Anark 4.6.6 Release Announcement - February 6, 2026

February 6, 2026 - Publishing, sharing, and collaborating on the highest quality engineering product data is complex business. Our Engineering team has put in the work to improve product quality, enhance flexibility for IT administrators, and expand features for end users. Our latest release includes enhancement requests from customers like you, planned product features that improve value, and changes that open new use cases to our customers.

Anark continues to roll out Anark Collaborate "Spaces" which is where customers can use the the new content-centric collaboration feature set that also includes even more flexibility to mark up Model-Based content along with new panel options to define templates in much more flexible ways.   The Webinars on these topics from December 2025 thru February 2026 show the capabilities, along with Anark Publish Gateway described in detail for this release.

Anark Release 4.6.6 includes the following enhancements, new features, and bug fixes. Additional information can be found in the product documentation included with the release and here is the Anark Software Release Download Page.  The next release will be 4.6.7 planned for Spring 2026. 

Please contact Anark Support if you have any questions about this or the content of any release.

Anark Release 4.6.6

Anark Publish Upgrades

When upgrading Anark Publish to versions 4.5.85 and later from 4.5.83 or older, you must uninstall the old version before upgrading to new versions.

Example: If you are on 4.5.80, and will upgrade to this latest release of 4.6.6, you must uninstall 4.5.80 and then install 4.6.6.

Introducing Anark Publish Gateway

The Anark Publish Gateway provides a complete, recipe-driven, browser-based approach for automated publishing and CAD translation. It manages the extraction, processing, transformation of engineering CAD data, technical documents and other types of data to  generation 3D PDF or Anark Collaborate technical data content, with detailed job logs, working directly from your web browser and desktop.

The web-based interface allows users to submit jobs that can include the many CAD formats Anark supports, monitor progress in real time, and ensure consistent, repeatable output. With Anark Publish Gateway, there’s no need to install native CAD applications or any Anark software on the client machine to run a publication process.

If users have access to the required CAD assembly data. including subassemblies, parts, attachments, and embedded files, they can initiate publishing directly without needing access to PLM systems.  This new capability greatly expands the flexibility of Anark users to execute and track complex publishing processes. Note that the initial release of Anark Publish Gateway supporting the foundations and 3D PDF publication was available in Release 4.6.5.  With Release 4.6.6 Anark has completed this product via addition of additional capabilities listed below that also includes Anark Collaborate.

Anark Publish Gateway Release 4.6.6 Capabilities:

Support For Recipe-Based Anark Collaborate Publishing

• Added support for recipe-driven publishing to Anark Collaborate. 

• Published data can be accessed directly via the Open AC URL command, available in “View Translation Jobs” table.

Improved Recipe Selection Interface

• The recipe selection list now displays only configured recipes by Administrator, ensuring that only approved recipes are used by the business users and recipe selection drop down list have fewer selections.

Default Recipe Selection Configuration

• Administrators can configure a default recipe name that is automatically selected when the publish interface is opened.

• If no default recipe is defined, the first recipe in the list will be selected by default.

Enhanced Log Details in Dashboard

• Users can now view complete log details for a specific publishing request.

• By clicking on the View Log command, the system opens a detailed window showing all relevant log information for that request.

User-Friendly Publishing Job Status Names

• Publishing job statuses now display user readable labels instead of database values for better clarity

Local Time Display for Publish Request times

• Request status times (e.g., queued time, start time, finish time) that were previously stored and displayed in UTC (database time) are now converted to the server’s local time zone.

Added NGINX Webserver for Application

• NGINX server has been integrated to provide secure access to the Publish Gateway.

• NGINX component also serves the frontend application

Output PDF File Name Automation

• Output file names are now automatically generated based on the imported file name. However, users retain flexibility and can override the default name if they wish to specify a custom output file name.

Admin-Defined Default Values

• Administrators can now configure default values to streamline the publishing process and reduce repetitive user actions. For example, an admin can define the PDF template location, so users no longer need to browse it each time they publish.

Refresh Table Data Button

• Users can instantly reload the latest job data without needing to navigate or reopen the interface.

Wait and Queued Time Filters in Translation Table

• Users can now filter jobs based on wait time and queued time durations.

• Supported options include ranges such as “All” durations or threshold value greater than 5 minutes. Etc.

Field Validation and Supported Extensions

• Added validation logic for each field to ensure only supported data types and extensions can be selected.

• When an invalid data type or unsupported extension is chosen, the system now displays a clear error message to guide the user.

Anark Publish Gateway Release 4.6.5 Initial Capabilities: 

PDF Publication and Input Management

• Users select preconfigured publishing/translation recipes available with CAD selection options supported (Creo, CATIA, NX, 3D PDF, 2D PDF).
• Recipes ensure consistent, repeatable, and standardized results.

• Capture username and optional engineering metadata (Part Number/Name, etc).
• Determine the priority selection (Low / Normal / High) to influence job queue behavior.

• Upload support for the primary CAD Assembly or Part files.
• Additional assembly components available for multi-file structures.
• Drag-and-drop and classic file browser upload options.

• Users may upload supplemental attachments of any file type.
• Embedded files can be included as with normal Anark 3D PDF recipes to to enrich downstream PDF output.

• Custom publishing PDF Templates will define layout, formatting, metadata placement, and structure for 2D/3D outputs.
• Users define custom PDF output names and automate generation of either 3D PDF of 2D PDF documents.
• Detailed logs capturing processing steps, warnings, and errors.

Job Execution and Management

• Publish Data triggers the full translation workflow.
• Reset clears all input fields for new processing.

• Dedicated view for monitoring all translation activities.
• Displays real-time job progress and final output availability.

• Completed
• In Progress
• Queued
• Warning
• Error
• Error + Warning
• Killed

• Run ID
• Server Name
• Metadata
• Priority
• Quick status filters.
• “Show/Hide Columns” for column customization.
• Pagination for efficient navigation through large job sets.

• Server Name (execution host)
• User/Metadata
• Status & Priority
• Queue Time
• Start Time
• Finish Time
• Wait Time (minutes)
• Translation Time (minutes)
• Downloadable options for each job row for logs and PDFs

System Status & Interface Features

• Basic Mode: Simplified submission with essential fields as configured by Administrator
• Advanced Mode: Full control with metadata, attachments, templates and other translation inputs as determined by Administrator

• Real-time server connectivity indicator (e.g., Connected).
• Visible application version for auditability and support.

• Clean, responsive industrial-grade interface.
• Designed for engineering workflows requiring fast and reliable CAD to PDF publishing and processing.
• Intuitive step-by-step input flow reduces operator errors and training time.

Admin Activity & Configuration

Administrators have dedicated controls to manage how recipes and inputs behave across the entire system including:

• Register and configure the recipe to determine which inputs are to be exposed to users.

• Admins can configure recipe-specific attributes, including:
  • Default values
  • Attributes can be grouped for better user workflow and clarity.

• Color theme
• UI Grouping & Organization 

Anark Collaborate - Content-Centric Collaboration

• The work on Anark Collaborate  “Spaces” continues as we define isolated environments for collaborating directly on content items. In contrast to Activity based collaboration which will soon be deprecated, markups on a content item inside a Space will live with that content item instead of in a feed. Members of a Space with review privilege will be able to inspect all markups on any content items in the Space. Markups on a content item are saved as comments on the content item, just like adding comments to a Word document or in Adobe PDF. Comments can be assigned to users, assigned a priority, given a status, and any number of custom tags. This is the concept of Content-Centric collaboration that Anark is moving ahead with in 2026.  Please Contact Anark for more details

Anark Workstation and Publish

• New STEP Advanced MBD translator supporting STEP AP242, AP214 and AP203.

PLM Integrations and Publishing

Windchill Reference Integration:

• Windchill: Added support to generate STEP data using native Windchill’s CAD worker and attach it to the 3D PDF.

• Windchill: Validated support for publishing in a Linux environment.

Teamcenter Reference Integration(The below are all Creo Specific Enhancements):

• Added recipe-based Anark Collaborate publishing. Recipes can be defined for Anark Collaborate and/or 3D PDF export, allowing data to be published to Anark Collaborate and/or 3D PDF based on the selected recipe.
• Added the capability to track publishing process time across all stages of the transition, including data preparation, Anark queue, Anark processing, and Data upload in Teamcenter.
• Added the capability to repost a job if it is terminated after exceeding a configured threshold time. The number of retry attempts can be configured, and during reposting the threshold time and run priority can be updated.
• Added the capability to avoid CAD data re-export if a job is re-initiated from the Dispatcher administrative console.
• Added the capability to skip publishing if the job has already been published to Anark and the job status matches a configured status. If a job with the configured status is found, it will be terminated without further processing.

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Product Corrections

Customer feedback and continuous improvement are an important part of how we develop our products and thank you for any feedback so we can deliver you the best overall product quality. 

Anark Collaborate

• Anark Collaborate Spaces were expanded further in this release!

Anark Workstation and Anark Publish

• Better image compression for grayscale images in PDFs

• Fixed edge curve associations when publishing to Collaborate

• Improved recipe saving to avoid data loss

• Updated Publish deprecated database types to standard types (Support ticket 4976)

• Improvements to Publish log viewer

Anark Publish Gateway

• Negative Time Values in Translation Table : Corrected an issue where negative time values were displayed in the translation table. For jobs still in progress, the field will now correctly display a “-” placeholder instead of an invalid negative time.
• Corrected an issue with Recipe Configuration Generation where the interface indicated that recipe configurations were created, even when the configuration process had failed.
• Resolved an issue where the Publish button remained disabled even after all mandatory fields were correctly filled by users.
• Resolved an issue where empty categories were still being displayed in the interface. The interface now ensures that categories are shown only when they contain valid fields for interaction.
• Resolved an issue where the Reset button did not clear validation errors or entered/default field values on the interface.
• Resolved an issue where continuous polling was being performed to fetch recipes from the publishing server. This behavior caused multiple simultaneous requests, leading to performance issues.

CAD Integrations and Publishing

• Creo 12 support (Internal Ticket 15562)
• Added support for NX2512 (Internal Ticket 15306)
• Added support for Creo 11+ MBD tables (Internal Ticket 13676, Support ticket 8292)
• Fixed incorrect hide/show of cosmetic sketch geometry in Creo (Internal Ticket 13704)
• Improved performance regression of NX and JT imports (Internal Ticket 14472)
• Fixed hide/show bugs in Creo views (Internal Tickets 3825 and 13633, Support tickets 8315, 7934)

PLM Integrations and Publishing

• Windchill: Fixed an issue where Anark collaboration server status was not validated before initialization of CAD translation job.
• Windchill: Fixed an issue with utility which is used to check Anark Environment

Support Notices

Siemens Teamcenter Support Notice

Release 4.6.6 continues to support the Teamcenter versions below:

• 2412 (For both NX and Creo Data)

• 2506 (For both NX and Creo Data)

In Release 4.6.7, Anark plans to support Teamcenter 2512.

Siemens NX Support Notice

Anark added support for NX2506 in Release 4.6.3 and NX2512 in 4.6.6

PTC Windchill Support Notice

Release 4.6.6 continues to support the Windchill versions below:

• 12.1.2.8

• 13.1.1.0

Notes on Compatibility Updates to Creo 11 & Windchill 12/13

• Since the orientation issue has been resolved in Creo 11.0.7.0 and 12.4.2.0, Windchill Reference Integration 4.6.6 will support only the versions in 11.0.7.X and 12.4.2.X series.
• Anark are reverting to the temporary workaround implemented in the Windchill Reference Integration, which involves performing check-out and undoing check-out operations on all assemblies and their sub-assemblies during publishing.
•  Windchill Reference Integration has been tested against Creo 11.0.7.0 and 12.4.2.0, and is expected to support Creo versions (8, 9, and 10) as well

Third Party Deprecation Schedule

Our products use or depend on some third party components. Our philosophy is to provide support to match the oldest version officially supported by each third party provider. For example, we follow the Microsoft support plan for versions of Windows. This section is intended to communicate these schedules in advance to allow our customers to plan. See more info below.

Anark Collaborate

Collaborate currently supports both MongoDB 7 and 8. Per the Mongo schedule, they have removed support for MongoDB 6 in July 2025. We have ended support for MongoDB 6.0 in Release 4.6.5.

MongoDB Server support schedule (https://www.mongodb.com/legal/support-policy/lifecycles)

RHEL support schedule (https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/)

Collaborate currently supports RHEL 8 and 9. Per Red Hat’s policy, you must purchase support from Red Hat for RHEL 8 beyond May 31, 2024.

Anark Workstation and Anark Publish 

Workstation and Publish currently support Windows Server 2019, 2022 and 2025 and Windows 11. Note that Microsoft has dropped support for Windows 10 on Oct 14, 2025, and has dropped support for Windows Server 2019 on Jan 9, 2024. We support .NET Framework 4.7.2 and up. 

Anark has dropped support for Windows 10 in Release 4.6.5. We plan to add support for Windows 2025 in 4.6.6.

• Microsoft Windows, Windows Server
  (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/windows
• .NET Framework
  (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/dotnet-framework)

PLM Integrations

Java compatibility for Windchill 12.1.2.8 is JDK 11.0.17 

 Java compatibility for Windchill 13.1.1.0 is JDK 21.0.7 

Our Teamcenter Reference Integration uses Java versions below.

 https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html

Anark Release versioning since 4.6.0:

The main reason behind the new release numbering scheme that started with Release 4.6.0 is to support a major.minor.patch scheme that follows SEMANTIC VERSIONING. For more information, read https://semver.org/ . Essentially, the new numbering scheme means:

1. MAJOR version - when we make incompatible/breaking changes or offer significant new functionality. For example, a new and improved API, a new database schema, etc. These changes should be reviewed thoroughly before upgrading.

2. MINOR version - when we add new functionality in a backward compatible manner. The majority of Anark’s changes to Publish and Workstation will be MINOR or PATCH.

3. PATCH version - when we make backward compatible bug fixes.

We will endeavor to maintain backward compatibility as often as possible to reduce the impact on you, our customers. However, if the potential benefit significantly outweighs the impact, we may elect to make those tradeoffs and will communicate those changes in advance.

Customers who are experiencing problems should strongly consider taking PATCH releases. Customers who want to evaluate new functionality should consider MINOR releases.

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Recent topics of interest in releases include the below and much more that can be found at the website or we can provide documents as needed:

• Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Low-Code Template Capabilities for Anark Collaborate
• Measurement within Anark Collaborate for 3D CAD
• DODI 5000.97 Digital Engineering support
• Anark 3Di (3D PDF) TDP's for MIL-STD-31000B
• Standalone HTLM File Technical Data Packages (Ask Anark, new in 2026)
• Performance improvements to both MBD Adaptors, PLM Integrations, 3P PDF Templates.
• Anark support of industry events, MBD, 3D PDF, MIL-STD-31000B, DoDI 5000.97, ASME Y14.x
• Support for DMSC Model Based Characteristics with MBD Adaptors.
• All the new information at the Anark YouTube Channel!

For more information on this or any previous releases, current customers can use the Anark Support Portal.