Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable

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

	2017			2016
Trade accounts receivable	$	477.5		$	700.1
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1.5		)	(7.6		)
Product returns reserve	(0.2		)	(1.6		)
Partner programs and other obligations	(23.5		)	(37.3		)
Accounts receivable, net	$	452.3		$	653.6

Concentration Risk Disclosure

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

	2017		2016
United States	9	%	26	%
Other Americas	1	%	1	%
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”)	80	%	50	%
Asia Pacific (“APAC”)	10	%	23	%

Property, Plant and Equipment

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

	2017			2016
Computer hardware, at cost	$	206.1		$	202.7
Computer software, at cost	73.5			85.6
Leasehold improvements, land and buildings, at cost	206.3			202.9
Furniture and equipment, at cost	58.2			59.0
Computer software, hardware, leasehold improvements, furniture, and equipment, at cost	544.1			550.2
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(385.5		)	(380.9		)
Computer software, hardware, leasehold improvements, furniture, and equipment, net	$	158.6		$	169.3

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class

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

	2017			2016
Developed technologies, at cost	$	583.6		$	571.4
Customer relationships, trade names, patents, and user lists, at cost (1)	375.9			371.6
Other intangible assets, at cost (2)	959.5			943.0
Less: Accumulated amortization	(862.0		)	(796.2		)
Other intangible assets, net	$	97.5		$	146.8

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(1) Included in “Other assets” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2) Includes the effects of foreign currency translation.

Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense

Excluding in-process research and development, expected future amortization expense for developed technologies, customer relationships, trade names, patents, and user lists for each of the fiscal years ended thereafter is as follows:

	Fiscal Year ended January 31,
2018	$	37.2
2019	28.9
2020	16.7
2021	8.3
2022	3.7
Thereafter	0.1
Total	$	94.9

Schedule of Goodwill

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016 were as follows:

	2017			2016
Goodwill, beginning of the year	$	1,684.2		$	1,605.4
Less: accumulated impairment losses, beginning of the year	(149.2		)	(149.2		)
Additions arising from acquisitions during the year (1)	62.8			97.3
Effect of foreign currency translation, measurement period adjustments, and other (2)	(36.7		)	(18.5		)
Goodwill, end of the year	$	1,561.1		$	1,535.0

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(1) The fiscal 2016 balance has not been adjusted here for measurement period adjustments made in fiscal 2017. Refer to Note 5, "Acquisitions" for additional information on the amounts recorded in fiscal 2017 that relate to goodwill from fiscal 2016 acquisitions.

(2) Purchase accounting adjustments reflect revisions made to the Company’s preliminary purchase price allocations during fiscal 2017 and 2016.

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

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for fiscal 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively, as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Cost of subscription	$	7.0		$	5.7		$	4.3
Cost of license and other revenue	7.1			6.1			4.6
Marketing and sales	94.1			85.2			72.4
Research and development	81.3			70.4			56.0
General and administrative	32.3			29.8			28.3
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and Employee Qualified Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") purchases	221.8			197.2			165.6
Tax benefit	(2.6		)	(1.6		)	(45.2		)
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and ESPP purchases, net	$	219.2		$	195.6		$	120.4

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

Autodesk uses the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of stock-based awards:

	Fiscal Year Ended		Fiscal Year Ended		Fiscal Year Ended
	January 31, 2017		January 31, 2016		January 31, 2015
	Performance Stock Unit	ESPP	Performance Stock Unit	ESPP	Performance Stock Unit	ESPP
Range of expected volatilities	38 - 39%	30 - 40%	27%	28 -29%	30%	29 - 33%
Range of expected lives (in years)	N/A	0.5 - 2.0	N/A	0.5 - 2.0	N/A	0.5 - 2.0
Expected dividends	—%	—%	—%	—%	—%	—%
Range of risk-free interest rates	0.6 - 0.7%	0.5 - 0.9%	0.2%	0.1 - 0.7%	0.1%	0.0 - 0.6%