The Cognus curriculum
Start with the fundamentals.
Then pick your track.
Every Cognus course builds on GibbsCAM Essentials. Where you go next depends on the parts you cut. Every course is available in both formats.
On-Demand
Recorded video. Watch anytime, at your own pace.
Live Online
Scheduled Zoom classes with a live instructor.
GibbsCAM Essentials
Part setup, toolpaths, and 2-axis milling and turning. Takes a new hire from their first part to confident, independent programming.
Milling track
Advanced Concepts
Advanced coordinate systems, solids-based programming, VoluMill, machine simulation, and an introduction to 5-axis.
4 & 5-Axis Machining
Program complex multi-axis parts with confidence, from indexed work through full simultaneous 5-axis motion.
Turning track
Advanced Turning I
The full range of the GibbsCAM Turning module: mill-turn with live tooling, high-speed roughing, and advanced threading.
Advanced Turning II
Confidently program complex Multi-Task Machines: multi-axis turning, sub-spindle work, and Sync Control.
Learn at your own pace
Short 10-minute lessons, 365-day access, and quizzes throughout. Starts the moment you order. Most machinists buy the path, not a single course.
All-Access Bundle
The entire milling path, from first part to full 5-axis. Everything a machinist needs, start to finish.
- GibbsCAM Essentials
- Advanced Concepts
- 4 & 5-Axis Machining
- 365-day access to all three
GibbsCAM Essentials
+ Advanced Concepts
27 hours · 162 videos
Advanced Concepts
+ 4 & 5-Axis Machining
36 hours · 218 videos
Advanced Turning I and II are coming soon to On-Demand. Both are available Live Online today.
Learn with an instructor
Six classes over two weeks on Zoom. Full two-way screen sharing, questions answered in real time, and a certificate on completion.
Book any Live Online class and add the matching On-Demand course for 50% off, so you keep it as a reference after class.
Milling track
GibbsCAM Essentials
From your first part to confident, independent programming.
$1,245
6 classes over 2 weeks
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Advanced toolpaths, solids-based programming, and simulation.
$1,245
6 classes over 2 weeks
Pick a date Learn more →4 & 5-Axis Machining
Indexed work through full simultaneous 5-axis motion.
$1,545
6 classes over 2 weeks
Pick a date Learn more →Turning track
Advanced Turning I
Mill-turn with live tooling and high-speed roughing.
$1,145
6 classes over 2 weeks
Pick a date Learn more →Advanced Turning II
Multi-Task Machining, sub-spindle work, and Sync Control.
$1,545
6 classes over 2 weeks
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Find a cohort that fits your schedule. All times Pacific.
Get more from every course
Training sticks when you can actually practice
Watching a lesson is one thing. Doing it yourself is what makes it stick. The GibbsCAM Student License gives you your own seat to practice on.
Cognus training
Learn the workflows from working professionals
Student License
Your own GibbsCAM seat to practice on
Skills you actually keep
Every lesson runs on your machine, exactly as shown in the course
GibbsCAM Student License
Every advanced module unlocked for learning: 5-axis milling, multiblade, porting, Advanced Turning with Multi-Task Machining, Swiss, probing, and Wire EDM. Follow along with any Cognus course and every toolpath example performs exactly as shown. Includes the first 2 hours of Cognus training.
A learning seat, not a production seat. It does not post G-code and does not save to commercial file formats. For practice and skill building, not for cutting parts.
License keys are delivered by email after a GibbsCAM compliance check, which takes 3 to 4 business days. Each license is tied to the hard drive it is installed on and cannot be transferred. All Student License purchases are final.