Esprit--Anyone used it or using it???

[Verfur]

try trim or keep and then select the line for edit, then hold down ctrl key and then select the lines at which you want to keep it at or trim it at

[HapSmo19]

I've used it for about five years and like it the bestest. It is the only CAD/CAM software I've really spent alot of time on though. I've messed around with MasterCam, GibbsCam and Geopath but felt like Esprit was tailor-made for my approach. I really like the CAD end. I thought they made drawing very easy.

[Whodat421]

I just started using Esprit for fourth axis and I am having difficulty using the wrap contour function to create Cams. Can anyone help with with wrapping when the z axis depth varies?

[BluegrassPicker]

If you have the maintenace contract and are able to log in to the esprit web,
go here:

https://www.dptechnology.com/ew/tbs/...ulletinID=1574

[Othatvideo]

Have used Esprit since '88 when we had a blistering 15mhz of speed on our HP & it was known as Esprit Basic 5.whatever...just after Vantage. I'm a Mitsubishi Wire EDM user & was taught waaaay long time ago to use the variables in the wire machine (memory was limited back then). From what I've been exposed too, Esprit rocks where CAD is concerned. Easy to draw & la la la. I stopped upgrading at v2003 when DP last supported the Generic EDM type of programming.

I believe in putting the power AT the wire machine. DP believes in "if you change the program, then you need to simply repost your program." ummm...I don't want to repost. I simply want to change THE part that I've changed. Maybe just tweak a variable.

I have a few thousand CAD files. DP has not been kind through the years regarding making newer programs compatible with a previous version of your file. Example? Bring up a v2003 CAD file....save it using v2005 or newer...you can NOT save it in any version whatsoever that v2003 will understand unless you pitch all of your toolpaths to the wind & save it in .dxf format or what have you.

The .dxf translators have lacked attention as well usually ending up with your annotations being shelled to other CAD program users. I understand theri motive though especially when they state, "We will not spend much time making our product compatible with an older version of a competitors." There's no money in that & I'm okay with that.

My problem? I word for a money strapped O.E.M. supplier where our department is the ONLY department using Esprit. The rest of the corporation uses AutoCAD2007 or 8. It's a challenge sometimes.

There are so many toys, bells & whistles inside of the v2003 that I've yet to find in learn. Too busy to learn to draw in 3D. Maybe it's easier?...I dunno. I've got 2 wire machines & 3 Toolmakers to keep busy.

Long story short?...very powerful software. I'm becoming an old fart that's not afraid to change...but why does the software have to change so often?

My first post. Howdie everyone. -Brent

[ALLtra Mach]

Originally Posted by Othatvideo I'm becoming an old fart that's not afraid to change...but why does the software have to change so often? My first post. Howdie everyone. -Brent

Hi!

Software changes because the users (us) scream for changes!