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Hello, we've been working with a client for a couple months to run business rules against dwgs.One of the requirements is to ensure the System Variables BASE and INSBASE X, Y values are set to 0,0 to help ensure that xRef drawings align correctly with the 'base' or currently opened dwgWe have reviewed the following and don't believe what we are looking for is supported with this option and uncertain if what we are trying to unlock is even possible with current 2018.1 release(http://docs.safe.com/fme/2018.0/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_ReadersWriters/acad/Drawing-System-Variables.htm) Related AutoDesk Links:

Hello, I'm trying to get rotation information of a cell which come from a DGN.I found it for text element but not on cell. In microstation the information is present but not in FME, do you have any idea ? In the help here : https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Transformers/Transformers/dgnstyler.htm it say :OpenCell Rotation Specifies rotation of the cell (in degrees counterclockwise from horizontal). This can be set to any floating-point value between -360.0 to 360.0, or be set to a value taken from an attribute. Format attribute set: igds_cell_rotationBut I haven't this attribute in FME : But he

It seems that the FME translator for Smallworld applies the "unset value" to any field where the value is unset. Is it possible to export a null value instead. We would like to preserve the values as is and not have to try to come up with some convoluted process to deal with it. Only thought I have would be to pick a default value for each field that we know doesn't exist in any of the existing data. We would then have to look for those values after exporting the data from smallworld so we could then again put them back to null. That could be a lot of work for all of the different classes we need to export.

I have a complicated json object that I would like to count the number of elements in one of it's child objects. Given the size and complexity of the original json, I would like to avoid flattening it and using the listElementCounter.

I have worked out that I can use the Fanout feature on both csv and xlsx files, and I need the output as csv files, however outputting to a csv creates separate folders for each file and I need it output to the same file. The second part is that I want the output to start writing on row 2, with each file output to have the same value in cell A1.I know that if i output to excel i get individual files, named based on the attribute I specify, but all the files are in the same folder, which is halfway to what I want.What I cant work out is how to:insert a specified value in cell A1 on every file; andoutput as a csvIs this possible in FME or am i going to have to write a macro for excel that runs through each file, adds the value in cell A1 and then saves the file as a csv?

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I'd also like to be able to analyze and set properties for the feature symbology.

I am converting geodatabase data to JSON and using the HTTPCALLER to upload to an API. The JSON output from FME is adding square brackets[] as the first set of brackets but the API is looking for curly brackets{}. Is there a way for FME to output curly brackets instead of square brackets?The API is also looking for some additional text between the first and second open brackets. Can I insert additional text between the brackets in the JSON output?For example the FME JSON Writer is writing [{json text}] but the API is looking for {site:{json text}} Thanks, David

When converting a 3D model to GLTF (2.0) which has png textures with an alpha band the output looks pretty weird in most viewers. The alpha value in the textures is at the Max (255) so it shouldn't be transparent, however, FME sets the alphamode to 'BLEND'. While I understand the logic in this I think in practice a better default for the alphamode would be 'MASK'. In the image below you can see that the inner cube is rendered even though the outer cube has a texture which has no transparent pixels. In my situation the issue can be solved by simply having jpegs as textures, however, this is often not possible to get.  In other situations, for example billboard trees, you want to have transparency, but in the form of a 'MASK' not a 'BLEND'. I would argue that in 90 % of cases the 'MASK' option would be better than 'BLEND'. I've attached the model for inspectio

I am having an issue with a specific MapInfo TAB file that when I put it through it's different attribute and geometry filters, it is outputting the wrong size text. The last transformer the file is going through is a DWGStyler where I have a specified height. The strange part that is confusing me with all of this is that the single line text is outputting the correct specified height I have in the DWGStyler, but any multiline text is being outputted as a combined text height. For example I have the height set to be 0.4. The single line text displays as 0.4, a two-line multiline text displays each line with a height of 0.2 thus adding up to the specified 0.4. This to is the same if it three lines of text where it displays as 0.13 for each line. I have tried toggleing the Text Entity Type from multi-Text to Text with the same outcome. Any suggestions would be great. I am more Autodesk than FME. I have AutoCAD Map3D 2014 and am aware that I can import thes

Hi, I would like to write tagsets for linestrings with display set to 'yes' out to a Microstation DGN file with the bottom-left corner of the tagset being located at the start of the linestring.  When I write the tagset with offset set to 0, some of the tagsets appear at the beginning of the linestring, but some of them appear in seemingly random places. I'm assuming this is related to the radius of the curve of the particular linestring. I have tried following the advice in this article (https://community.safe.com/s/article/writing-microstation-dgn-tags-with-fme) and using a CenterPointExtractor followed by a CoordinateExtractor, followed by an ExpressionEvaluator, but this doesn't put the tagsets in the correct place. I'm wondering if this is becaus

I worked with one of our interns on developing a pretty simple workbench that queries records from a REST service using a project #, styling the popups and icons, and writes it out to a KML that is then downloaded from FME server using the data download service. I have exposed the attachment from ArcGIS Online and have the process worked out for converting them to base64. The next part that I'm needing help with (why I posted this) is determine the best way to embed the photos in the popup, which are varying content subtypes of image (image/png, image/jpeg, image/jpg, etc). I've attempted (unsuccessfully) to embed the base64 image in html, but it doesn't seem to load. I think the best way would be to save the images in a folder, and somehow reference the local image path in the kml popup... Both the KML and Images would be downloaded through the published data download service.

Hi There,I am using FME to convert data into DWG by using a predefined template. This works fine but has the limitation that I cannot dynamically create layers since they will not match with the template definitions and creating the layers in the workspace has its own disadvantages. I cannot add all possible definitions into the template since the data and therefore the splitsing of the layers is different per conversion. I would appreciate any ideas or other ppl experiences trying to achieve this. Cheers, Itay

I'm working on a project where I need wave models created in MatLab. I have download them but when reading I get rotated coordinates.For some reason, wave models operate with rotated coordinate systems as opposed to conventional ocean models (rlat, rlon). How can I manage to read and rotate this data with FME? 

Hi,I am writing out line geometry with a tagset to a Microstation DGN file. I can't work out how to change the level of the tagset to be different to the level of the line geometry to which it is connected. Is there a way to do this?Thanks,

I want to prepare the mapping from 1 oracle database (11) to another (19). Problem is that the 19-database is not installed yet, and the only way of preparing the migration is from Oracle 11 to a fgdb, which have alle the attributes lower case. Thanks.

Hi, I am using FME Desktop version: FME(R) 2020.1.1.1 (20200817 - Build 20614 - WIN64) Using the SQLExecutor (version 9) against an Oracle Spatial Table, I am running  a SQL statement such as below:select "LINE", "COLOUR" from "SCHEMA"."TABLENAME"  This statement 'runs successfully' when tested but when I expose multiple attributes using the 'Attributes to  Expose' field, this does not work and a single attribute with all the field names concatenated with a comma is being output:  If I expose a single attribute only then the output is correct.  Is this a bug with this version of FME Desktop 2020.1 and or SQLExecutor Version 9, as it does not happen with previous versions of FME Desktop and SQL Executor?Thanks!

I have a google spreadsheet template located on my google drive that I want to make a copy of and move to another folder in Google Drive. The drive connector doesn't allow me to copy or download gsheets. I was able to have a gsheet reader and writer create a copy of the original spreadsheet however the styling isn't preserved... Does anybody have a work around for copying googlesheets and preserving styling?

Hi, In workspace app after I upload data (gdb,shp), I would like to see the fields that can be selected by user? Can anyone suggest any ideas?

I'm trying to write data to DWG. For this I want to use the symbology in a DWG file here after called the template.When I inspect the template, I can see all different line colors and line widths. However, when writing to DWG everything gets the same linestyle and color, eventhough I specify it differently. My workbench look similar as the one in example 2 within this tutorial:https://community.safe.com/s/article/working-with-the-dwgstyler The only difference (as far as I can see of course) is that I have a different reader type.I'm using FME 2019. I can't share the template or other data.

I have problems with foreign characters (åäö ÅÄÖ) in hyperlinks using the excel writer. This works(no foreign characters in hyperlink path):file_path = 1312-P11-47-00054.pdffile_path.hyperlink = C:\\work\\table_extraction\\fme\\template_files\\FME_2019_04_24-14_38_13.3\\xml\\09_Administrativa foreskrifter\\1312-P11-47-00054.pdf This does not work(foreign characters in hyperlink path):file_path = 1312-P11-47-00054.pdffile_path.hyperlink = C:\\work\\table_extraction\\fme\\template_files\\FME_2019_04_24-14_38_13.3\\xml\\09_Administrativa föreskrifter\\1312-P11-47-00054.pdf In the Excel output I always get something like this when hovering the hyperlink when the foreign characters are in the path:file:///C:\\work\\table_extraction\\fme\\template_files\\FME_2019_04_24-14_38_13.3\\zz.xlsx The excel file seems to link to itself which is wrong. Its quite strange that the st

HelloI have hundreds of very simple vector geopackages (.gpkg) stored in Azure blob storage. I use the feature reader to successfully read many other formats from blob storage but I cannot get the feature reader to read a geopackage from this location. If I download the data, then use the feature reader, everything works as expected. Additionally as you can see in the pictures the feature reader dialog can see the file but when asked to read it fails. Does anyone know of a work around that doesn't involve downloading all the data? Thank you for your time.

HI,We have a client who asks us the following question:I would like to inquire before installing the FME ESRI edition license.Indeed, we would like to integrate data into SDE database which is hosted on a dedicated server, does FME have to be on the same machine? Currently we go through postgis / SDE connections via ArcCatalog.A priori, we can write in the ESRI SDE, even if FME is not installed on the same machine?Does it work a bit like Oracle / PostGIS? Regards.

My current FME 2020.1.3 works with arcpy from ArcGIS Pro 2.5 and 2.6, but not 2.7. Does the latest FME 2021 support ArcGIS Pro 2.7?

Hello everyone, I have successfully converted a LAS point cloud file into a Cesium 3D tile. Now I want to add zoom levels so that my visualization software shows more or fewer points depending on the distance to the point cloud. I want to speed up the display in the browser. The structure of the file structure can be seen in the pictures. Different folders with Tileset.json files and tiling of the point cloud. Does anyone know how I can make such a structure? Does anyone have experience with it? Thank you