

CAD Associative Interfaces (add-on modules) - CATIA V6 - CATIA V5 - SolidWorks - Pro/ENGINEER ◦◦ CAD feature parameter update.Project edges Offset entities Linear/radial pattern Dimensioning Construction geometry Sketch origin placement Sketch cleanup Sketch import/export Geometry Import/Export.Partitioning tools - Edge - Face - Cell Point Line Circle Rectangle Arc Fillet Spline Ellipse Sketch Tools and Options.Wire features - Planar - Poly line - Spline - Fillet - From edge.NX 8.5 (Siemens PLM Software, UK) was used to create the tri-folded balloon, and then imported in Abaqus CAE. C3D8R element was used to mesh the stent models. Shell features - Planar surface - Extrude - Loft - Revolve - Sweep - Fillet/chamfer Abaqus 6.14 CAE was used to build the 3D finite element models for these four stents, as shown in Fig.Cut features - Extrude - Loft - Revolve - Sweep - Circular hole.

