09-02-2010, 04:43 PM
The above mentioned dxf import can be done directly in etabs via file/import/dxf 3d. You just need to make sure that (if I remember correctly) beams should be lines and areas regions. However by manual meshing you may encounter connectivity problems between beams and areas. This can be solved by the use of automatic meshing over which though you dont have much input (black box pretty much).