Can I use C# for making auto-cad plugin for both Windows and Mac.

[Anonymous]

Currently I am working on a project and I am using C# in objectARX. At the end of my project i found that i cannot use the same C# code on Mac. Is there any solution available so that i can make the autocad plugin using same C# code that i have used for developing it for windows. 

I have searched that i can use same code for both platforms if i work on c++.  So, is using c++ the only option or i can make it using c# too.

Please help.

[ActivistInvestor]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Currently I am working on a project and I am using C# in objectARX. At the end of my project i found that i cannot use the same C# code on Mac. Is there any solution available so that i can make the autocad plugin using same C# code that i have used for developing it for windows. 

I have searched that i can use same code for both platforms if i work on c++.  So, is using c++ the only option or i can make it using c# too.

Please help.

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No C# or .NET on MAC.

While there are .NET runtimes and development tools for the MAC, they're not supported by Autodesk, and without that support you can't use .NET or C# to build apps for AutoCAD MAC.

[Anonymous]

Does it mean that i can only use C++? Only it will help me in developing plugin that works on Mac and Windows while having same code?

[ActivistInvestor]

It's either C++ or a subset of LISP (no vlax/vla-* or windows-specific functions).

It's kind of like AutoCAD Release 14

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@Anonymous wrote:

Does it mean that i can only use C++? Only it will help me in developing plugin that works on Mac and Windows while having same code?

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[KIMHENGHOR98]

Autocad now has new vision of Autocad 2023 which supports Mac M Series but I don’t know if it works with .Net

[_gile]

Hi,

AutoCAD .NET requires to use the .NET Framework (not .NET Core) and the .NET Framework only supports the Windows operating system.

[KIMHENGHOR98]

Installing Window OS on Mac may work out.

[KIMHENGHOR98]

If I am running Window by Bootcamp on Mac m series ,Does C# work with Autocad?

[Ed__Jobe]

@KIMHENGHOR98 Asking the same question in three different threads is not polite. I merged your other two threads into one. See the answer there.