importing files from other source to sap2000

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importing files from other source to sap2000
sap2000 users: i just started to use this software and i am wondering about the possibility to import drawing files from other source, let's said autocad, into sap2000
i've never tried it, but sap2000 version 10 has an "import autocad dxf file" command on the file menu.
i tried this with etabs a few years ago and seem to re  
rogelio,
you could import a dxf file from autocad. you should draw the entire structure in any layer except the 0. start the drawing form the 0,0,0 coordinate. i don´t remeber very well but i think that when you import the file, sap ask you in what direction the vertical axis is defined.
i hope that this could be helpful.
  
lg