Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

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:

	2012			2011
Trade accounts receivable	$	433.9		$	363.0
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(5.5		)	(4.2		)
Product returns reserve	(5.8		)	(10.6		)
Partner programs and other obligations	(27.5		)	(29.8		)
Accounts receivable, net	$	395.1		$	318.4

Concentration Risk Disclosure

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

	2012		2011
United States	11	%	14	%
Other Americas	1	%	1	%
Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”)	51	%	49	%
Asia Pacific (“APAC”)	37	%	36	%

Property, Plant and Equipment

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

	2012			2011
Computer software, at cost	$	133.5		$	129.4
Computer hardware, at cost	153.3			123.7
Leasehold improvements, land and buildings, at cost	139.5			121.3
Furniture and equipment, at cost	47.7			43.6
	474.0			418.0
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(369.5		)	(333.5		)
Computer software, hardware, leasehold improvements, furniture and equipment, net	$	104.5		$	84.5

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class

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

	2012			2011
Purchased technologies, at cost(1)	$	378.7		$	313.1
Customer relationships, trade names, patents, and user lists, at cost(2)	215.3			179.1
	594.0			492.2
Less: Accumulated amortization	(445.2		)	(373.4		)
Other intangible assets, net	$	148.8		$	118.8

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(1) Purchased technologies include $1.2 million and zero of in-process research and development technology as of January 31, 2012 and January 31, 2011, respectively. In-process research and development is an indefinite lived asset that is held and tested at least annually for impairment until such time that it becomes fully developed technology. Once development is completed, the technology is amortized to expense over an applicable useful life.

(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:

	Year ending January 31,
2013	$	65.7
2014	47.1
2015	25.5
2016	7.9
2017	1.0
Thereafter	1.6
Total	$	148.8

Schedule of Goodwill

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill during the year ended January 31, 2012 is as follows:

	Platform Solutions and Emerging Business			Architecture, Engineering and Construction			Manufacturing		Media and Entertainment			Total
Balance as of January 31, 2011
Goodwill	$	45.3		$	224.2		$	279.1	$	154.7		$	703.3
Accumulated impairment losses	—			—			—		(149.2		)	(149.2		)
	45.3			224.2			279.1		5.5			554.1
Scaleform acquisition	—			—			—		22.6			22.6
Blue Ridge acquisition	—			—			22.3		—			22.3
Instructables acquisition	24.4			—			—		—			24.4
Micro Application Packages Limited acquisition	—			12.7			—		—			12.7
T-Splines acquisition	—			—			19.8		—			19.8
Goodwill acquired from other acquisitions	7.6			12.0			2.0		6.7			28.3
Effect of foreign currency translation, purchase accounting adjustments and other	(0.7		)	(1.2		)	0.1		—			(1.8		)
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

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill during the year ended January 31, 2011 is as follows:

	Platform Solutions and Emerging Business		Architecture, Engineering and Construction			Manufacturing		Media and Entertainment			Total
Balance as of January 31, 2010
Goodwill	$	40.2	$	224.8		$	277.9	$	149.2		$	692.1
Accumulated impairment losses	—		—			—		(149.2		)	(149.2		)
	40.2		224.8			277.9		—			542.9
Goodwill acquired during the year	4.6		—			—		5.5			10.1
Effect of foreign currency translation, purchase accounting adjustments and other	0.5		(0.6		)	1.2		—			1.1
Balance as of January 31, 2011
Goodwill	45.3		224.2			279.1		154.7			703.3
Accumulated impairment losses	—		—			—		(149.2		)	(149.2		)
	$	45.3	$	224.2		$	279.1	$	5.5		$	554.1

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

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Cost of license and other revenue	$	3.9		$	2.9		$	3.1
Marketing and sales	48.3			35.5			41.1
Research and development	38.1			27.4			30.0
General and administrative	18.5			14.9			19.4
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and ESP Plan purchases	108.8			80.7			93.6
Tax benefit	(27.1		)	(22.0		)	(22.2		)
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and ESP Plan purchases	$	81.7		$	58.7		$	71.4

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

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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, 2012		January 31, 2011		January 31, 2010
	Stock Option Plans	ESP Plan	Stock Option Plans	ESP Plan	Stock Option Plans	ESP Plan
Range of expected volatilities	40 - 49%	34 - 44%	40 - 45%	33 - 47%	43 - 55%	43 - 73%
Range of expected lives (in years)	2.6 - 4.8	0.5 - 2.0	2.6 - 4.4	0.5 - 2.0	2.7 - 4.0	0.5 - 2.0
Expected dividends	—%	—%	—%	—%	—%	—%
Range of risk-free interest rates	0.5 - 1.9%	0.1 - 0.8%	0.8 - 1.9%	0.2 - 1.1%	1.0 - 2.4%	0.2 - 1.0%
Expected forfeitures	7.8 - 10.5%	7.8 - 10.5%	10.5 - 13.5%	10.5 - 13.5%	13.5%	13.5%