Feature Based Machining...
Automatic programming without sacrificing tool control.

Whether you are machining solids, surfaces, 3D models or 2D drawings you are machining a work piece to produce a part.  That part is composed of physical features such as: holes, pockets, slots, etc.  ESPRIT’s Feature Based Machining uses this concept of part features to ease the programming process. 

 ESPRIT’s Feature Recognition automatically recognizes a part’s features and its properties such as height, depth, and work plane orientation.  When each feature is machined, the tool path is created using these properties eliminating the need to manually enter cutting parameters.    The parameters are automatically set based upon the feature you are machining.  You’ll benefit from completely automated programming without sacrificing tool control when you need it.

• Feature Based Machining from any solid, surface, 3D wire frame model or 2D drawing automatically recognizing depth, thickness, holes, pockets, slots, profiles, etc.

Complete Tool Control...
Optimized tool travel and minimized cycle times.

When you want to get the job done quickly, ESPRIT delivers a suite of automated machining cycles. And when the job demands precise tool control ESPRIT offers a full range of options for all its machining cycles including complete control over tool entry and exit moves, clearances, and offsets.  You can change any cutting condition at any point during a cut.  Cutting speeds are calculated instantly from ESPRIT’s customizable, integrated cutting speeds and feeds database.  With ESPRIT you have precise control over every individual tool movement, which allows for optimized tool travel and minimized cycle time and machine wear.  

• Extensive control over all cutting conditions

Knowledge Based Machining (KBM)...
Automating the process of creating tool path.

Simply put, KBM is about automating the process of creating tool path. ESPRIT learns from you, the expert. It records how you cut the part, and then replays the process the next time the same situation occurs. You retain complete control while repetitive steps are eliminated.

KBM Project Manager...
To easily organize your work.

An essential tool to easily organize your work, the Project Manager helps you sort out what you are cutting, how you’re cutting it, and which cutting tools you are using. 

Within the “Feature Tab” your work piece is divided into machinable features such as holes, slots, and pockets. For each feature you’ll have a list of cutting operations. Add, change, or remove any machining cycle at any time. 

An “Operation Tab” provides a sequential list of cutting operations as they appear in the G-code. Organize and optimize your program using simple Windowsâ drag and drop techniques. The “Tool Tab” manages your cutting tools, and provides access to your tooling libraries. 

• Project Manager to organize your work with Feature tab, Operation tab, and Tool tab

KBM Property Browser...
For control over all the machining conditions.

The Property Browser gives you control over all the machining conditions. More importantly, the Property Browser eliminates repetitive editing of your tool path by allowing you to select and change any number of conditions for any number of cutting operations in one simple step. For example, change the stock allowance on three separate pockets and one contour in a single easy step. 

• Property Browser providing extensive control over all cutting conditions

KBM Process Manager...
Multiple machining cycles applied to multiple part features in one step.

A process is any number of machining cycles combined together. For example, a standard process for creating a pocket might be: rough the pocket with a concentric climb cut, change the tool, finish cut the walls using a contouring cycle, and lastly finish cut the bottom of the pocket using a zigzag style pocket cycle. Processes are saved in the Process Manager database for future use, where they can be easily applied to any number of features on any part. 

• Process Manager to machine one or more part features with one or more machining cycle(s) in one simple step.

Universal Post Processing...
G-Code for virtually any CNC machine.

ESPRIT will output G-code for virtually any CNC machine thanks to its Universal Post Processing system.  ESPRIT’s extensive post processor library contains posts for a large number of the more popular machine tools and the entire library is available to you on the product CD.  You also have the power of the post processor generator to create a new post from scratch or just as easily modify one of the existing posts from the library to suit your individual preferences.  In either case you have complete control over the format of your G-code, and you have the ability to create an unlimited number of post processors.

• Universal post processing with an extensive library and custom post generator

Simulation and Verification...
Assures your NC programs are of the highest quality.

ESPRIT’s Solid Simulation and Verification assures your NC programs are of the absolute highest quality by simulating the machining cycles along with the entire machining environment, including stock material, fixtures and clamps, in dynamic solid shaded graphics. Using ESPRIT’s built-in part inspection tool you can easily compare the original “as-designed” part to your “as-machined” work piece to assure part accuracy. The realistic images let you see the part as if you were holding it in your hand.

• Solid simulation and verification with comprehensive collision detection