Segments

Autodesk reports segment information based on the “management” approach. The management approach designates the internal reporting used by management for making decisions and assessing performance as the source of the Company’s reportable segments. Autodesk has four reportable segments: AEC, Manufacturing ("MFG"), Platform Solutions and Emerging Business ("PSEB"), and Media and Entertainment ("M&E"). Autodesk has no material inter-segment revenue.

The AEC, MFG, and PSEB segments derive revenue from the sale of licenses for software products and services to customers who design, build, manage or own building, manufacturing and infrastructure projects. Autodesk's M&E segment derives revenue from the sale of products to creative professionals, post-production facilities and broadcasters for a variety of applications, including feature films, television programs, commercials, music and corporate videos, interactive game production, web design and interactive web streaming.

AEC software products help to improve the way building, civil infrastructure, process plant and construction projects are designed, built and managed. A broad portfolio of solutions enables greater efficiency, accuracy and sustainability across the entire project lifecycle. Autodesk AEC solutions include advanced technology for Building Information Modeling ("BIM"), AutoCAD-based design and documentation productivity software, sustainable design analysis applications, and collaborative project management solutions. BIM, an integrated process for building and infrastructure design, analysis, documentation and construction, uses consistent, coordinated information to improve communication and collaboration between the extended project team. AEC provides a comprehensive portfolio of BIM solutions that help customers deliver projects faster and more economically, while minimizing environmental impact. AEC’s revenue primarily includes revenue from the sales of licenses of Autodesk Building Design Suites, Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suites, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D, and AutoCAD Architecture.

MFG provides the manufacturers in automotive and transportation, industrial machinery, consumer products and building products with comprehensive digital prototyping solutions that bring together design data from all phases of the product development process to develop a single digital model created in Autodesk Inventor software. Autodesk’s solutions for digital prototyping enable a broad group of manufacturers to realize benefits with minimal disruption to existing workflows. MFG’s revenue primarily includes revenue from the sales of licenses of Autodesk Product Design Suites, Autodesk Delcam products, AutoCAD Mechanical, and Autodesk Moldflow products.

PSEB includes Autodesk’s design product, AutoCAD. Autodesk’s AutoCAD product is a platform product that underpins the Company’s design product offerings for the industries it serves. For example, AEC and MFG offer tailored versions of AutoCAD software for the industries they serve. Autodesk’s AutoCAD product also provides a platform for Autodesk’s developer partners to build custom solutions for a range of diverse design-oriented markets. PSEB's revenue primarily includes revenue from sales of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, the AutoCAD Design Suite and many other design products, including consumer design products, as well as from sales of licenses of other Autodesk's design products.

M&E provides content creators in film, television, commercials, video games, design visualization and VR the tools needed to connect artists together so they can create the world’s most engaging visual content. M&E products run on the desktop, on mobile devices, and in the cloud and cover a broad range of capabilities including conceptualization, modeling, animation, visual effects, collaboration, authoring, and rendering. Key products include Maya and 3ds Max, which are used extensively for 3D modeling and animation in the world’s most famous movies, TV shows, and video games; Flame, for visual effects, finishing and color grading in commercials, film & television; MotionBuilder, for 3D character animation software in virtual production; Stingray, a real-time 3D game engine for creating video games, interactive & immersive experiences; Shotgun, a cloud platform for enabling collaboration and production management; Sketchbook & Graphic for concept design and illustration; and Arnold rendering software that offers advanced, efficient, high-quality rendering capabilities that are scalable to the cloud.

All of Autodesk’s reportable segments distribute their respective products primarily through authorized resellers and distributors and, to a lesser extent, through direct sales to end-users.

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1, “Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of Autodesk's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016. Autodesk evaluates each segment’s performance on the basis of gross profit. Autodesk currently does not separately accumulate and report asset information by segment, except for goodwill, which is disclosed in Note 9, “Goodwill.”

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



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2016			2015
Net revenue:
Architecture, Engineering and Construction	$	218.9		$	236.7
Manufacturing	158.0			184.6
Platform Solutions and Emerging Business	100.0			185.3
Media and Entertainment	35.0			39.9
	$	511.9		$	646.5
Gross profit:
Architecture, Engineering and Construction	$	193.6		$	217.0
Manufacturing	136.1			158.1
Platform Solutions and Emerging Business	76.1			163.3
Media and Entertainment	28.0			32.7
Unallocated (1)	(14.4		)	(16.4		)
	$	419.4		$	554.7

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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.

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



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2016		2015
Net revenue:
Americas
U.S.	$	184.7	$	199.6
Other Americas	33.0		44.4
Total Americas	217.7		244.0
Europe, Middle East and Africa	202.6		245.4
Asia Pacific
Japan	37.3		65.1
Other Asia Pacific	54.3		92.0
Total Asia Pacific	91.6		157.1
Total net revenue	$	511.9	$	646.5