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

                                   SCHEDULE 13G

                   Under the Securities exchange Act of 1934

                               (Amendment No. 0)*

                               ANSYS INC
             -----------------------------------------------------
                              (NAME OF ISSUER)

                                COM NEW
             -----------------------------------------------------
                       (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                                 03662Q105
             -----------------------------------------------------
                              (CUSIP NUMBER)

                           December 31, 2013
             -----------------------------------------------------
            (Date of event which requires filing of this Statement)

  Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which
  this Schedule is filed:

    X  Rule 13d-1(b)
       Rule 13d-1(c)
       Rule 13d-1(d)

  * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
  person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class
  of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
  which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

  The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
  be deemed to be 'filed' for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 ('Act') or otherwise subject to the liabilities
  of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions
  of the Act (however, see the Notes).

                       (CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE(S))






    CUSIP NO. 03662Q105        13G                         Page 2 of 5 Pages

  1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

        AllianceBernstein LP      13-3434400

  2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP *                (A) [ ]
                                                                       (B) [X]

  3. SEC USE ONLY

  4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     State of Delaware


           NUMBER OF SHARES   5. SOLE VOTING POWER                  4,658,175
               BENEFICIALLY
                OWNED AS OF   6. SHARED VOTING POWER                        0
           December 31, 2013
                    BY EACH   7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER             5,119,493
                  REPORTING
               PERSON WITH:   8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER               6,570


  9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH                    5,126,063
     REPORTING PERSON
     (Not to be construed as an admission of beneficial ownership)

 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
     SHARES *                                                              [X]



 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9                     5.5%

 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
     IA

                    * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



CUSIP NO. 03662Q105             13G                      Page 3 of 5 Pages

Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
          ANSYS INC

Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
          275 Technology Drive
          Canonsburg, PA 15317-


Item 2(a) and (b)
          Name of Person Filing and Address of Principal Business Office:

          AllianceBernstein L.P
          1345 Avenue of the Americas
          NewYork, N.Y.  10105


 (All media outlets, please contact Andrea Prochniak at AllianceBernstein
 (212-756-4542) with any questions. All other questions can be directed to
 Section13USFilings@alliancebernstein.com.)




Item 2(c) Citizenship:
          Delaware

Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:  COM NEW

Item 2(e) Cusip Number:  03662Q105


Item 3.   Type of Reporting Person:  Registered Investment Advisor



                                   13G                      Page 4 of 5 Pages


Item 4. Ownership as of 12/31/2013

      (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:  5,126,063  shares of common stock
          acquired solely for investment purposes on behalf of client
          discretionary investment advisory accounts*

      (b) Percent of Class: 5.5%

      (c) Deemed Voting Power and Disposition Power:



                        (i)           (ii)          (iii)        (iv)
                        Deemed        Deemed        Deemed       Deemed
                        to have       to have       to have      to have
                        Sole Power    Shared Power  Sole Power   Shared Power
                        to Vote       to Vote       to Dispose   to Dispose
                        or to         or to         or to        or to
                        Direct        Direct        Direct the   Direct the
                        the Vote      the Vote      Disposition  Disposition
                        ------------  ------------  ------------ ------------
                                                     



AllianceBernstein          4,658,175             0     5,119,493        6,570





* W.P. Stewart & Co. Ltd. and W.P. Stewart Asset Management Ltd. are wholly
owned subsidiaries of AllianceBernstein L.P. AllianceBernstein L.P. is a
majority owned subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc. and an indirect majority
owned subsidiary of AXA SA.  AllianceBernstein operates under independent
management and makes independent decisions from AXA and AXA Financial and
their respective subsidiaries and AXA and AXA Financial calculate and report
beneficial ownership separately from AllianceBernstein pursuant to guidance
provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Release Number
34-39538 (January 12, 1998). Each of AllianceBernstein, W.P. Stewart,
and the AXA entities reporting herein acquired their shares of common stock
for investment purposes in the ordinary course of their investment management
and insurance businesses.

AllianceBernstein may be deemed to share beneficial ownership with AXA
reporting persons by virtue of 6,570 shares of common stock acquired on
behalf of the general and special accounts of the affiliated entities for which
AllianceBernstein serves as a subadvisor.



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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
        If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date
        hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of
        more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following.

                                                                          []

Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on behalf of Another Person.  N/A

Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired
        the Security Being Reporting on by the Parent Holding Company:    N/A



Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.      N/A

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group:                                N/A

Item 10. Certification:

         By signing below I certify that to the best of my knowledge and
    belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary
    course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not
    have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer
    of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a
    participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.



         Signature

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
    belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
    is true, complete and correct.








    Date:  February 10, 2014, ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.







                               /s/ Laurence Bertan

                            Name:  Laurence Bertan
                            Title: SVP and Head of Regulatory Reporting