There are a number of options for creating a model in the AutoCAD client:

• Create a model from scratch—You can create a model in AutoCAD. Upon opening AutoCAD a Drawing1.dwg file is created and opened. Likewise an untitled new WaterGEMS CONNECT hydraulic model is also created and opened if WaterGEMS CONNECT has been loaded. WaterGEMS CONNECT has been loaded if the WaterGEMS CONNECT menus and docking windows are visible. WaterGEMS CONNECT can be loaded in two ways: automatically by using the “ WaterGEMS CONNECT for AutoCAD” shortcut, or by starting AutoCAD and then using the command: WaterGEMS CONNECT. Once loaded, you can immediately begin laying out your network and creating your model using the WaterGEMS CONNECT menus and the WaterGEMS CONNECT file menu (See Menus). Upon saving and titling your AutoCAD file for the first time, your WaterGEMS CONNECT hydraulic model files will also acquire the same name and file location.
• Open a previously created WaterGEMS CONNECT hydraulic model—You can open a previously created WaterGEMS CONNECT model. If the model was created in the Stand Alone version, you must import your WaterGEMS CONNECT hydraulic model while a .dwg file is open. From the WaterGEMS CONNECT menu select Hydraulic Model -> Import -> WaterGEMS CONNECT Database. Alternatively you can use the command: _wtgImportProject. You will have the choice to import your WaterGEMS CONNECT database file (.sqlite) or your WaterGEMS CONNECT hydraulic model file (.wtg).
• Import a model that was created in another modeling application—You can import a model that was created in EPANET. See Importing and Exporting Data for further details.