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10-K - FORM 10-K - ANSYS INCd10k.htm
EX-21 - SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT - ANSYS INCdex21.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - ANSYS INCdex312.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - ANSYS INCdex311.htm
EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP - ANSYS INCdex231.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 906 CFO CERTIFICATION - ANSYS INCdex322.htm
EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - ANSYS INCFinancial_Report.xls

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of ANSYS, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James E. Cashman III, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

This certification is provided solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed to be part of the Report or filed for any purpose whatsoever.

 

/s/ James E. Cashman III

James E. Cashman III

President and Chief Executive Officer

February 25, 2011