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Credit Facility - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2012
Apr. 30, 2015
Apr. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Oct. 31, 2014
Feb. 17, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Senior unsecured revolving credit facility entered date Feb. 17, 2012          
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity   $ 350,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity       $ 350,000,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Senior unsecured term loan facility, face amount           150,000,000.0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Payment schedule for term loan   Principal payments on a portion of the Term Loan are due in equal quarterly installments of $7.5 million, with the remainder due when the Credit Agreement expires in October 2016.        
Senior unsecured term loan facility additional borrowings   150,000,000.0snps_AdditionalAmountCreditAgreementThatCanBeIncreased        
Debt instrument quarterly principal payment   7,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal        
Proceeds from credit facility   250,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit 200,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit      
Principal payments made during period   105,424,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt 15,497,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt      
Senior unsecured term loan facility   60,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount     75,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount  
Senior unsecured term loan facility long term   30,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent     45,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent [1]  
Revolver            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Proceeds from credit facility       250,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
   
Principal payments made during period   90,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
       
Amount outstanding   160,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
    0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
 
Borrowings, interest rate   0.975%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
       
Revolver | Minimum            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Commitment fees percentage   0.15%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
       
Revolver | Maximum            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Commitment fees percentage   0.30%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
       
Term Loan            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Principal payments made during period   $ 15,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= snps_TermLoanMember
       
Borrowings, interest rate   1.125%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= snps_TermLoanMember
       
[1] Derived from audited financial statements.