Pittsburgh - November 1, 2006 Who: Ansoft Corporation (NASDAQ: ANST) What: Ansoft Designer(r) and DesignerSI(tm) v3.5 for Microsoft Windows(r) 2000 SP2 and XP Professional, Sun Solaris(r) and Linux(r) When: Immediately Where: Customers can download the software from http://download.ansoft.com. Ansoft Designer and DesignerSI v3.5 highlights include: Design Validation Excitations from circuit and Nexxim(r) simulations now included in HFSS(tm) and planar EM co-simulations Allows EM-based current densities and field values to include phase and amplitude information from circuit sources and design EM sub-circuits true field values can been visualized and radiation patterns can be calculated Optional common reference node for dynamic link objects Additional DRC commands including overlap, overhang, enclose, notch Planar EM simulation enhancements Enhanced SOD calibration for planar EM elements Calibration for CPW elements in planar EM FSS mesh continuity Near fields and currents export Enhanced port solver accuracy Design Capture Layout DXF import - support for different x and y scales for imported blocks 3D view of linked HFSS and Q3D Extractor(r) projects in 3D viewer Object selection (picking) from 3D viewer Schematic Schematic wiring help w/icons Support for other types of graphics (logos, bitmaps, etc.) in schematic ANSI borders GUI and Design Automation Circuit translation from Ansoft Designer and DesignerSI to Nexxim schematics Output variables from dynamic link objects visible in schematics For details, please see the documentation included in the installation for Ansoft Designer and DesignerSI v3.5. To learn more about Ansoft products for high-performance electronic design, please visit www.ansoft.com/products.