Autocad Design on Mac Pro Notebook ?

Hi,
I am Using Apple Mac Pro notebook. I want o view Autocad files only on MAC.
is any default software i can use in MAC ?
pls suggest.

What version of AutoCad are you using? The reason I ask is because if it's a slightly older version it may run fine on XP which can be easily loaded into a virtual machine and run on top of OS X.
You can also do that with Win 7 but you need a good amount of RAM as both Lion & 7 use a lot of it.
But if your set on Boot Camp and dual booting then use Boot camp Assistant found in the Utilities folder in Applications. You can go to the Apple website, Support and get the user guide for boot camp and once you start the BC assistant it will download Windows Support software, Drivers, and a copy of the user guide is included.
If you have any real problems using BC your best place to post is in the Apple Boot Camp forum.
NOTE:
Once you use Boot Camp and install Win 7 you can not partition your hard drive any further, easily, or one or the other or both OSs won't boot anymore. So make sure you allocate enough space for both OSs.
Make sure you backup regularly.
Good Luck and best wishes

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http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237
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