I'm interested in using AutoCAD to design intravascular stents but, because height must be held constant in 3D mode, am having some difficulty.  Does anyone have a basic .dwg file depicting a stent?

What do you mean "because height must be held constant in 3D mode"?What exactly is the problem?You can buy a 3D model of a coronary stent and balloon catheter at the 3DScience.com website for $120 U.S.


John Connor2012-10-16 00:11:51

Yes, I have several nice drawings of intravascular stents but I'm trying to design a novel one.  I can easily create a 2D stent pattern within AutoCAD.  But then, how do I "wrap" the pattern into a tube thus creating a stent?

You would be better off using Inventor or maybe even Inventor Fusion.  AutoCAD is too primitive a program for what you want to do.http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/fusionJohn Connor2012-10-16 00:50:08