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Drawing
(DWG) files may be imported from
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AutoCAD
2012 into SAP2000 using the procedure which follows:
- Create and save a DWG model within AutoCAD. The example model we will use for this demonstration is shown in Figure 1:
Unknown macro: {center-text}Figure 1 - DWG model for import into SAP2000
- Coordinate DWG layer types such that they import as the SAP2000 objects which are listed as follows:
DWG entity
SAP2000 object
Color
1
Point
Cyan
2
Line
Yellow
3
Point
Link (one-point)
Cyan
4
Line
Link (two-point)
Green
5
3D Face
Red
6
N/A
N/A
- Within SAP2000, select File > Import > AutoCAD .dxf File, as shown in Figure 2:
Unknown macro: {center-text}Figure 2 - Select the DXF Import feature
- Select DWG Files (*.DWG) from the scroll-down menu, then locate and double-click the DWG file for import into SAP2000 (Figure 3).
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- Select the Global Up Direction and the Units, then select OK, as shown in Figure 4:
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- Assign each type of SAP2000 object to a DWG layer (Figure 5). Each layer which occurs in the DWG file is listed in the scroll-down menu.
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- Select OK, then the DWG file will import as a SAP2000 model, as shown in Figure 6:
Unknown macro: {center-text}Figure 6 - DWG file as SAP2000 model
See Also
- Import DXF into SAP2000 article
- Export SAP2000 to DWG article