As far as I can tell these files are ASCII (or maybe binary), later types are XML. You'll be able to read the ASCII and XML version files directly with FME by using the Text or XML Readers in FME respectively, but then you'll have to do a little legwork with FME's transformers to get the features out. Perhaps post a sample of the data so the community can identify what is the best option for you.

It's also possible to run your Python code directly with FME by using a PythonCaller transformer, but that assumes it does what you wish, which it sounds like it perhaps doesn't right now.

All the best

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Thanks for your response! I will give a try first and update what I find. If I cannot figure this out, then I am going to post some of my data. I also want to try to integrate a few python script to deal with vtk too. It is going to be a good practice for me.

Again, thank you for your advice.

Hiroo

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Thanks for your response! I will give a try first and update what I find. If I cannot figure this out, then I am going to post some of my data. I also want to try to integrate a few python script to deal with vtk too. It is going to be a good practice for me.

Again, thank you for your advice.

Hiroo

I checked documents for both FME and vtk. It is going to take a while to make a progress on what I wanted to achieve. Do you think anybody in this community can help on this? I basically want to convert a vtk file like I attached (I change its extension from vtk to txt to upload the file sample-data.txt) to IFC or other 3D file formats that can hold both geometries and attributes. I am going to spend more time but if you have some suggestions, please let me know.

 

 

This sample data include two attributes (CellType and Material). There are several cell types like VTK_LINE (=3), VTK_TRIANGLE(=5), VTK_QUAD (=9), VTK_TETRA (=10), VTK_HEXAHEDRON (=12), and VTK_WEDGE (=13).

 

 

Thank you!

 

Hiroo

 

 

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