<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-15-086730.txt : 20151222
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20151222190117
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-15-086730
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151214
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151222

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:			Hanspal Amarpreet
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001394887

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14338
		FILM NUMBER:		151303970

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AUTODESK, INC.
		STREET 2:		111 MCINNIS PARKWAY
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94903
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        <issuerName>AUTODESK INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ADSK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Hanspal Amarpreet</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>111 MCINNIS PARKWAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN RAFAEL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94903</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP, Autodesk Product Group</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>116119</value>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>43.81</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2012-03-24</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2021-03-24</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2282</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>25218</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The total securities beneficially owned includes 36,650 shares of unvested restricted stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The option vests over a four-year period beginning on 03/24/2011 at the rate of 0 shares on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries, and 2,282 shares on the fourth anniversary.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The option vests over a four-year period beginning on 03/24/2011 at the rate of 6,875 shares on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries, and 4,593 shares on the fourth anniversary.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Andy Sewell, Attorney-in-Fact for Amarpreet Hanspal</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-12-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


      The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Autodesk, Inc. (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Pascal W. Di Fronzo, Ruth Ann Keene,
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 16th day of December, 2015.



Signature: /s/ Amarpreet Hanspal

Print Name:  Amarpreet Hanspal




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