Feature Guides

How to Set Fixture Avoidance
Summary This article explains how to include fixture bodies in collision-avoidance calculations for a GibbsCAM milling operation and set safe Entry and Exi...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Traversal Options
Summary This article explains how Traversal Options control movement between duplicated part instances in GibbsCAM. When the DCD Multi-Part Type is set to ...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Graphic Part Face Distance
Summary This article explains when the Graphic Part Face Distance field is available, how it changes the on-screen spacing between opposed spindles, and wh...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:12 PM
How to use Add G-Code
Summary This article explains how to create an Add G-Code utility process, enter or reuse raw machine code, place the resulting operation in the program se...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:13 PM
OptiThreading
Summary This article explains how to create and import an OptiThreading tool assembly from Sandvik Coromant's CoroPlus Tool Library, use its recommende...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Create a Custom Menu of File Extensions For Your CNCs
Summary GibbsCAM uses NCF as the default extension for posted G-code files. Some CNC controls require a different extension, such as NC, TAP, MIN, or EIA. ...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:01 PM
How to Save and Reuse Custom Interface Settings
Summary GibbsCAM lets you arrange menus, toolbar groups, and command icons around the way you program. Saving that layout as a customization profile create...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Using Custom Setup Sheets
Summary A custom GibbsCAM setup sheet is a Reporter document built from two matched files: an Excel model (.xlsx) that controls the visible layout and a te...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:02 PM
GibbsCAM Mill Tutorial (from a print): Geometry Creation
Summary This article recreates the Geometry Creation lesson from CAMCO's GibbsCAM Mill Tutorial. The exercise uses a dimensioned flange print to build ...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:20 PM
GibbsCAM Mill Tutorial (from a solid): Import
Summary This article recreates the Import lesson from CAMCO's GibbsCAM Mill Tutorial from a solid. It shows how to import a Parasolid model and prepare...
Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 6:21 PM