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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-15-052851
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150610
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150612
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150612

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AUTODESK INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000769397
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				942819853
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 MCINNIS PKWY
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94903
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4155075000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 MCINNIS PKWY
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94903

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MCDOWELL MARY T
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001114488

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14338
		FILM NUMBER:		15929279
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    <periodOfReport>2015-06-10</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000769397</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AUTODESK INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ADSK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>MCDOWELL MARY T</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>111 MCINNIS PKWY</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>SAN RAFAEL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94903</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-06-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2073</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>35013</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The Reporting Person is entitled to receive one share of Common Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit. These are Restricted Stock Units granted under the 2012 Outside Directors' Stock Plan in lieu of cash compensation for services as a director, and vest on the date of the next annual meeting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The total securities beneficially owned includes 2,073 shares of unvested restricted stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Reporting Person is entitled to receive one share of Common Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit. These Restricted Stock Units, which are granted annually under the 2012 Outside Directors' Stock Plan, vest on the date of the next annual meeting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The total securities beneficially owned includes 6,620 shares of unvested restricted stock units.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Andy Sewell, Attorney-in-Fact for Mary T. McDowell</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-06-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<PRE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

      The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Autodesk, Inc. (the
"Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard M. Foehr, Alan Smith, Andy Sewell and
Andrew Chew, and
each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.	complete and execute Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion
determine to
be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,

acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

2.	do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and
Exchange
Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and
such
other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

      The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing
delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be
executed as of this 18th day of July, 2014.


Signature: /s/ Mary T. McDowell

Print Name:  Mary T. McDowell





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