Space needed for AutoCAD, Pro/E in Bootcamp

I am entering college in the fall and am planning to go into mechanical engineering. This means I will need to run several engineering programs such as AutoCAD and Pro/E on my 13" MacBook Pro. How much space should I give windows 7 to be able to run these programs comfortably?

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
40GB for Windows 7 alone is considered a good choice round here.
Add to that the amount of diskspace needed by the programs you want to install/use plus the space needed for your files.
I don't run Autocad or something similar so I am not familiar with the diskpace it and the user files need.
Regards
Stefan

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