that will make the system grow along with our ever growing group of certified users. Take some time to check out the SolidWorks Certification Center to see all the tools available.
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Posted by: Terri Lynch | June 20, 2011 at 03:20 AM
Hey, Nice post. I am just curious about it. There are some of the best features for Certification Exams which is really effective. SolidWorks Certification virtual tester is one of the latest feature.
Posted by: Terri Linch | June 08, 2011 at 07:50 AM
I don't have solidworks software installed on my computer but I want to write the CSWA exam.Is it possible for me to take the exam through Virtual Tester alone though I don't have solidworks installed on my system.
My friend has a trial version installed on his computer.Please let me know if I need a licensed version of solidworks instlalled to take the exam.
Posted by: lax | November 20, 2010 at 03:46 PM
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Posted by: Trinsley Howard Lee | November 02, 2010 at 06:01 AM
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Posted by: Trinsley Howard Lee | November 02, 2010 at 05:50 AM
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Posted by: microsoft 70-685 | September 22, 2010 at 03:17 AM
This is simply awesome. Thanks for the heads up on this new feature and nice blog by the way.
Posted by: GRE Online Exam | September 04, 2010 at 12:27 PM
As a victim of a crashed computer during a CSWP attempt its great to see these improvements. I just hope there is a reasonable time limit for re-entering to keep people from using a fake crash as a study break.
Ooo and no more flopping between test screen and Swx..nice time saver. Can't wait to try it out.
Posted by: Chris Hile | September 01, 2010 at 09:43 PM
These new features look really cool! Ooops! That reminds me I have a couple of tests I still need to take! :-)
Posted by: Gabi Jack | August 23, 2010 at 02:58 PM
The best features of the SolidWorks Certification exam tester. SolidWorks users will be glad to know about these.
Posted by: Deepak Gupta | August 23, 2010 at 02:11 PM