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Good morning I'm trying to extract text from a simple jpg image using Tesseractcaller  When i run Tesseract-OCR (version 3.05.02 64bit) on my PC (Windows 10) from Windows Powershell to extract the data from the .jpg, it works fine  If I run the attached workspace in FME, the text export to .csv only gives the first line ie hello there but not the second line. I get no output for the line option  I found another post about the Tesseract transformer, https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/80141/how-can-i-get-the-tesseractcaller-to-output-to-the.html, and have made the suggested change, but this didn't seem to work  Any suggestions as to how i can resolve this?  Simon Hume 

Hello, I am working on revamping a workspace that is used as an open data platform to export all available data into 5 different formats (Geopackage, FGDB, DWG, CSV, SHP). Each dataset (ie. cadastral, development, engineeering etc.) have varying featureclasses that need to be exported into one zipped folder. Currently my set up has one writer per dataset per format (10 datasets, 50 writers).Is there some way to loop through the formats on a single writer, while writing out into a zipped folder per format? Thanks!

We're getting a generic "Package access failed" message in the log when we try to publish a workspace with the Apache Kafka package. Any assistance would be much appreciated.

We are interested in creating an Aurora for PostgreSQL Spatial DB. However, it is not clear if FME has a Reader/Writer. Do you, or would we use the normal RDS PostGIS/PostgreSQL reader/writer?

Hi Partners,  The tutorial series Tutorial: Push data from the database to an application in real-time has been updated in anticipation of the Google Fusion Tables deprecation in December. The tutorial now features FME Server Apps to trigger the databases. With this new change, the series has been renamed Tutorial: Update a Database Using an FME Server App.   

Hi, I want to translate some KML to GPX. Never done with this types of files so I am using quick translator. I am getting some results but i need to get a timestamp for my points. How can I get this? In my KML data time stamp is located in Name and Snippet section (Picture 1). GPX that I need to get is  GPX that i get from quick translation is:   

Has anyone worked with the *.zda-format? I have some files that should contain some drill hole data but struggle to figure out which software produced these files and which software can read them. They are approx 0,5MB large.When you unzip the *.zda you get these files. and the *.dat files are  And the data in the *.dat-files are like this - not sure how to decipher these. Any help appreciated!

I am looking for an example to write CityGML-cityfurniture with FME-Desktop. I've created a 3D-modell of a sign within FME which I now want to export as citygml-cityfurniture. While creating it I've assigned different apperances to parts of the sign (sign=white, text on sign=black) and aggregated all faces to that sign. Looks great, if I export it to 3D-PDF. But exporting it to citygml-cityfurniture lacks the colors of the sign. I am not quiet sure, if I doing it right. After aggregating I am using the transformers as shown in the attached jpg-file.    Any suggestions or a workbench that creates cityfurniture the write way would be nice. :) 

HelloI try to write Polyline-Geometry from ESRI Personal Geodatabase to PostGIS (Version 2.5) with geometry typ CompoundCurve. With PathBuilder I am successful to build Paths with Segments with only IFMELine or mixed IFMELine/IFMEArc and to import them.But I am not able to write Paths with only Arcs to PostGIS. The import fails with following message:Error executing SQL command ('INSERT INTO ... Geometry type (CircularString) does not match column type (CompoundCurve) Any Ideas? Thank you. 

I have a model in .FBX format and I want to convert it to .GLTF format. When I do this in FME under generate workspace, I can go straight from ,fbx to .gltf. However, the final .gltf model loses some texture. In my case, the vehicle structure is there but details such as the windows are all missing. Would appreciate some advice. Thank you.

Hi, I am generating dwg files in FME with the symbols from a DWG template. The file opens correct in Autocad but when using x ref they ends up with an offset.Do I have set coordinate sytem, origo etc in the template or is it something I can do in FME? Thanks Henrik

We used FME Server 2017.1 and this week we upgraded to FME 2019.1.1Today i found out the DatabaseUpdater with ArcSDE Geodb deletes the Geometry when you want to update a Table Column with a value from an non Spatial source.We had some Workspaces with 2017.1 and it worked fine there. For example one of productive workspace is a non-spatial-oracle database table, which updates a ArcGIS Featureclass in a MSSQL SDE.I restored the Backup for Server 2019.1. The workspace ran over night and the next day i found out, the data is broken because the geometry is removed.I tested it and found out it is the DatabaseUpdater Transformer with ArcSDE Geodb Parameter.I changed the format to mssql in the DatabaseUpdater, this works fine.I also can reproduce this with a brandnew Workspace, wich was made with FME2019.1.It doesnt matter where the non-spatial-value comes from, i made workspace with different readers(excel, text,csv, and so on) it will delete the geometry when you use a DatabaseUpdater with A

I have a SharePoint list that displays local datetime from many different local time zones, this is the datetime required. The reader returns datetime fields in UTC only. The time offset could be 6 to 8 hours. I have no way to know what local timezone the records was entered in, thus I cannot determine what the time offset should be. Is there a way to read the displayed datetime, not UTC?For example, two records with different time offsetsSharepointValue read by FMEFormattedOffset9/14/2019 21:0020190915030000+00 9/15/2019 3:306 hours2/14/2019 21:5520190215045500+002019/02/15 4:557 hoursThanks in advance,Kathy

I am building a process flow that moves data from point A to B. I noticed the ODBC reader has faster speed over SQL Executor. The challenge is the ODBC reader doesn't have inputs as incoming initiator like SQL Executor. Is there a way that I can use tow ODBC readers one execute after the other receiving inputs?

I Have a dwg file. I need split that into multiple dwg based on the used autocad layer.

I have a workbench that I regularly use to read from an Oracle Locator database and write to an ESRI file geodatabase. It writes about 55 feature classes to this geodatabase (approximately 8 million features total) and takes about 90 minutes to complete. I have just had an SDE made available to me so I made a copy of my original file gdb workbench and have been changing it to write to the SDE instead. The problem I'm having is the workbench now writes extremely slowly; it took 90 minutes to write a single feature class with 168,000 features in it (at that rate I estimate it would take two or three days to write all 8 million features to the SDE). Has anybody experienced anything like this or have any idea what I can do to speed it up? If it makes a difference I believe the SDE is running on some version of SQL Server. Thanks,Mike

Is there a practicable way in FME to extract 3D objects or solids (indoors and/or outdoors) from point clouds?I found posts back from 2015, lots of feature requests and ideas. What's "State of the Art"?Inside / outside of FME... (conc. Revit but also other data models)Bye, Marion

Hi, I have a question about FME desktop 64 bit. Will be possible in the future integrate FME desktop to ArcGIS PRO like for 32 bit version into ArcGIS desktop? The reason is that ArcGIS desktop is stopping slowly supported and if you would use ArcGIS interoperability you have to pay another licence. The basic functions which allows FME integration in to ArcGIS desktop are great and I would have them also in ArcGIS PRO.Thanks,Miloš

We have just installed FME Server on a local server using the express option but did not see any settings for the Postgres database?Is there a way to find out the login / connection details for the Postgres Database?Is it automatically set-up for PostGIS?

I'm insert:Writer FileGDB (ArcObjects)Set Feature Class to fme_feature_typeDuplicate the OutputIn the navigator is only one Feature Type visible. In FME 2016 there are two. FME 2017 ignore the second output.It's a bug?

Hello there is there a way we could trigger a workspace as soon as a record is added to google sheetThanks

I have set up a file geodatabase reader (ArcObjects) and pointed it to read one feature class in a file geodatabase. The feature class has 50 features. When I run the process, it reads 100 features. I tried deleting one feature from the feature class, and now it reads 99 features, while ArcCatalog shows only 49 features in the feature class. This issue has not been consistent -- sometimes if I change the settings of another file geodatabase reader (pointed at a different file geodatabase) in the workspace, the problematic reader will only read 50 features. I am trying to use dynamic inputs, passed to the reader from a scripted parameter. Why is this happening, and is there an easy solution? I am using FME through ArcGIS's Data Interoperability extension, version 10.5. It is FME version 2017.0.0.1 (20170316 - Build 17271 - WIN32) and at this time upgrading is not an option for me.

I'm having difficulty accessing data with a WFS reader. I can read the feature types, and the translation is 'successful', but returns 0 features. I can load the WFS in QGIS too. I've tried amending various parameters without success, including: connection timeout length, max features, ignore application schema (this worked with the previous version of the WFS), and using a search envelope. The WFS is: https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/historic-flood-map/wfsWould really appreciate if anyone can nudge me in the right direction!  

Hello again.I'm using several translations involving HTTPCallers and other transformers -- all of which work successfully with FeatureWriters saving to ESRI Geodatabase (File Geodb Open API) feature classes. I'm running into a problem saving to ESRI Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb), however, where the translation never completes, and the log ends with the following:Successfully imported schemaImportError: No module named siteThis seems to be Python-related from what I have found, even though I do not use the PythonCaller or anything Python-related in my workspace. I can't seem to find a similar problem to mine.Yesterday I installed Python 3.6, which I assumed may be causing this. So I uninstalled it and made sure Python 2.7 was still present (it is). The Python interpreter preferences in FME still point to Python 2.7. I tried changing those to 3.6 to match the version I had previously installed, which did not help.I had complete success with one translation, but all others have the same symp

I'm getting warnings in my logs when using the PDFwriter (in the FeatureWriter) and the mapnikrasterizer. Both in FME Workbench and FME server (Cloud) i got these errors.2019-09-25 13:00:58|  33.6|  0.0|WARN  |PDFWriter: Unsupported font family 'Arial'.  Reverting to 'Helvetica'2019-09-25 13:00:58|  33.6|  0.0|WARN  |... Last line repeated 10 times ...and2019-09-25 15:54:14|   0.3|  0.2|WARN  |MapnikRasterizer (MapnikFactory): The specified font 'Tahoma,Standaard' could not be loaded.  Using default font 'FreeSans Medium'2019-09-25 15:54:14|   0.3|  0.0|WARN  |MapnikRasterizer (MapnikFactory): The specified font 'Tahoma,Standaard' could not be loaded.  Using default font 'FreeSans Medium'I tried all the available options in the font menu but got no result.