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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 27, 2006

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                                   ANSYS. INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

             Delaware                     0-20853               04-3219960
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
  Incorporation or Organization)                            Identification No.)

           275 Technology Drive, Canonsburg, PA                    15317
         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)

       (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (724) 746-3304

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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     Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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     Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 2.02  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

     On April 27, 2006, ANSYS, Inc. issued an earnings release announcing its
financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006. A copy of the
earnings release is attached as Exhibit 99.1

     In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in
this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to
be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that
section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration
statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (d)   Exhibits

               EXHIBIT
               NUMBER     DESCRIPTION
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               99.1       Press Release of the Registrant dated April 27, 2006



                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                       ANSYS, INC.


Date: April 27, 2006                   By:  /s/ MARIA T. SHIELDS
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                                            Maria T. Shields - Chief Financial
                                            Officer, VP of Finance and
                                            Administration

                                            (Ms. Shields is the  Principal
                                            Financial and Accounting Officer and
                                            has been duly authorized to sign on
                                            behalf of the Registrant)



                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NUMBER         DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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99.1                   Press Release of the Registrant dated April 27, 2006