This section is the single architecture record for the corporate Autodesk launcher, its legacy P_Rec_Annot loading path, and the parallel Launcher Next foundation. Statements are labelled CONFIRMED, HIGH_CONFIDENCE, INFERRED, or UNKNOWN and link to the audit evidence map.

The AS-IS flow is a locally synchronized legacy deployment with generated AutoLISP loading. Launcher Next is a .NET 8, one-visible-EXE design that stages signed-by-hash local packages and loads one managed entry assembly. It is a design/foundation only: production configuration, AutoCAD profiles, trusted paths, network roots and deploys were not changed.

See AS-IS, target, legacy compatibility and pilot, ADRs, and evidence map.