<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-19-050719.txt : 20190925
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-19-050719.hdr.sgml : 20190925
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20190925170807
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-19-050719
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190924
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190925
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190925

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Howard Ayanna
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001788899

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14338
		FILM NUMBER:		191114852

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

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
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc3.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3 SUBMISSION
<TEXT>
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-09-24</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000769397</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AUTODESK INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ADSK</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001788899</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Howard Ayanna</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O AUTODESK, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>111 MCINNIS PARKWAY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN RAFAEL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94903</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>No securities are beneficially owned.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Alan Smith, Attorney-in-Fact for Ayanna Howard</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-09-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24.3_873539
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Autodesk, Inc. (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Pascal W. Di Fronzo, Kevin Lara,
Alan Smith 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 17 day of September 2019.


Signature:  /s/ Ayanna Howard

Print Name:  Ayanna Howard

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
