Yacht racing team plans to recapture America’s Cup in 2007 by using ANSYS software

SOUTHPOINTE, PA – June 23, 2005 – ANSYS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced a 3 ½ year official supplier contract with Emirates Team New Zealand, the sailing team leveraging ANSYS® computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technologies as a key component of its strategy to win back the America’s Cup in 2007.

“In the America’s Cup, computer simulation has taken a leading role in the design process. The CFD solution from ANSYS has taken the yacht designers several steps beyond what we were able to achieve in the past by allowing us to visualize flow velocity and pressure magnitudes, making it possible to improve the design at a much faster rate,” said Nick Holroyd, designer and CFD engineer for Team New Zealand.

Having won and held the Cup from 1995 to 2003, Team New Zealand hopes to recapture victory in 2007 by using ANSYS CFX®-5 and ANSYS ICEM CFD™ to drive the design of their racing yacht. The team has already been successful in using ANSYS ICEM CFD software to generate high-quality hexahedral meshes, and ANSYS CFX software for multiphase modeling and drag around the hull in order to achieve maximum speed. Additionally, the team has used ANSYS CFX to model sail aerodynamics and study induced drag on appendages. Now, designers are gearing up to use the software’s transition turbulence model – the world’s first commercial model with the ability to predict the transition from laminar to turbulent flow, the location of which can affect yacht performance.

"It’s not everyday that we have the opportunity to support such a high-profile sporting team,” said Jim Cashman, president and CEO at ANSYS, Inc. “It’s rewarding to know that they depend upon our software to meet their engineering challenges. We are confident that our robust set of technologies will help Team New Zealand in its efforts to regain its title in 2007."

About Emirates Team New Zealand

Team New Zealand won the America’s Cup, the world’s oldest sporting trophy, in 1995 and successfully defended it in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2000. A Swiss team took the Cup from New Zealand in 2003. Now with sponsorship from the Dubai-based airline Emirates, Toyota New Zealand and the Spanish brewer Estella Damm, the team is preparing for a challenge in Valencia, Spain, in 2007. Two new yachts will be designed and built for the 2007 America’s Cup and put through a strenuous testing program. For more information, visit the Web site at www.emiratesteamnz.com.

About ANSYS, Inc.

ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970, develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries. ANSYS focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost- conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. Headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania U.S.A. with more than 25 strategic sales locations throughout the world, ANSYS, Inc. employs approximately 600 people and distributes its products through a network of channel partners in over 40 countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.

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