Prime Computer Inc has a series of major enhancements to its CADDS 4X family of software modules for computer-aided engineering, design and manufacturing, and has unveiled Version 4.0 of its Personal Designer micro-based computer-aided design software: release 5.0 of the CADDS 4x family includes features that optimise the software’s performance on the new Sparc-based CADDStation workstations, improve CADDS 4X customer programming packages, and increase users’ abilities to access, analyse and view important part information; Release 5.0 of CADDS 4X runs on the 40C and 42C CADDStations from Prime; 4X software running on CADDStations is priced from $39,500, depending on configuration; Version 4.0 of Personal Designer runs in an MS-DOS-extended environment and features significantly increased designing, drafting and shading capabilities – there is a new multi-view implementation that enables design engineers to create up to 30 multiple views and a new MS-DOS-extended version of the User Programming Language; out now, it’s $5,800 for microCADDS GCD, $2,800 for microCADDS Surfaces, and $500 for $500.
