(DWG) files may be imported from 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:
- DWG entities should be coordinated with SAP2000 objects such that they import 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:
- Select DWG Files (*.DWG) from the scroll-down menu, then locate and double-click the DWG file for import into SAP2000, as shown in Figure 3:
- Select the Global Up Direction and the Units, then select OK, as shown in Figure 4:
- 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.
- Select OK, then the DWG file will import as a SAP2000 model, as shown in Figure 6:
See Also
- Import DXF into SAP2000 article
- Export SAP2000 to DWG article