Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2024 launch day

Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2024 on the way

Today, I did a google search for AutoCAD® 2024® and incidentally found some documents for Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2024 are live.

Free Trial is available:

https://www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/free-trial

System requirement:

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-AutoCAD-2024-including-Specialized-Toolsets.html

AutoCAD 2024 online help is available at:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2024/ENU/

New features in AutoCAD 2024:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-3890D5F7-04CB-4F3B-97FF-7A9577D41852

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Backward compatibility:

AutoCAD 2024 release number is 24.3;  minor increment from previous version (AutoCAD 2023 release number is 24.2). Though I can't find any official announcement at the moment, such release number means that no new drawing format is put forward.  The latest drawing format is almost certainly still 2018.  

Document on managed .NET and object ARX compatibility shows that AutoCAD 2024 keeps using the platform from AutoCAD 2021. Third party applications which works with 2021 version are very likely to work in AutoCAD 2024 version, directly.

Here is the list of AutoCAD versions, with release number since 2004:

AutoCAD Release	Release Number	Supported .NET and ObjectARX SDK	.NET Framework
AutoCAD 2024	24.3	AutoCAD 2024,AutoCAD 2023, AutoCAD 2022, AutoCAD 2021	4.8
AutoCAD 2023	24.2	AutoCAD 2023, AutoCAD 2022, AutoCAD 2021	4.8
AutoCAD 2022	24.1	AutoCAD 2022, AutoCAD 2021	4.8
AutoCAD 2021	24.0	AutoCAD 2021	4.8
AutoCAD 2020	23.1	AutoCAD 2020, AutoCAD 2019	4.7
AutoCAD 2019	23.0	AutoCAD 2019	4.7
AutoCAD 2018	22.0	AutoCAD 2018	4.6
AutoCAD 2017	21.0	AutoCAD 2017	4.6
AutoCAD 2016	20.1	AutoCAD 2016, AutoCAD 2015	4.5
AutoCAD 2015	20.0	AutoCAD 2015	4.5
AutoCAD 2014	19.1	AutoCAD 2014, AutoCAD 2013	4.0
AutoCAD 2013	19.0	AutoCAD 2013	4.0
AutoCAD 2012	18.2	AutoCAD 2012, AutoCAD 2011, AutoCAD 2010	3.51 SP1
AutoCAD 2011	18.1	AutoCAD 2011, AutoCAD 2010	3.51 SP1
AutoCAD 2010	18.0	AutoCAD 2010	3.51 SP1
AutoCAD 2009	17.2	AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2007	3.0
AutoCAD 2008	17.1	AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2007	2.0
AutoCAD 2007	17.0	AutoCAD 2007	2.0
AutoCAD 2006	16.2	AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2005, AutoCAD 2004	1.1 SP1
AutoCAD 2005	16.1	AutoCAD 2005, AutoCAD 2004	1.1
AutoCAD 2004	16.0	AutoCAD 2004	N/A

Source:  Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 online help