Drawing
(DWG) files may be imported from
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).
Unknown macro: {center-text}Figure 3 - Select DWG file for import
- Select the Global Up Direction and the Units, then select OK, as shown in Figure 4:
Unknown macro: {center-text}Figure 4 - Import specifications
- 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.
Unknown macro: {center-text}Figure 5 - Layer specifications
- 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
Sample DWG files for import
The images which follow present the geometric configuration of DWG models which may be imported into SAP2000. For your reference, these DWG files are attached below. In these models, the Extrude command converted AutoCAD 3DFace entities into solid objects. Objects were successfully imported into SAP2000 after performing the Rotate3D operation on all solid entities.
RoundSolids.dwg
Figure 1 - DWG solid entity
Figure 2 - SAP2000 solid object
RoundSolids2.dwg
Figure 3 - DWG solid entity
Figure 4 - SAP2000 solid object