Prime Computer’s Computervision has a new version of the direct translator between its Personal Designer micro-based and CADDS 4X workstation-based software: the Personal Designer/CADDS 4X Direct Translator Revision 4.0 provides translation of drawing data between CADDS 4 or 4X part files and Personal Designer drawing files; it is compatible with the latest revision of Personal Designer software, Revision 4.0; Personal Designer/CADDS 4X Direct Translator is made up of PDtoC4X, which creates a CADDS 4 or CADDS 4X-compatible binary database part file from a Personal Designer database file, and C4XtoPD, which creates a Personal Designer drawing file from a CADDS 4 or CADDS 4X binary part file; the Personal Designer/CADDS 4X Direct Translator 4.0 supports all of the new features found in Personal Designer 4.0 including multiple views and the ability to separate model and drawing information; the new product is $1,950, upgrades are $450.