Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Information concerning the operations of Autodesk’s reportable segments is as follows:



	Three Months Ended October 31,						Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net revenue:
Platform Solutions and Emerging Business	$	204.7		$	209.7		$	650.0		$	618.7
Architecture, Engineering and Construction	163.1			152.2			488.8			451.5
Manufacturing	131.8			133.5			418.8			392.5
Media and Entertainment	48.4			53.2			147.7			160.5
	$	548.0		$	548.6		$	1,705.3		$	1,623.2
Gross profit:
Platform Solutions and Emerging Business	$	191.2		$	198.2		$	610.0		$	584.0
Architecture, Engineering and Construction	149.6			137.5			446.2			408.8
Manufacturing	122.3			122.2			386.7			359.8
Media and Entertainment	38.2			43.2			119.0			129.6
Unallocated (1)	(11.2		)	(12.1		)	(33.1		)	(30.6		)
	$	490.1		$	489.0		$	1,528.8		$	1,451.6

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(1)	Unallocated amounts primarily relate to corporate expenses and other costs and expenses that are managed outside the reportable segments, including stock-based compensation expense.

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

Information regarding Autodesk’s operations by geographic area is as follows:



	Three Months Ended October 31,				Nine Months Ended October 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Net revenue:
Americas
U.S.	$	173.6	$	161.7	$	500.5	$	456.6
Other Americas	35.8		38.7		115.0		116.3
Total Americas	209.4		200.4		615.5		572.9
Europe, Middle East and Africa	196.3		201.8		630.3		628.7
Asia Pacific
Japan	65.4		65.4		211.6		184.3
Other Asia Pacific	76.9		81.0		247.9		237.3
Total Asia Pacific	142.3		146.4		459.5		421.6
Total net revenue	$	548.0	$	548.6	$	1,705.3	$	1,623.2

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Tabular disclosure of the names of foreign countries from which revenue is material and the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to those countries. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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