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Preparing for an Autodesk Certification Exam

As you set your professional goals for 2016, perhaps Autodesk Certification is on your list. Certification is available for AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Inventor, Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, Revit MEP, Infrastructure Design Suite, BIM Workflow for Roads and Highways, and 3ds Max.

Before taking one of the Certified Professional exams, Autodesk recommends 400 hours of hands-on software experience. That experience should also be combined with advanced preparation. As you lay the groundwork before the exam, a good approach is to understand the certification objectives and to feel confident with your software experience.

ASCENT’s training guides are a great way to prepare thoroughly and efficiently for an Autodesk Certification exam. No matter what your level of expertise, there is an ASCENT product that will meet your needs.

• Autodesk Official Training Guides with Certification Objectives. These are ideal for novice users who are learning to use the software. Exam objectives are laid out in the applicable training guides so you know which Chapter and section to refer to for the objectives.
  
  
•  Official Certification Preparation Books. These are well-suited for experienced users. The Official Certification Preparation books highlight objectives needed for the exam, cover each objective in detail, provide practice exercises, and offer review questions.
  
  
•  Autodesk Certification Prep Sheets. In addition to the training guides and certification preparation books, ASCENT also offers Autodesk Certification prep sheets. These are perfect for individuals who own the ASCENT Official Training Guides and want to map the exam objectives to certain chapters and books for studying.
  
  

As the authorized author, publisher, and developer of Autodesk Official Training Guides, ASCENT is the natural choice. Autodesk reviews and approves all our certification preparation materials. In addition, ASCENT has over 20 years’ experience developing high quality professional curriculum and technical documentation for engineering applications. Our training guides and preparation books are designed to help individuals learn by doing. Step-by-step exercises show how different tools in the software work.

Certification books are available in printed and Kindle format through Amazon.

New Year’s Resolution: Is Autodesk Certification on Your List?

Do you use Autodesk software, such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Inventor, Revit, Infrastructure Design Suite, 3ds Max or BIM Workflow for Roads and Highways in your work? If so, Autodesk Certification is a great way to demonstrate your expertise to employers and peers. Here are three reasons why people decide to pursue Autodesk Certification:

1. Job security. Passing the certification exam offers proof of expertise on the latest version of Autodesk software. It also confirms that you understand best practices for using Autodesk software in the most efficient ways.
   
   
2.  Competitive advantage in the market. Certification enables professionals to differentiate themselves in markets where competition for talent is high. Autodesk’s performance-based certification exams demonstrate proficiency solving real world problems. During the exams, live Autodesk software is used to answer questions related to design challenges.
   
   
3.  Access to a network of other certified professionals. Once you pass an Autodesk certification exam, your name will be listed in the database of Autodesk Certified Professionals.
   
   

Before taking an Autodesk Certification exam, it’s a good idea to do some advance preparation. In our next blog post, we will explore different ways to prepare for the exams and how resources from ASCENT can help.