Centro 8.4.0 Release Notes
Overview
Along with importer updates and many bug fixes, Centro 8.4.0 includes many UI and workflow improvements and enhancements. It also introduces telemetry to help us make improvements in the future.
Special Installation Information!!
Actify anticipates releasing Centro 8.5.0 in a couple of weeks specifically to include Catia v5 2024 (3D) and Inventor 2025 (3D).
Let your organization's needs determine whether to install Centro 8.4.0 or wait for Centro 8.5.0.
Starting with Centro 8.4.0, support for Windows Server 2012 is being deprecated.
We strongly recommend migrating to Windows Server 2016 or later versions.
Installation Note Reminder
If running Centro on a Windows 10 or a Windows 2016 system, one must create a MIME Type for wasm, otherwise the SpinFire Web module fails to load models.
Windows 11, Windows 2019 and Windows 2022 systems have this MIME type set by default.
Centro 8.4.0 Changes
Date range picker added to result filtering in the Jobs Explorer
Importer updates:
Importer | Version |
---|---|
NX | V11.0 to NX 2312 Series |
Parasolid | Up to 36.1 |
Rhino | 4 - 8 |
Solidworks | V19 - 20, ST - ST10, 2024 |
8.4.0 Bug Fixes
3D Search
3D Search for similars fails from the Search page: Could not load file or assembly ssqh.
API
Endpoint CancelCheckoutByResourceKey does not ensure up to date identity before using permissions.
Fix Web API error response messages for validation in multi-tenant web app.
Mesh
Upload UI shows Prem Location as inaccessible even if accessible.
Requests with Mesh token auth do not return correct error response format.
CatalogPart page does not correctly handle errors caused by live update connection failure.
Some resource actions are unnecessarily disabled when remote location is not accessible.
Mesh upload actions fail with incorrect error when uploading to a fallback location.
Misc.
Address some issues with not checking ACLs when resolving resource level permissions.
Error when enabling Azure AD sign-in: Could not load type from assembly Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.
Check-in comment labels misbehaving in SFW Comments view.
Translations
A translation is missing on the "Amend Mesh Rules" window.
Missing translation for agent type filter on Pipeline Activity tab.
UI
Scrolling doesn't appear on the Compare page.
Misaligned items in search dropdown of nav header.
The Clear button doesn't have text in the time filters on the Jobs Explorer page.
The tooltips on the thumbnail of Catalog Part aren't on the same level.
The slider for the length of the part name on the BOM page is invisible.
The Explode View is unreadable on the SFW page.
SFW Explode View input slider is unclear in dark mode and not visible otherwise.
A number of improvements made to the Dark UI Theme.
Supported Environments
Centro Web / File Server Environment | Minimum | Recommended | Optimum |
---|---|---|---|
Operating System | Windows Server2012/2016/2019 (64-bit) Windows 10 (64-bit) | Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022 (64-bit) | Windows Server 2012/2016 /2019/2022 (64-bit) |
CPU/Processor * | Intel i7 8 Core 4 GHz (or equivalent) | Intel i7 8 Core 4 GHz (or equivalent) | |
Memory | 16 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB |
Disk Space † | 10 GB free | 50 GB free | 100 GB free |
It's recommended to have n+1 core processors where n is the number of total concurrent jobs running.
† The amount of available free space is dependent on the amount and size of files and revisions uploaded as resources to the Catalog.
Database Environment | Minimum | Recommended | Optimum |
---|---|---|---|
Operating System | Ubuntu Linux v12.04 / v14.10 / v15.04 Debian Linux v7.0 or v8.0 | Debian Linux v8.0 Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012/2016 (64-bit) | Debian Linux v8.0 Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012/2016 (64-bit) |
Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB |
Disk Space | 10 GB free | 20 GB free | 50 GB free |
Client Environment | Minimum | Recommended | Optimum |
---|---|---|---|
Browser | WebGL Compatible Browser
| Chrome FireFox Edge | n/a |
Memory | 2 GB | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Prerequisite Installations
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 offline installer for WindowsInternet Information Services (IIS)
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
SDK: Visual Studio Projects using the Centro SDK must now target .NET Framework 4.6.2 minimum and turn on automatic binding redirects.