LanguageANS
ANSI text (ANSI Art)
File type: Text file
An ans file extension is associated with the ANSI Art text file format.
Found 4 different file type records with the same ans filename suffix.
What is ans file?
File type category:
Text file
Date updated: December 31, 2024
The ans file extension is related to ANSI art, a computer artform that was widely used at one time on BBSes.
It is similar to ASCII art, but constructed from a larger set of 256 letters, numbers, and symbols — all codes found in IBM code page 437, often referred to as extended ASCII and used in MS-DOS environments.
ANSI art also contains special ANSI escape sequences that color text with the 16 foreground and 8 background colors offered by ANSI.SYS, an MS-DOS device driver loosely based upon the ANSI X3.64 standard for text terminals.
Some ANSI artists take advantage of the cursor control sequences within ANSI X3.64 in order to create animations, commonly referred to as ANSImations.
How to open ans file?
Use text editor to view content of *.ans files.
How to convert ans file?
Compatible tools may be able to export *.ans files to other formats.
Suggested software to open ans file:
Associated software actions with the ans file
Software applications that can open ans files:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
PSPad (Microsoft Windows)
TextEdit (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
PabloDraw (Multiplatform)
Software applications that can edit ans files:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
PSPad (Microsoft Windows)
TextEdit (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
PabloDraw (Multiplatform)
Software capable of saving ans files:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
PSPad (Microsoft Windows)
TextEdit (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that create ans files:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
PSPad (Microsoft Windows)
TextEdit (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that import ans files:
PabloDraw (Multiplatform)
ANSYS model data
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: December 4, 2018
The ans file extension is also associated with ANSYS DesignModeler, a parametric geometry and engineering simulation software for Microsoft Windows.
This type of .ans file stores data for model created in the DesignModeler.
How to open ans file?
You can work with these files using ANSYS, provided you have all the model files.
How to convert ans file?
Some sort of export from ANSYS is probably possible, but only for whole model - not just some part of it.
Suggested software to open ans file:
Associated software actions with the ans file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ans files:
ANSYS DesignModeler (Microsoft Windows)
HotDocs answer file
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: May 10, 2017
File extension ans is also used in HotDocs for one of its answer data formats.
HotDocs is a software application that significantly reduces the time spent generating customized documents, such as contracts, sales proposals, government and court forms, legal documents, loan applications, and medical forms.
How to open ans file?
Use HotDocs to open .ans answer files.
How to convert ans file?
We have no information about any possible conversion for this type of .ans files, but perhaps some kind of export is possible.
Suggested software to open ans file:
Associated software actions with the ans file
Software applications that can open ans files:
HotDocs (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit ans files:
HotDocs (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving ans files:
HotDocs (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create ans files:
HotDocs (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that print ans files:
HotDocs (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word text and layout data
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: December 20, 2024
The ans file extension was also used in some previous version of Microsoft Word for text and layout files.
Microsoft Word is authoring program that gives you the ability to create and share documents by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with the easy-to-use Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, which is part of Microsoft Office.
How to open ans file?
Use Microsoft Word to open *.ans text and layout files.
How to convert ans file?
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Suggested software to open ans file:
Associated software actions with the ans file
Software applications that can open ans files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit ans files:
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving ans files:
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ans files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)