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+name = 'ANSYS'
+version = '18.2'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.ansys.com'
+description = """ANSYS simulation software enables organizations to confidently predict
+    how their products will operate in the real world. We believe that every product is
+    a promise of something greater. """
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017a'}
+
+# create a zip file from the 3 install iso files.
+# make sure all files of the iso's are in the same directory.
+sources = ['ANSYS-18.2.zip']
+
+import os
+license_server = os.getenv('EB_ANSYS_LICENSE_SERVER', 'license.it4i.cz')
+license_server_port = os.getenv('EB_ANSYS_LICENSE_SERVER_PORT', '2325:1055')
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'