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Employee and Director Stock Plans - Stock-Based Compensation Expense - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 14, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2015 Plan | Jan. 31, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2013
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Active Stock Plans |  | 2 adsk_NumberOfActiveStockPlans |  |  |  |  |
Number of Expired Plans |  | 3 adsk_NumberOfExpiredPlans |  |  |  |  |
Number of additional share authorized (in shares) | 11,400,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares granted to shares issued (in shares) |  | 2.11 adsk_ShareBasedCompensationSharesGrantedtoShareIssued |  |  |  |  |
Grants in period, net of forfeitures (in shares) |  | 0 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod | [1] |  |  |  |
Shares available for future issuance (in shares) |  | 55,000,000 adsk_EmployeeStockPlanSharesRemainingAvailableForIssuance |  |  |  |  |
Total compensation costs related to non-vested options |  | $ 0.6 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized |  |  |  |  |
Total compensation costs related to non-vested options, expected to be recognized over a weighted average period (in years) |  | 2 months 12 days |  |  |  |  |
Share based compensation expense, restricted stock units |  |  |  |  |  | 0 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount |
Percentage of compensation that eligible employees can use to purchase common stock, maximum |  | 15.00%adsk_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMaximumPercentageOfCompensationToPurchaseSharesByEligibleParticipants |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of fair market value eligible employees can purchase common stock, minimum |  | 85.00%adsk_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMinimumPercentageOfCommonStockFairValueDefinedToPurchaseSharesByEligibleParticipants |  |  |  |  |
Shares available for future issuance, increases on the first trading day of each fiscal year (In shares) |  | 10,000,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOtherIncreasesDecreasesInPeriod |  |  |  |  |
Shares available for future issuance, percentage of outstanding shares plus any shares repurchased by Autodesk (as a percent) |  | 2.00%adsk_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOtherIncreasesDecreasesInPeriodPercentageCalculation |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) |  | $ 0 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue | [2] | $ 0 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue | [2] | $ 13.4 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue | [2]
Employee Stock Plan 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares of common stock reserved for issuance (in shares) |  | 32,600,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeStockPlan2012Member |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock award, net of forfeitures (in shares) |  | 26,600,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeStockPlan2012Member |  |  |  |  |
Shares forfeited (in shares) |  | 6,000,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensationForfeited / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeStockPlan2012Member |  |  |  |  |
Shares granted to shares issued (in shares) |  | 1.79 adsk_ShareBasedCompensationSharesGrantedtoShareIssued / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeStockPlan2012Member |  |  |  |  |
Shares available for future issuance (in shares) |  | 12,300,000 adsk_EmployeeStockPlanSharesRemainingAvailableForIssuance / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeStockPlan2012Member |  |  |  |  |
Vesting period |  | 3 years |  |  |  |  |
Outside directors stock plan 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares of common stock reserved for issuance (in shares) |  | 2,600,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_OutsideDirectorsStockPlan2012Member |  |  |  |  |
Shares available for future issuance (in shares) |  | 2,000,000 adsk_EmployeeStockPlanSharesRemainingAvailableForIssuance / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_OutsideDirectorsStockPlan2012Member |  |  |  |  |
Outside directors stock plan 2012 | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vesting period |  | 1 year |  |  |  |  |
Outside directors stock plan 2012 | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vesting period |  | 3 years |  |  |  |  |
ESP Plan |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares available for future issuance (in shares) |  | 40,700,000 adsk_EmployeeStockPlanSharesRemainingAvailableForIssuance / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |  |  |  |  |
Shares issued under the ESP plan (in dollars per share) |  | 2,100,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |  | 2,900,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |  | 2,900,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |
Shares issued under the ESP Plan, average price (in dollars per share) |  | $ 33.91 adsk_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedAveragePrice / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |  | $ 22.61 adsk_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedAveragePrice / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |  | $ 21.79 adsk_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedAveragePrice / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) |  | $ 15.14 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |  | $ 11.80 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |  | $ 12.21 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |
Employee Service Share Based Compensation recognized Compensation Costs On Nonvested Restricted Shares |  | 23.9 adsk_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationRecognizedCompensationCostsOnNonvestedRestrictedShares / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |  | 22.9 adsk_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationRecognizedCompensationCostsOnNonvestedRestrictedShares / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |  | 34.0 adsk_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationRecognizedCompensationCostsOnNonvestedRestrictedShares / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeQualifiedStockPurchasePlan1998EspPlanMember |
Stock Options and Restricted Stock | Employee Stock Plan 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Grants in period, net of forfeitures (in shares) |  | 22,100,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_StockOptionsAndRestrictedStockMember / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_EmployeeStockPlan2012Member |  |  |  |  |
Share based payment award options expiration term (in years) |  | 10 years |  |  |  |  |
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Performance Stock Units (PSUs) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted (in dollars per share) |  | $ 54.17 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUsandPerformanceSharesMember |  | $ 42.37 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUsandPerformanceSharesMember |  | $ 33.32 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUsandPerformanceSharesMember |
Fair value of units vested in period |  | 100.0 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUsandPerformanceSharesMember |  | 73.8 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUsandPerformanceSharesMember |  | 33.6 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUsandPerformanceSharesMember |
Restricted stock granted (in shares) |  | 4,481,800 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUsandPerformanceSharesMember |  |  |  |  |
Number of awards granted but unreleased |  | 7,801,300 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUsandPerformanceSharesMember |  | 6,515,600 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = adsk_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUsandPerformanceSharesMember |  |  |
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock granted (in shares) |  | 4,000,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember |  |  |  |  |
Share based compensation expense, restricted stock units |  | 118.9 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember |  | 74.9 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember |  | 70.5 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember |
Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized |  | 245.0 adsk_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationUnrecognizedCompensationCostsOnNonvestedRestrictedShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember |  |  |  |  |
Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized, weighted average period of recognition (in years) |  | 1 year 9 months 29 days |  |  |  |  |
Number of awards granted but unreleased |  | 6,900,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember |  |  |  |  |
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) | Outside directors stock plan 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Grants in period, net of forfeitures (in shares) |  | 600,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = adsk_OutsideDirectorsStockPlan2012Member |  |  |  |  |
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock granted (in shares) |  | 500,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |  |  |  |  |
Share based compensation expense, restricted stock units |  | 17.5 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |  | 8.7 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |  | 8.1 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |
Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized |  | 2.5 adsk_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationUnrecognizedCompensationCostsOnNonvestedRestrictedShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |  |  |  |  |
Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized, weighted average period of recognition (in years) |  | 9 months 14 days |  |  |  |  |
Number of awards granted but unreleased |  | 900,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |  |  |  |  |
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) | Year One |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vesting percentage (up to percentage) |  | 33.33%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember / us-gaap_VestingAxis = adsk_SharebasedCompensationAwardTrancheOneMember |  |  |  |  |
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) | Year Two |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vesting percentage (up to percentage) |  | 33.33%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember / us-gaap_VestingAxis = adsk_SharebasedCompensationAwardTrancheTwoMember |  |  |  |  |
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) | Year Three |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vesting percentage (up to percentage) |  | 33.33%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember / us-gaap_VestingAxis = adsk_SharebasedCompensationAwardTrancheThreeMember |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill acquired from other acquisitions | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share based compensation expense, restricted stock units |  |  |  |  |  | $ 16.6 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = adsk_SocialcamMember |
[1] | Autodesk did not grant stock options in the twelve months ended January 31, 2015.
[2] | The weighted average grant date fair value per share of stock options granted is calculated, as of the stock option grant date, using the Black-Scholes Merton ("BSM") option pricing model. For the twelve months ended January 31, 2015 and 2014, Autodesk did not grant stock options.

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