Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Deferred Income Tax Liabilities

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Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, In process research and development

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The aggregate amount assigned to a major class of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets (in either an asset acquisition or business combination). A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company.

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The total cost of the acquired entity including the cash paid to shareholders of acquired entities, fair value of debt and equity securities issued to shareholders of acquired entities, the fair value of the liabilities assumed, and direct costs of the acquisition.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to an identifiable intangible asset that will be amortized.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to deferred revenue of the acquired entity.

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Amount of goodwill arising from a business combination, which is the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to net tangible assets.

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Summary of Fair Value of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed by Major Class (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 07, 2012 Vela Systems [Member]	Jun. 07, 2012 Vela Systems [Member] Developed technologies	Jun. 07, 2012 Vela Systems [Member] Customer relationships	Jun. 07, 2012 Vela Systems [Member] Trade name	Jun. 07, 2012 Vela Systems [Member] User List	Jan. 31, 2013 Socialcam [Member]	Aug. 02, 2012 Socialcam [Member]	Aug. 02, 2012 Socialcam [Member] Developed technologies	Aug. 02, 2012 Socialcam [Member] Customer relationships	Aug. 02, 2012 Socialcam [Member] Trade name	Aug. 02, 2012 Socialcam [Member] User List	Oct. 04, 2012 Qontext [Member]	Oct. 04, 2012 Qontext [Member] Developed technologies	Oct. 04, 2012 Qontext [Member] Customer relationships	Oct. 04, 2012 Qontext [Member] Trade name	Oct. 04, 2012 Qontext [Member] User List	Dec. 21, 2012 PI VR [Member]	Dec. 21, 2012 PI VR [Member] Developed technologies	Dec. 21, 2012 PI VR [Member] Customer relationships	Dec. 21, 2012 PI VR [Member] Trade name	Dec. 21, 2012 PI VR [Member] User List	Jan. 31, 2013 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions	Jan. 31, 2012 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions	Jan. 31, 2013 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions Developed technologies	Jan. 31, 2012 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions Developed technologies	Jan. 31, 2013 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions Customer relationships	Jan. 31, 2012 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions Customer relationships	Jan. 31, 2013 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions Trade name	Jan. 31, 2012 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions Trade name	Jan. 31, 2013 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions User List	Jan. 31, 2012 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions User List	Jan. 31, 2012 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions Patent	Mar. 01, 2011 Scaleform Corporation	Mar. 01, 2011 Scaleform Corporation Developed technologies	Mar. 01, 2011 Scaleform Corporation Customer relationships	Mar. 01, 2011 Scaleform Corporation Trade name	Mar. 01, 2011 Scaleform Corporation User List	Mar. 01, 2011 Scaleform Corporation Patent	Mar. 10, 2011 Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc	Mar. 10, 2011 Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc Developed technologies	Mar. 10, 2011 Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc Customer relationships	Mar. 10, 2011 Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc Trade name	Mar. 10, 2011 Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc User List	Mar. 10, 2011 Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc Patent	Aug. 02, 2011 Instructables Corporation	Aug. 02, 2011 Instructables Corporation Developed technologies	Aug. 02, 2011 Instructables Corporation Customer relationships	Aug. 02, 2011 Instructables Corporation Trade name	Aug. 02, 2011 Instructables Corporation User List	Aug. 02, 2011 Instructables Corporation Patent	Oct. 14, 2011 Micro Application Packages Limited	Oct. 14, 2011 Micro Application Packages Limited Developed technologies	Oct. 14, 2011 Micro Application Packages Limited Customer relationships	Oct. 14, 2011 Micro Application Packages Limited Trade name	Oct. 14, 2011 Micro Application Packages Limited User List	Oct. 14, 2011 Micro Application Packages Limited Patent	Oct. 14, 2011 TurboSquid Corporation	Aug. 24, 2011 TurboSquid Corporation	Aug. 24, 2011 TurboSquid Corporation Developed technologies	Oct. 14, 2011 TurboSquid Corporation Customer relationships	Oct. 14, 2011 TurboSquid Corporation Trade name	Oct. 14, 2011 TurboSquid Corporation User List	Oct. 14, 2011 TurboSquid Corporation Patent	Dec. 21, 2011 T-splines	Dec. 21, 2011 T-splines Developed technologies	Dec. 21, 2011 T-splines Customer relationships	Dec. 21, 2011 T-splines Trade name	Dec. 21, 2011 T-splines User List	Oct. 14, 2011 T-splines Patent
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets		$ 5.9	$ 3.6	$ 2.6	$ 0			$ 1.9	$ 0	$ 5.3	$ 22.3		$ 2.0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0		$ 7.6	$ 6.7	$ 1.9	$ 0			$ 13.6	$ 21.7	$ 1.5	$ 3.9	$ 2.0	$ 1.2	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0		$ 5.9	$ 4.4	$ 1.4	$ 0	$ 3.6		$ 6.0	$ 9.2	$ 1.1	$ 0	$ 0		$ 0.4	$ 0.2	$ 1.6	$ 5.1	$ 0		$ 2.5	$ 2.0	$ 0.9	$ 0	$ 0			$ 26.0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0		$ 2.1	$ 0.7	$ 0.4	$ 0	$ 0
In-process research and development																							0										0.6						0.6						0						0						0							0
Goodwill	57.5						23.0					24.0					36.8					46.1	28.3										22.6						22.3						24.4						12.7								0					19.8
Deferred Revenue	2.0						0					0					0.1					0	0										0						1.2						0						0								0					0
Deferred tax liability	3.9						(9.4)					0					(5.0)					0	0.2										(2.5)						(3.6)						(1.6)						(1.6)						0							0
Net tangible assets (liabilities)	4.5						(0.2)					0					0.7					0	(0.5)										0.2						6.8						0.1						6.5						0							0
Business acquisition, total cash consideration	76.0					42.9	59.5					26.0					48.6					63.2	54.8										36.2						41.2						30.2						23.0													23.0
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Asset, Amount																																																										$ 26.0