# The future of AutoCAD (OEM) and .NET Technology **URL:** \ **Category:** AutoCAD OEM\ **Created:** [August 2, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/the-future-of-autocad-oem-and-net-technology/2434 "2023-08-02T14:58:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paavo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@paavo](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/u/paavo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/the-future-of-autocad-oem-and-net-technology/2434/1 "2023-08-02T14:58:38Z")
We have since the introduction of .NET Core received questions about whether it will be supported by AutoCAD (OEM) and the managed API that is part of the ObjectARX SDK. In case you did not know, there’s ongoing work improving .NET support for future releases of AutoCAD (OEM) and this announcement was made just two days ago: > **[Call for Action : Next Release of AutoCAD API](https://adndevblog.typepad.com/autocad/2023/07/call-for-action-next-release-of-autocad.html)** > > By Madhukar Moogala Next Release of AutoCAD API, AutoCAD 2024 + 1 will be planning to support NET Core technology. We have released an alpha on our feedback portal. Note : AutoCAD alphas is targeted to support NET 6.0 AutoCAD betas and the final... Like explained in that blog post, you can participate by signing up for the ‘Autodesk Feedback Community’ to get access to both Alpha and Beta versions of future AutoCAD releases supporting .NET versions \>= 6. A short clarification of the terminology above: - **.NET Framework** is the original implementation of .NET. It supports running websites, services, desktop apps, and more on Windows. The AutoCAD host application and the managed APIs of the ObjectARX SDK were targeting .NET Framework until current release 2024. - **.NET** is a cross-platform implementation for running websites, services, and console apps on Windows, Linux, and macOS. .NET was previously called **.NET Core**.