how long do solidworks certifications last

For most Solidworks users, the software they bought into is WAY more than they need in some ways and WAY LESS than they need in others. Where do you look to replace a product like Solidworks? It depends on what you need. You should have a plan in place to make the transition in a controlled fashion and avoid chaos. The point is here that you want to be able to control your move to another product on your own terms, not when someone else finally pulls the plug on you. Is that the future you’d really choose for yourself? We’ve talked about the Mechanical Desktop syndrome before.

Of course if you chart the decline of CAD content in the What’s New document, or the rate of removal of certain things that you used to see as essential (like an included PDM product or home use license or an included renderer or even a free 2D only application), you could draw that chart yourself. It’s not an outright lie, but it’s far from truthful.

I seriously doubt you’re going to hear anything but assurances with heavily veiled hints at choices you might make. So, back to the main question, how long is the desktop version going to last? Of course a real answer can only be answered by the people who supply the software. But it might also turn out t be something other than what you would pick if DS were not the one picking for you. Maybe it serves your needs, and it’s just what you would pick if you had to pick a replacement for your old Solidworks. It might turn out that you like the new destination. There’s always some relevant Star Trek analogy, isn’t there? Like that episode of Star Trek TNG where Worf and his step-brother lead a superstitious tribe away from their home planet which is about to explode onto a new stable planet. The transition is being drawn out because they want you to wind up in the destination of 3DXperience Land without really noticing you have moved anywhere.

How long do solidworks certifications last