General – IGEMS Help

Creating a postprocessor

Preparing IGEMS for your machine In order for us to create a postprocessor, we need som basic information about your machine. Axis names with positive direction. Manufacturer of controller and and example of NC file. List of M codes for... continue reading

How to make a support file

To make it easier to report bugs or to get answers on support questions, IGEMS has a function collecting all information we need to be able to recreate your question or problem. Please indicate the position of the problem with a circle. ... continue reading

Activate rotation axis in IGEMS CAD/CAM

If your machine is equipped with a rotation axis, you need to activate the axis in your machine settings before you can program it in 3D5X. Follow the steps shown in the images below. When the rotation axis is activated, it's paramoun... continue reading

Shared folder

The folders in the image below can be shared with multiple users through a shared folder. It's great for users who want to work with identical settings of IGEMS CAD/CAM. The settings will affect all users using the same shared folder. Fo... continue reading

Report system

Create better looking reports with our new report system. General workflow When a report is generated it is opened in a word processor. It can be modified using the ribbon style user interface. The report can then be printed and/or sa... continue reading

Keyboard shortcuts

This is the standard keyboard shortcuts list of IGEMS. If you wish to change any of the shortcuts you can do so by open the Default_toolbar.lsp document found in the "lsp" folder where you installed IGEMS. Let's say you want to change th... continue reading