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What would be the best way (aside from opening the file in a GIS software) to find out if the vertices in a shapefile has a Z and/or an M?

Hi -I’m attempting to identify the schema of 33 shapefiles. The goal is to transform all the shapefiles from one schema to a standardized schema in a single workflow. My thought is to first identify all the attributes of the raw data then create a look-up table. To do this, I started by running a query on my source folder using the PATH reader to identify all the shapefiles in the folder. Next, I was going to use the FeatureReader transformer with the Format set to ESRI Shapefile using the file path attribute (path_windows) from the PATH reader as the dataset to read. I was then going to use the ListExploder to expose the attributes from the <Schema> output port. However, the schema output port is skipping 4 of the shapefiles. The schema output port = 29 ; initiator output port = 33. I’m not sure why it’s doing this. The file path is different for all the shapefiles. Any help to get all 33 shapefiles to go through the <Schema> output would be greatly appreciated! Thank you

Hi, when opening fbx in FME, I see a property with a description of the material in the geometry parts (pay attention to the line highlighted with a marker) FME has a python interpreter, with its own classes and functions.I have already pulled out the coordinates of the points, in the code belowimport fmeimport fmeobjectsFeatureProcessor class (object):def __init__(self):passesentering def (self, feature):all_geom = function.getGeometry()first_part = all_geom.getPartAt(0)if type(first_part) == fmeobjects.FMEMesh:meshs = first_part.getAsMultiSurface()vertices_list = first_part.getVertices()textur_coord_list = first_part.getTextureCoordinates()textur_length = len(textur_coord_list)if textur_length > 0:for trian_mesh in first_part:ver_index = trian_mesh.getVertexIndices()textur_index = trian_mesh.getVertexNormalIndices()newFeature = fmeobjects.FMEFeature()pnt1 = vertices_list[ver_index[0]]pnt1_t = textur_coord_list [textur_index [0]]newFeature.setAttribute('X1',pnt1[0])newFeature.setAt

It is possible to the saved zipped file from the ShapeFile feature wrtiter NOT split (generate) multiple zip files. The workbence/job is running on FmeCloud.  

We use the SDK in C++. When migrating our code to FME 2024, I realized that several files related to pointcloud cannot be found in the new SDK any more.The only file I can find for pointclouds is pointcloud_fwd.h. But when using an IFMEPointCloud pointer, the declaration cannot be found. The files that I used in earlier versions of FME do not exist any more (ipointcloud.h, ipointcloudblock.h, ...)Where can I find these declarations now? Is there an example for C++, how the point data of a pointcloud feature can be extracted with the SDK of FME 2024? 

I have got an excel sheet and there are some cells with just colour and i don’t wish to include them for analysis purpose / output . Without any edits in Excel sheet (eg. add some kind of numeric or standard text for colour cell etc.) i wish to remove or exclude. I also don’t wish to depend on any other column or cell value to filter rows with ORANGE colour cell  I WANT to remove / exclude entire ROW that has yellow colour in cell in Column NCR Ref   

Hi,I was wondering if you could please help me convert data in NAD83 with vertical from HT2_0 to CGVD 1928 adjustment.I am using the CSMapReprojector transformer in FME Form 2023.2.1.0 (20240104 - Build 23774 - WIN64) but apparently FME is looking for a geoid height grid (*.gdc) file.Please advise. Greatly appreciated.Thank you! WillyWilfredo de Vera

Hi, I am writing spatial plans in PostGIS just fine, but when I read them back through PostGIS Reader, the appearance seems to disappear, and its this generic gray color. Can someone help me preserve the geometry appearance as well?Writing geometry: Reading geometry:  

I have a text field (attribute) in a table that is 2048 characters in length. I want to change it to 50. What Transformer do I use in FME to achieve this? I am using FME Form 2021. 

I have spatial (ESRI FGDB data) that I want to make into a non-spatial table.  Regardless of what I try (e.g. deleting the ‘Shape’ field) the data is still spatial. 

Hi! I am transforming data from different sources. The data travels at different speeds through their own workflows and end up at my Excel Writer at different points in time. This in itself is not the problem. It’s because I have specified a Fanout function in the name of the file all the data/features are being written to that the problem appears. The Fanout contains hours and minutes, the name of the file begins with:“@Timestamp(^Y).@Timestamp(^m).@Timestamp(^d)_kl.@Timestamp(^H).@Timestamp(^M)...“ Since the data gets to the Writer roughly a minute a part I end up with two written files with only part of the results in them. The two files get different names with only a digit’s difference. For example:File 1: “2024.05.30_kl.12:55...”File 2: “2024.05.30_kl.12:56...” I can obviously solve the problem by removing the hour and minutes from the Fanout in the file’s name. But I would really prefer to keep it.  I have been looking for something to pause and sync the data before putting it t

I have one shapefilter consisting of agricultural land and some gps points in csv. how can I filter these gps points which fall in the agricultural land? I have already tried Spatial Filter but it doesn´t work all the time it fails. Would be really nice if anyone could help me with this problem. :)

Hi,Is there any way to prevent FME Desktop from converting dates to its internal format? For example, if you get '2024-05-30' I want it to remain '2024-05-30' and not '20240530'.I understand that it can be useful in some cases but there are others that this automatic conversion becomes a headache. Thank you!Regards.

Hi, I hope someone can help me with the following.I have a workspace app, lets call it "app1", which uses the file/URL parameter and the "User can Upload" setting in the Edit workspace apps enviroment to upload data. When I test the workspace, it correctly shows that the file is processed and ready for use. I have also have another workspace, let's call it "app2", which uses the exact same setting as app1 for the file/URL parameter and the workspace app. However, when testing the workspace app, it does not register the file upload Pressing upload file does not process or show a filename or percentages of completion. Browse resources and "drag and drop" produce the same result: no file upload. The tool behind the workspace app works, but will not do the designed tasks which need this parameter. I find it strange that the same setting work in one workspace app but not the other. Any experiences with such issues? Thanks in advance!

I have a close polyline in dwg and some lines inside this polyline. the polyline contains arcs too. with these 2 I create small areas in fme.now the problem:when i create these areas the boundary where the arc part of exterior polyline is different fromthe boundary of smaller areas.is this a bug in fme? cause it doesn’t make sense to create parts of the same arc that are not colinear with the arc that the part was extracted.or is there a setting that i have to set? ive notice that the arcs has different description in inspector windowfor the new created areas it says “IFMEArc: Arc By Center Point With Ends”and the other shape it says IFMEArc: Arc By Bulge. example:Pink area was generated and overlaps the exterior boundary (blue line) area. that should not happen

Hi, everyone.I have two datasets. I need to find polygons that do not overlap, even if they have different shapes. I'm using a spatial filter, and I've tried others too, without success. When analyzing the failed ports, some polygons appear as 'NO INTERSECT', but in ArcGIS, it's possible to see that the polygons are overlapping others. I've tested this and I think the intersection analysis in ArcGIS is better than the spatial transformers in FME. How can I perform this validation correctly in FME?  I'm worried that my results are not reliable when using FME for detecting overlaps. Could it be that my configuration in the transformers is incorrect? Which transformer or configuration is equivalent to the intersects operation in ArcGIS?  

Hello everyone,please, I try to solve one issue, that Im not clear, if FME is able to do that. Is there any way how to migrate data from VPTK (ESRI´s vector tile package) to PBF file? Thanks a lot!Lubo

Hi all, I’m trying to create a simple script which reads a csv and writes to a point gdb. The CSV files I am trying to read are hosted publicly online but they are failing to open in FME workbench. I’m using a Feature reader to do this (for CSV format, and with the csv URL below), but I keep getting the following error:  I am fairly new to FME so I’m not sure if there’s an obvious setting in my workbench that I’m missing here. Thanks!

Is it possible to, if I have two point datasets that both intersect a polygon dataset, filter out the points that both intersect the same polygons ? I was using spatialrelator but it only takes one point dataset at a time; i want to see which polygons are intersected by both point sets at once. Hope that makes sense. Please helpme out, thank you!

Hi everyone,i try to import an Auxiliary trail created in Smallworld to FME for further intersections with different smallworld objects (using the SBS Plugin). Unfortunately it seems that FME cannot read the XML file correctly as i cant see any geometries. I used the XML (Extensible Markup Language) reader but maybe another reader might be better? or might a writer be useful to extract the geometries? I attached the XML file an hope that somebody has an idea what to do. Thank you!  

Hi All,I’m having some issues to filter raster pixels by the band expression using the RasterExpressionEvaluator tranformer,What the expression to select the pixels with the following band combination B(0)=64; B(1)=128;B(2)=104? I have used the following settings but hasn’t worked: Any ideas please? :)

When I query the schedules using the REST API (...fmerest/v3/schedules?...) The json returned gives the specified user I changed it to but the userName value is the previous owner. Does this indicate that the job is running under the account of the previous owner? How can I make the userName show the new owner account?

Hey Everyone!its just a curious doubt…Can we solve snapping errors on Fme form?

I’m wondering if there is a way to add vertexes (point) to polylines at a certain distance. Lets say I have a .shp layer with several polylines. I also have a table with “errors” that have occurred somewhere on these polylines. The table have the following attributes:Column 1: Line name (containing the names of the polylines in my .shp layer)Column 2: Distance measured from XXXX (containing names of stations that connect to the polylines, this is where the distance is measured from)Column 3: Distance (km) So basically i know the exact point from where the distance is measured from, I know which polyline the error has effected, and I know the distance. Can I automatically map this out? 

Hi.I have a problem where I have a local counter (_count) that adds a counter to each feature that passes through. I also have a list of numbers I want the counter to ignore. Eg 1 to 10,000 but ignore the 244 numbers in my _ignoreList, which is dynamically created. 1,2,3...39,40,42 (ignore 41 because its in my list)Any ideas on how I would go about this?All help is greatly appreciated.Regards, Paul