Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 26, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 01, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 01, 2014 EUR (€)	Mar. 05, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 26, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 US Person
Contingent Liabilities [Line Items]
Rental expense for operating leases for engineering, selling, administrative and manufacturing	$ 19,188,000	$ 17,996,000	$ 17,603,000
Business acquisition preacquisition contingency amount of settlement	20,000,000
Reasonably possible other income from release of loss contingency	14,000,000
Environmental Exit Costs, Assets Previously Disposed, Liability for Remediation	1,500,000	1,400,000
Consent agreement term	The Consent Agreement has a three-year term and provides for: (i) a payment of $20 million, $10 million of which is suspended and eligible for offset credit based on verified expenditures for past and future remedial compliance measures; (ii) the appointment of an external Special Compliance Official to oversee compliance with the Consent Agreement and the ITAR; (iii) two external audits of the Company’s ITAR compliance program; and (iv) continued
Total penalty proposed by DDTC Office of Compliance						20,000,000
Penalty suspended and eligible for offset credit						10,000,000
Estimated and recorded charge							10,000,000
Paid and Recorded in March 2014							4,000,000
Estimated and to be paid in March 2015							2,000,000
Estimated and to be paid in March 2016							2,000,000
Estimated and to be paid March 2017							2,000,000
Future acquistion agreement purchase price				$ 187,000,000	€ 150,000,000
Number of employees represented by various labor union								591
Percentage of employees represented by labor unions								13.00%