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I have a workspace where the user should be able to export a DEM grid in several different fileformats (a user parameter for the output filetype). Then I have a FeatureWriter for the output. It works well if I want to output a raster DEM (e.g. a GeoTIFF), but if I want to output the data as a DWG with a point grid, I get several thousands of Features exported.Of course, I could make a workspace with a lot of different filetype Writers instead, but a single Feature Writer would be nicer.  Is there a way to consolidate all the thousands of DWG points into one DWG? I dont really want a DEM consisting of one multipoint either.

Hello folks,I want to split data from below data as shown. I want the output format in CSV as this - where the target quantity is Quantity / No. of days in months.The problem I am getting here is I am not able to split the data of month into number of dats because as I need the date as 01-Jan-25 for all the days in the monthHow can iterate these values. Kindly help!

I appreciate that’s a wordy question. Hopefully, this pic will clarify.  A and B - green polys, low detail at edge - are a dataset I am using to run into a SpatialFilter to determine areas of intersection with the more detailed dataset in pink (amber where there is overlap). You can see that part of the upper example polygon I have coloured part of area 1 in blue, and sits mostly inside A. The smaller, black part of 1 sits inside B. I want to join the entire area of the intersected polygon fully to the feature from the green dataset that contains the largest part of it - in this case, to A. Any ideas how best to proceed? I currently foresee: Check for intersection of area 1 with areas A & B Calculate area of overlay Test for largest Join all of the area of 1 to A Feels like there may be a fair few transformers involved. It’s a national dataset. Just trying to figure out how best to do it. In Esri, I think there might be a simple option to ‘join to largest’…? (Not that I want to jum

Hello, I would like to do the following (see attachment):Select these three lines (black, green, red) from a db table (how the table is structured I have to select the three of them and not only two) Create a 2m buffer around each line Identify the two lines (black, green), as they are the lines with a smaller angle to each other, and create a point where their buffers intersect /diverge (red dot) Create a perpendicular line to the green and black line starting from that point Create a point (yellow dots) 4m away from the intersection of the perpendicular line with black/green line on the black/green lineThe first two steps are easy to do but I have troubles with steps 3-5. What transformers shall I use ?

Hi,I’m trying to use the OGC WFS FeatureReader to read in features based on a dynamic URL stored as an attribute. This is because in the URL link, I want to have a bounding box parameter that changes based on the extent of another dataset. I.e., I only want to read in the features that are within the bounding box of another dataset.I’ve set up an attribute “URL” that contains the bounding box parameter.When I hard-code in the URL with the bounding box parameter into the FeatureReader, it works as expected and reads in only the features within the bounding box. If I replace the URL with the dynamic “URL” attribute, it ignores the bbox parameter and reads in everything. I  And yes, I’ve confirmed that the dynamic URL attribute is exactly the same as what I’ve hard-coded into the FeatureReader that works. Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this? Or any other ways I can read OGC WFS features with a dynamic bounding box?I’ve tried the Spatial Filter parameter in the FeatureReader too a

I’m trying to split an ArcGIS sde table of rooms into multiple CSVs based on floors, and then upload the resulting CSVs into a Google Drive directory. I have the first part, but when I run the Google Drive connector it says the translation is successful, but nothing gets uploaded to the GD directory. I have admin access to GD and there is nothing wrong with my connection. Has anyone else had a similar problem? 

Hello am new to FME I in the process of Automating the import of invoices and G/L transactions.  Our CitySuite by Harris.  Is the anyone who is or who has been involved  with the integration of these.  My biggest hurdle at the moment is the format of dollar amounts in XML.  I have tried using the xquery  formula but then the XML Templater fails. Any assistance would be appreciated.  

Hi, I would like to know if there is any processing in FME as "Euclidean Distance" tool in ArcGIS. Thank you. Clara.

I used PointToPoint overlay to find out which two points are a repeat in two datasets. How can I still grab two columns of information from dataset 1 into dataset 2 if they are overlap? the two datasets do not have FKs, is there a way to join them spatially and then have the tables join instead of union? ---Thanks---

Hi all. I am reading in an Excel sheet where DateTimeUTC is formatted like this as text, but I need to convert this into a proper datetime for UTC… thoughts? DateTimeConverter is out, or perhaps I’ve not formatted it correctly.   Otherwise, I can use attribute splitter to get the date, but the time part is tricky… not sure what to use to get that formatted properly

I have finally started using FME Workbench (Form) 2024 a bit more consistently now that I built a new instance of FME Server (Flow Hosted) 2024.1.1.1. I like the updated look, but am missing a few things and noticing some inconsistencies in how the transformers render on the canvas:The newer look is more modern and although it’s just “ok” for me (looks like a card and less “fussy” than the previous transformer look), I like it. I miss the cog-wheel to access settings with a single click at the top-right of each transformer. Now you have to highlight the transformer and then you can click to access the settings. Doubling the mouse clicks isn’t a great enhancement. Would love to see this make a come-back, maybe as a minimalist “dot” or something... I can double click to get to the settings, but still not thrilled about it. It is forcing me to use the Parameter Editor window more now, docked to the right of the screen. Still getting used to it in an effort to reduce the clicking but with

Hi,How can get the green dot on the blue polygons.I have created the polygon centroid using center of polygon and with neighbor finder I get the green dot on red line. What I need the green dot on blue polygon and the small segment connecting the red line to blue polygons.I tried lion on area but I cat extract the  segment marked in black.Any help is appreciated

Hi, I’m an FME newbie. I have an ArcGIS sde (SQL) feature class of rooms with about 15000 rows across several hundred buildings. I need to write a list of rooms, by floor to directories for each floor in Google Sheets. I’m not sure how to go about generating each list. I’ve messed around with list builder some, but I’m stuck. I could do this in Python, but I’d like to take advantage of the FME Google Sheets writer. 

Hi all. I’m trying to generate UIDs for helping out with site inspection reports for structures. The structures are comprised of “Components” and each “Component” is comprised of “Sub-Components”. Each “Sub-Component” has a inspection lists (“Lists”) that are checkboxes that need to occur for each “Sub-Component”. Each checkbox is a coded item (“Code”) that must be inspected. There are multiple “Codes” for each of the “Lists”.The UID format that is desired is this:“Site ID”. “Component ID” . “Sub-Component ID” . “Code”The problem I am running into is that the data have been provided in Excel. There is a “SiteVisits” Tab, and a “Lists” tab. The SiteVisits tab has 350+ records, with columns containing Site IDs, Component IDs and Sub-Component IDs, and a column on the “Lists” required for each Site.SiteVisits Tab, with 350+ recordsThe “Lists” Tab contains a descriptor of each checkbox and the associated “Code”. What I am trying to do is concatenate the easy parts of the UID (“Site ID”. “C

Hi,It seems that the SpatialFilter does not always work as expected when the Filters First option is enabled. I have taken several steps to fix the incoming data (such as using the GeometryValidator and applying reprojections), but the SpatialFilter only works consistently when the Multiple Filters option is enabled.Below, I have included an image of my workbench, where—after multiple test attempts—only the top SpatialFilter suddenly works as expected.Is this a bug?I am comparing .dwg files with a feature class in a geodatabase (area)I work with the DataInteroperability extention by ESRI, in a workbench created outside of ArcGIS PRO,FME(R) 2024.0.1.0 (20240328 - Build 24202 - WIN64)  

Hi,I would like to use a simple function in the SchemaMapper for Attribute value for a new attribute. In an AttributeCreator I would use @Value(Lat)#@Value(Lng). This concatenates two values seperated by a #. I can't get it to work in a SchemaMapper. I tried @EvaluateExpression(@Value(Lat)#@Value(Lng)), but the SchemaMapper interprets this as a string and not a function. How can I make this work?Btw, I use FME 2023.2.5.Thank you, Arno

Hi,Is it possible to choose a line “connector” between a polygon and text object using MapnikRasterizer?Similar to attached image where the black text and lines are desired layouts. It would be good if an auto placement could be used for no overlapping of text, lines and polygons.   

Hello,I am generating an orthophoto from a point cloud using the ImageRasterizer transformer, with intensity as the input for pixel values. However, the only available option is grayscale, and I would like to apply a high-contrast color scale (e.g., green to red) instead of grayscale.Is there a way to change the intensity palette before rasterizing the point cloud, so the resulting raster already has the desired colors?Alternatively, can I modify the color palette during or after rasterizing to achieve a similar effect?Attached is an example of the desired output, where intensity is mapped to a high-contrast color scale.Thanks in advance for any suggestions!High contrast with colorsGreyscaleOrthophoto in greyscale 

I disconnected my external monitor to work on my laptop (not external monitor) from a different location. When I open up my FME Form workspaces, the transformer parameters font and icon sizes are really, really, tiny.  I saw the way to fix it was in FME Form go to Tool - FME Options - Appearance - Advanced Option and check “Enable automatic scaling for High DPI Monitors”. I have enabled this, closed FME Form, and re-opened it. I have unchecked it and did same. Nothing seems to make a difference. Is there another way? I am using FME Form 2021.2.0.1.   

HI, I have a problem to solve where I need to extract the coordinate system within the header information of the ECW image (not the sidecar files).  Our internal systems only work when the ECW header has “EPSG:7855” as the coordinate system, and I need to identify images that sometimes possess “GDA2020” & “Zone 55” information (as shown below).  The software “ECW Header Editor” can distinguish between the two, but FME seems to use the two values interchangeably, so my workbench can’t identify potentially problematic images.  The FME output for both “EPSG:7855” and the below entries are always “MGA2020-55_FME”.  Is there any way for FME to identify the below values hidden inside an ECW header? 

Hi,I am not able to use the ESRI GDB reader, as I am not able to open a layer from my database.So I created a reader reading a layer from GDB and then later this layer was removed from GDB, now I am not able to use the GDB reader at all, even if I open a new workbench and press the three dots button in the parameters of the reader, used to select the “Tables” , it gives me a message “Failed to retrieve feature types” “Layer not found”, but the layer mentioned in the error message is the old layer which is already removed from the GDB. And i didnt even got a chance to select a layer. What to do? Please do help.

Hello, I am currently running into issues when reading a gml file.I have two files, build exactly the same way.It reads perfectly well the coordinate system from one file, but not from the other.File 1File 2It seams to me that the the connection is not beeing read perfectly.cables is a table “CableElectrique” whereas “my” is the geometry I am sorry, I cannot provide more than snippets :(

hello,3dtiles writer support front and back texture? How can I achieve it？

Hi,I have a point dataset of vehicle locations being turned into lines using the LineBuilder and self-intersections are being created. While I can write successfully to the MSSQL SDE using the SDE writer, I’d prefer to use the SQLSpatial writer (due to speed and licencing). SQLSpatial fails due to what looks like the self-intersections.  GeometryValidator can’t seem to fix the issues, with the repair failing.The source points are the last hour of locations so they’re continuous being added and removed per vehicle.I thought this would a common situation for FME users to be in.  Processing tracking data.Also, would it make more sense to add the line segments on to the end of the line rather than rebuild the line?  I’m not sure how to go about that in FME.Thanks 

Hello!  I am currently Generating TIN surfaces from a pointcloud and exporting as a FBX.  I am having some issues with bad looking edges, aswell as vertexnormals looking like split normals everywhere (hard edges, see image below)As you can see from the images here, the triangulation is very rough. is there anyway to average those normals to get a more smooth experience? Think smoothing groups, from 3D studio max or something similar. i dont want to actually change the geometry, just the visuals. This was generated from a 4x4km pointcloud with a TIN generator surface tolerance at 0.5 (just to speed up the process).   Best Regards. Oskar Wallin