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I am working on feature and attribute extraction from an AutoCAD Architectural file, namely the extraction of room polygons and their attributes from AEC blocks that represent rooms. I have tried the Civil 3D reader and the reader actually sees the layer with the room AEC blocks and it shows me the available attributes correctly, alas the reader does not return any features. There are no errors, only a lot of warnings about attribute renaming because of scpecial characters.Has anyone ever succeeded in reading AEC block features and attributes? If so, how did you do it?

Hi,I have points created by vertex creator but my points don’t have coordinate system. I need create by points square buffers with 25 kilometers. I’m using coordinate system setter to define WGS84, after use bufferer but the error below is showed. Bufferer can’t understand my coordinate system but without the coordinate system isn´t possible to generate the buffer. Thank´s

The FeatureWriter has an option to set the Table Qualifier. This makes it possible to use one writer for multiple database schemas.Unfortunately the FeatureReader is missing something similar which leeds to a lot of spaghetti. It would be a nice improvement if you can set in the FeatureReader the Table Qualifier (based on an attribute value). 

I'm trying to create a re-usable template that uses a dynamic reader to allow it to read a table from a database, the 'connection', 'feature types to read' and 'where clause' attributes would be defined before the reader but this approach seems to be causing me problems. The process so far looks like this... The FeatureReader looks like this...If I define the connection, table and where parameters within the feature reader everything works fine, the reader recognises the schema and creates an appropriate output port. Using the above approach and defining the same parameters as attributes doesn't create a output port (which I understand as how

Hi All,I’m working on a workbench to help my team to convert E57 point cloud data into SLPK and publish these into a 3D Scene in Portal for GIS. Initially I was converting the E57 into LAS files and then use ArcPro to convert the LAS files into SLPK and upload them into Portal.Before doing any publishing on Portal I wanted to do a simple test on my machine to makesure the E57 point cloud export fine to my machine,I have read the slpk can be created in FME by using ‘Esri Indexed 3D Scene Layer (I3S)’ but, for some reason, I can’t get it to work. Below a screenshot of basic workflow that read the E57 and tries to export to slpk….but it doesn’t export anything? there’s no slpk at all, see below: 

I am getting the following error in a FME Form Workspace:Starting translation...ERROR : INCLUDE -- failed to evaluate TCL expression ` if { {-1} == {0} && {ORIGINAL} == {ORIGINAL} } { puts "MACRO REAL_MODE LAST"; puts "MACRO REAL_RATE <Unused>"; } else { puts "MACRO REAL_MODE ORIGINAL"; puts "MACRO REAL_RATE [expr <Unused> * ( -1 ? -1 : -1 ) ]"; } ' -- missing operand at _@_in expression "_@_<Unused> * ( -1 ? -1 :..." (parsing expression "<Unused> * ( -1 ? -1 :...") invoked from withinexpr <Unused> * ( -1 ? -1 : -1 ) invoked from withinif { {-1} == {0} && {ORIGINAL} == {ORIGINAL} } { puts "MACRO REAL_MODE LAST"; puts "MACRO REAL_RATE <Unused>"; } else { ...Program TerminatingTranslation FAILED.In a general context , what does this error mean

Since updating our FME Form host computer with the latest version of VMWare Tools, FME Desktop, FME Data Inspector, and all other FME Form GUI software does not run.We briefly get a spinner and then nothing. The problem was noted on FME version 2021 but is a problem with all version of FME Form up to the latest version FME(R) 2024.1.3.0 (20240927 - Build 24627 - WIN64).It is still possible to run Workspaces in batch mode.The issue seems to be with OpenGL as indicted in the log, below.I would be interested if others have the same issue and, if so, how the issue can be resolved.Here is a snip from the log file:VMWare Tools v12.5.0.24276846Faulting Module = vm3dgl64.dllWorking Version = 3.5.3.2Faulting Version = 3.6.0.0 Event Log:Faulting application name: fmeworkbench.exe, version: 2021.7.41.21614, time stamp: 0x60f7b7a5Faulting module name: vm3dgl64.dll, version: 3.6.0.0,

I have a collection of geopackage files, several of which have different feature attribute schemas (attribute names, numbers of attributes). I have read the schemas using a FeatureReader, and created a list for each FME_Feature_Type_Name. (I’ve built a concatenated text string here just for visibility):  Where I am getting stuck is in using this in a subsequent FeatureReader to define the attributes to expose for each file. I’m using fme_feature_type_name in the read location to grab one file at a time.  But am struggling to use the Schema list or concatenated attribute to drive the attribute exposure. 

I need to get data from my Bing subscription into the MapnikRasterizer. At least that how I think it should be done.It works of course in the preview because I made the Bing maps available through the options. But as I see it for the MapnikRasterizer I will have to provide the background as an image and I am struggeling to get the Bing data into my workflow. background settings in MapnikRasterizerHow can I get the Bing data into the MapnikRasterizer?

For normal Reader feature types, to update for schema or attribute changes you simply go to Readers > Update Feature Types. I can't find the same functionality using a FeatureReader. Is there a way to do that? The only workaround I've found is to drop the FeatureReader and re-add it.

I have a problem with the the autodesk docs connector. For example, if a folder is renamed or deleted in in ACC it will still show up with the old name in the connector. Is this a known issue? Anyone else having the same experience? Makes it impossible to control the file sync. Im using FME 2023.1 Win64 See the reply from Autodesk support If I understand correctly, you use FME app to sync the data from ACC to your system. Although FEM uses Autodesk cloud service to build the integration, we do not know how they implemented the logic and how they used the API. So the best would be you (as a customer of FME) contact their support team to more information. better FEM contacts us if they cannot resolve problem of specific point of Autodesk: API, cloud service, etc. With my experience, I guess FEM uses App context authentication (at our side, called 2-legged token workflow). By that, it will dump all folders, including deleted or even hidde

Hi, why does the attribute pivoter no longer work? I have already read several questions about this.  There is an alternative somewhere with the aggregator, but that doesn't work very well for me either.  Isn't there an easier way or a reason why the pivoter doesn't work?

FME tells me that there was 1 feature written to the database, but it is not true. In my opinion that’s a bug because the statement is objectively wrong.In this case the translation failed because of an error. No features were written to the database. No table was created. I guess FME counts the schema feature, although it is NOT written to the database.Here’s a part of the log and the workspace is attached.POSTGRES Writer: Fanout for feature type 'SQLCreator' failed to find feature type template 'schema_from_query'POSTGRES writer: An error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsSuccessfully closed POSTGRES database writer=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Feature output statistics for `POSTGRES' writer using keyword `POSTGRES_1':=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Features

Is it possible to change the keyboard shortcuts in FME Form?There are some important shortcut that rely on function-keys. With the rise of compact keyboards I am not the only one who has done away with that row.

Hello all,I have some point (electricity poles) and line (overhead conductors) features which I need to connect up for our utility network model. I am trying to insert a vertex on the line at the nearest point to the pole. I have a neighbor finder and vertex creator, but neither are actually adding a vertex to the line (the neighbor finder has insert vertex on base feature set to yes). Is there something I am missing or another way to go about this?thanks. 

Hello everyone,I’m working in FME 2023.2 and using the ChangeDetector to compare features coming from PostGIS and ArcGIS Online (AGOL). Visually, the geometries look identical (no edits were actually made), but the ChangeDetector keeps reporting that a large number of features have updated geometry.I’ve already tried:Turning on Lenient Geometry Matching in the ChangeDetector Setting Vector Tolerance to a small value (like 0.0001 - Takes more time)While that helped reduce the count somewhat, I’m still seeing a substantial amount of features flagged as updated when they shouldn’t be.I suspect it might have to do with differences in ring orientation, vertex ordering, or the presence of Z/M values, but I’m not certain how best to address these discrepancies so the ChangeDetector recognizes that there hasn’t really been a change.

The process is to read from a sql database, write to excel file, then import that excel into another software.The software expect one of the fields to be a date field. The data coming out of the database is datetime.I used the DateTimeConverter to go from 20190101000000 to 01/01/2019. I'm using an excel template so I'm setting that field to be of type date. The writer in the workspace is set to be of type date. But the data that is written is text. I can tell it is text because it is left justified instead of right. If I click into the cell and press enter, the data is then right-justified and I'm able to import the excel into the software. I've looked up this issue and the most common solution I found is to do a "Text to Columns" under the Data tab in excel. I did this in the template, but the data written is still a textI thought maybe it was the DateTimeConverter transformer, so I created a view in the database to make it a da

Hello together, I'm a bit confused. I have a workbench where I merge attributes from 3 data sources. The result should being saved in an FFS file. But the workbench throws an error at the end which is completely meaningless to me. This is the end of the log file:Translation was SUCCESSFUL with 25 warning(s) (919246 feature(s) output)FME Session Duration: 35 minutes 27.1 seconds. (CPU: 1867.5s user, 275.9s system)END - ProcessID: 25060, peak process memory usage: 17993084 kB, current process memory usage: 307928 kBTranslation was SUCCESSFULError running translation.On the one way the translation seems to be successful, in the other way there is an error running the translation. One strange thing is that there are two instead one FFS file being created by the writer of the workbench: Output.ffs (with 39 FTS files) and Output_1.ffs (with 9 FTS files), although I defined just the Output.ffs in the writer.

I have a text file that looks like this:"CommonCode":"EI","IATA":"EI","ICAO":"EIN","CarrierName":"Aer Lingus""CommonCode":"AM","IATA":"AM","ICAO":"AMX","CarrierName":"Aeromexico"I want it to look like this:CommonCode IATA ICAO CarrierName EI EI EIN Aer Lingus

When i import OSM.pbf data in FME with the OSMPBF reader the following warning pops up:During translation, some features were read that did not match a reader feature type in the workspace.  This can happen if the reader dataset is changed, or a reader feature type removed or renamed.When i open the data in QGIS, the missing lines are there. Version 2024.2

POSTGRES Writer: Fanout for feature type 'SQLCreator' failed to find feature type template 'schema_from_query'POSTGRES writer: An error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsI tried to create a workspace using a dynamic writer (see attachment) but I get the error above. The writer uses following parameters:Table Name: `@Value(fme_feature_type)` The `fme_feature_type` attribute contains the value `SQLCreator` on my features because I use an SQLCreator to read the features.   Schema Sources: `Schema From Schema Feature` I’m using the schema feature from the SQLCreator.   Schema Definition Name: `schema_from_query` I think the schema definition name refers to the attribute called `fme_feature_type_name` on the schema feature. This attribute contains the value `schema_from_query` when using the sch

Hello,In FeatureWriter, User Attributes,I want to use a User Parameter as the name of my primary key.User Parameter (in french: Primary key name)Feature Writer (not working) 

[Edit] I solved this by fiddling about. Se solutions at the bottom. Will leave post as is, incase it can be of help to someone else.Visual Preview and Data Inspector are behaving very erratically on my computer in Form 2025.0. Bordering on making the software unusable.Some of my issues:One specific to a workspace Today Form refuses to show the results from inspectors inside Custom Transformers, it will only show those in Main. This worked fine yesterday. Only difference is a computer restart.This issue prevails if I open the workspace in 2024.2. I created a new empty workspace and got the previews working from within Custom Tranformers.The issue below goes for all workspaces. Form is behaving like a raging toddler when I try to turn on Enable Feature Chaching. I try to get it to work with me by clicking the setting over and over and over again, but it just resets and does noting each time I

Hey, I’ve been trying to get FME (Feature Manipulation Engine) by Safe Software to use Python libraries from QGIS (like qgis.core) so I can mix their cool features in my temp.fmw workspace. The idea is to use QGIS’s Python (version 3.9) inside FME by setting it up with PowerShell commands. But it’s not working, and here’s why, explained like I’m talking to a 5-year-old and then a bit more grown-up:The Toy Box Story (Simple Version)Imagine Python is a kid who needs toy helpers to do jobs—like QGIS toys (for maps) and FME toys (for data tricks). These toys are called DLLs (little helper files). I want Python to borrow toys from both QGIS’s toy box and FME’s toy box at the same time.Step 1: I told Python, “Look in QGIS’s box (C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.32.0\apps\Python39) and FME’s box (C:\Program Files\FME\python)!” That’s like setting PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH.Step 2: Python found some QGIS toys (like qgis.core), but then it yelled, “Where’s my

I am reading an IFC-file using a FeatureReader with the following configurations: I am using the <Generic> port to connect it to a Reprojector-transformer. After reprojecting it, I want to use a FeatureWriter and write it as a new IFC-file. I am however stuck on how I should set up the FeatureWriter. I have managed to get a new IFC-file, but the file size is quite small. I am interested in automating the process, and want the FeatureReader to accept any types of IFC-files. Any tips on how I can solve this?