Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable

Accounts receivable, net, consisted of the following as of January 31:

	2013			2012
Trade accounts receivable (1)	$	531.1		$	432.5
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts (1)	(5.6		)	(5.4		)
Product returns reserve	(4.9		)	(5.8		)
Partner programs and other obligations (1)	(25.5		)	(26.2		)
Accounts receivable, net	$	495.1		$	395.1

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(1) For comparability, the presentation of the balances at January 31, 2012 was adjusted to align to current year presentation.

Concentration Risk Disclosure

Geographical concentrations of consolidated cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities held by Autodesk as of January 31:

	2013		2012
United States	29	%	11	%
Other Americas	1	%	1	%
Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”)	38	%	51	%
Asia Pacific (“APAC”)	32	%	37	%

Property, Plant and Equipment

Computer equipment, software, furniture, leasehold improvements and the related accumulated depreciation at January 31 were as follows:

	2013			2012
Computer hardware, at cost	$	152.3		$	153.3
Computer software, at cost	95.1			133.5
Leasehold improvements, land and buildings, at cost	152.4			139.5
Furniture and equipment, at cost	46.0			47.7
Computer software, hardware, leasehold improvements, furniture and equipment, at cost	445.8			474.0
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(330.9		)	(369.5		)
Computer software, hardware, leasehold improvements, furniture and equipment, net	$	114.9		$	104.5

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class

Other intangible assets and related accumulated amortization at January 31 were as follows:

	2013			2012
Purchased technologies, at cost(1)	$	431.0		$	400.5
Customer relationships, trade names, patents, and user lists, at cost(2)	259.5			215.3
	690.5			615.8
Less: Accumulated amortization	(546.3		)	(467.0		)
Other intangible assets, net	$	144.2		$	148.8

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(1) Beginning in fiscal 2013, the purchased technologies balances are presented gross. Previously, Autodesk reported the cost and amortization balance for purchased technologies net of fully amortized intangible assets. For comparability, the presentation of the purchased technologies cost and amortization balances at January 31, 2012 were adjusted to align to current year presentation.

(2) Included as a net balance in “Other assets” in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Customer relationships and trade names include the effects of foreign currency translation.

Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense

Expected future amortization expense for purchased technologies, customer relationships and trade names for each of the fiscal years ended thereafter is as follows:

	Fiscal Year ended January 31,
2014	$	72.8
2015	45.0
2016	18.6
2017	4.9
2018	1.1
Thereafter	1.1
Total	$	143.5

Schedule of Goodwill

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill during the year ended January 31, 2013 is as follows:

	Platform Solutions and Emerging Business		Architecture, Engineering and Construction		Manufacturing		Media and Entertainment			Total
Balance as of January 31, 2012
Goodwill	$	76.6	$	247.7	$	323.3	$	184.0		$	831.6
Accumulated impairment losses	—		—		—		(149.2		)	(149.2		)
	76.6		247.7		323.3		34.8			682.4
Vela Systems	—		57.6		—		—			57.6
Socialcam	23.0		—		—		—			23.0
Qontext	24.0		—		—		—			24.0
PI-VR	—		—		36.8		—			36.8
Goodwill acquired from other acquisitions	5.6		4.3		29.2		7.0			46.1
Effect of foreign currency translation, purchase accounting adjustments and other	0.3		0.7		0.6		—			1.6
Balance as of January 31, 2013
Goodwill	129.5		310.3		389.9		191.0			1,020.7
Accumulated impairment losses	—		—		—		(149.2		)	(149.2		)
	$	129.5	$	310.3	$	389.9	$	41.8		$	871.5

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for fiscal 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Cost of license and other revenue	$	5.2		$	3.9		$	2.9
Marketing and sales	64.3			48.3			35.5
Research and development	61.8			38.1			27.4
General and administrative	25.0			18.5			14.9
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and ESP Plan purchases	156.3			108.8			80.7
Tax benefit	(35.5		)	(27.1		)	(22.0		)
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and ESP Plan purchases	$	120.8		$	81.7		$	58.7

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award

Autodesk uses the BSM option-pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock-based awards based on the following assumptions:

	Fiscal Year Ended		Fiscal Year Ended		Fiscal Year Ended
	January 31, 2013		January 31, 2012		January 31, 2011
	Stock Option Plans	ESP Plan	Stock Option Plans	ESP Plan	Stock Option Plans	ESP Plan
Range of expected volatilities	41 - 45%	41 - 44%	40 - 49%	34 - 44%	40 - 45%	33 - 47%
Range of expected lives (in years)	3.6 - 4.6	0.5 - 2.0	2.6 - 4.8	0.5 - 2.0	2.6 - 4.4	0.5 - 2.0
Expected dividends	—%	—%	—%	—%	—%	—%
Range of risk-free interest rates	0.5 - 0.8%	0.1 - 0.3%	0.5 - 1.9%	0.1 - 0.8%	0.8 - 1.9%	0.2 - 1.1%
Expected forfeitures	7.7 - 7.8%	7.7 - 7.8%	7.8 - 10.5%	7.8 - 10.5%	10.5 - 13.5%	10.5 - 13.5%