SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BASS CARL (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 MCINNIS PARKWAY (Street) SAN RAFAEL CA 94903 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AUTODESK INC [ ADSK ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Operating Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/10/2005
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock								13,650(1)(2)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy)	$30.15	03/10/2005		A		3,316		03/10/2009(3)	03/10/2012	Common Stock	3,316	$0	3,316	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$30.15	03/10/2005		A		246,684		03/10/2006(4)	03/10/2012	Common Stock	246,684	$0	246,684	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The total number of shares reported as beneficially owned includes shares that reflect the 2-for-1 stock split payable on December 20, 2004 to shareholders of record on December 6, 2004.

2. Includes shares acquired in September 2004 pursuant to the Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

3. The option vests over a 4-year period beginning on March 10, 2005 at the rate of 0 on each of the first, second and third anniversaries, and 3,316 on the fourth anniversary.

4. The option vests over a 4-year period beginning on March 10, 2005 at the rate of 62,500 on each of the first, second and third anniversaries, and 59,184 on the fourth anniversary.

	Andrew Chew, Attorney-in-fact for Carl Bass	03/14/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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       POWER OF ATTORNEY
             The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Autodesk, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Nancy Thiel and Andrew Chew and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
       1. complete and execute 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 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 14th day of February, 2005.

       /s/  Carl Bass
       Printed Name: Carl Bass