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SOUTHPOINTE, Pa. -- ANSYS Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) , a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announced the availability of ANSYS(R) 7.1, featuring two technologies that will make designing and analyzing new products faster and easier, permitting more design innovations, and ultimately driving higher-quality products to market faster. ANSYS DesignXplorer VT(TM) brings the power of variational technology (VT) to the designer's desktop, giving users the ability to visualize the effects of a multitude of simultaneously varying design parameters in a single solve. DesignModeler(TM) is a new concept-modeling tool that gives users a better way to approach the early stages of design for large, CAD-intensive structural projects. ANSYS 7.1 is the first product suite in the computer-aided engineering (CAE) industry to offer these types of capabilities to users. These robust, easy-to-use tools support engineering design and simulation capabilities early in the product development process, when design innovations are explored and most of the manufacturing costs are determined. Meanwhile, the heart of ANSYS 7.1 - ANSYS Workbench Environment(TM) - offers a newly improved user interface, superior CAD integration, automatic meshing, and access to model parameters and other ANSYS features. "ANSYS 7.1 provides product engineers with more data to make smarter decisions - and smarter decisions mean better products," said Mike Wheeler, vice president and general manager of the mechanical business at ANSYS. "Our combination of variational technology and concept modeling is an industry first. We are proud to offer complete, integrated solutions that shorten the product engineering process and help bring better products to market faster."