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Using the TINGenerator with 3D points as input, I get edges, triangles, surface and points. This looks fine in the inspector, and I can write the results out as e. g. Multipatch. I would like to write the result(s) (just the surface really) out to be readable by ArcGIS Pro as a TIN, like the result of the "Create TIN" GP tool. How do I do that? "Esri ASCII Grid" fails no matter the input and the adf writer (the TIN files in the Pro-created TIN folder end with *.adf, mostly) wants to write e00 files. 

Hello FME Community, I get the following error message when creating features in FME using PythonCreator. Does anyone know what the problem is?

Hi All, How can I force FME to write a single excel file with an unique DateTime value for all the Excel sheets included in a FeatureWriter? see the details below: Atm FeatureWriter writes a 'datetime' per excel sheet therefore export multiple xlsx instead of one single excel file. Any ideas? 🙂    

Hi!! I've got a problem in FME Desktop 2022.2 that I did not have in FME Desktop 2021.2 I have a workflow that makes POST request to ArcGIS Print Service in order to get an image of a map. We upgraded version and this workflow it doesn't work right now. It shows the following error:  "The encoded string is not a valid fme-wwjd string" The content of this string is a JSON that I need to do my request. As I sayd, the same workflow it works on version 2021.2Does anyone has any idea what happen?

Why does featurewriter hang when I import featuretype from dataset? Is this a bug?  FME Flow Version: FME(R) 2023.1.1.0 (20230928 - Build 23631 - WIN64)Windows Version: Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (Build 19045.3693) I add a FeatureWriter to the canvas.I open its configuration dialog.I set the format as Microsoft SQL Server Non-SpatialI set the connection one of the Database Connections I have saved in FME.I click the drop down menu below the Feature Types input port list and select Import from Dataset...I select the table from the dialogs.The table attributes are loaded and the table shows up in the Feature Types input port list.I close the dialog and the FeatureWriter transform is now not accessible and immovable. I am able add other transformers, readers, and writers, but if I resize the Flow window, the window panes do not resize with the window.

I have points contained by polygons. I want to buffer these with a spesific buffer of 2500 square meters. And I want these buffers to not cross or expand outside of the polygon. I need apply this to a lot of points with a single operation.The polygons look like this (there are hundreds in the project), and you can see the points inside:This is how I want it to look (the shape of the buffer is customized to the polygon): I got some help help here previously: Buffer/expand point contained inside another polygonBut this method does not work on irregular polygons. It only works on squares.

Hi All, I'm working on a workflow to identify if lines are perpendicular and running in parallel. Below screenshots shows what I'm trying to achieve: Line A and B should run in parallel and have the same YLine A should have the X for start/end to be perpendicularLine B should have the X for start/end to be perpendicular  I have put this workflow together and create a QA tool to flag the issues (not perpendicular and not parallel) but can't find the workaround: Any idea how to get this done? Thanks 🙂

Hi All, I'm putting a workflow together to help me QA some data and the final output will be an excel file with some fields as info, Below an example of the desired output which the header is bigger thna the normal rows and the QA QC field says pass in green and fail in red: Is this possible using the ExcelStyler or need to use the FeatureWriter? Thanks 🙂

I am sending this date, Oct-23, through the DateTimeConverter. I have set t he input format as %b-%y2099. The DateTimeConverter is failing to parse the date with the message "Attribute(string: UTF-8)         : `fme_expression_warnings{0}.message' has value `Failed to evaluate expression '@DateTimeParse(Oct-23,%b-%y2099,repair)'. Result is set to null'". What am I doing wrong? I have attached a sample project that demonstrates the failure.My FME Form version is FME(R) 2023.1.1.0 (20230928 - Build 23631 - WIN64). https://docs.safe.com/fme/2023.1/html/FME-Form-Documentation/FME-Transformers/!Transformer_Parameters/Date-Time-Functions.htm#Format

Hi how can I include the following api curl post in an http caller? curl -X 'POST' \\ 'https://<a domain>/upload' \\ -H 'accept: text/html' \\ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <a password>' \\ -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \\ -F 'filter=<a textstring>' \\ -F 'file=@<a filename>' \\ -F 'adddata=false' \\ -F 'type='  

Hi all,I am just wondering if someone can assist or provide pointers on how to generate a navigation tree in FME writing to a GeoJSON file, to be opened in arcGIS pro. My input/reader file is a CSV. For example, in the arcGIS navigation tree, data of types of poles should present as follows: Pole-> Steel->->Blue->->-> Pole A->->-> Pole B->->-> Pole C-> Plastics->-> Blue->->-> Pole D->-> Red->->-> Pole E

Hi all, I have a dataset (CSV) of different types of trees (type, colour, flower, etc) and I want to open this dataset in ArcGIS Pro. I want it to have a navigation tree and a heatmap based on dense areas.  I am new to FME and wondering how I do this and what the best output file format is for the structure I am wanting? I am struggling to find any direction of approach to this specifically. I have done similar in KML with Google Earth, although couldn't implement a heat map, and it is slow with my dataset.

Also is there any article to show step by step process for converting from IFC to geodaabase that can be used in arcgis pro

I frequently use Form/Desktop to grab data from SDE or from Geodatabases.  Creating the reader(s) is pretty easy. Load the dialogue, point at the connection file, load the list and select your feature class, and then press ok. This brings in the tables and features just fine. However, it seems like it never fails that I need to bring in another table or feature class from the same connection. If I save and close the workbench, I have to start the reader dialogue again. When I bring in another feature class or table, the new table also shows up as a different connection in the navigator pane. It makes troubleshooting a little harder when I have several different readers in the navigator that ultimately point to the same database or folder.  Is there a way to reuse the existing connections? The navigator and the properties don't have a way where to "double click" into the connection and add another table or feature class to the canvas. Does something like this exist?

From my testing, when reading data that is branch versioned from an ArcGIS Enterprise Feature Layer, it seems there is a limitation on the FME Reader side as to how many layers can be in the ArcGIS Feature Service. For example, if I publish a service which has one layer, the FME reader can read successfully. But, if I publish as service which has multiple layers, the FME Reader reads the schema, but fails to read features.  Are there any known requirements or limitations in FME readers and writers when connecting to branch versioned ArcGIS Enterprise Feature Layers? Has anyone else seen this behavior? If so, what workarounds do you use? I would like to avoid having mulitple published services for a logical grouping of data. Thanks in advance! 

Hi, I have a number of points which I like to create triangle polygons from to form a sort of elevation wall. The desired way of creating them is to have the lower ground (red points) as focus. Let's say the first two points (A and B) derives from upper green points, then the third point (C) would be the closest vertical red point. Please see illustrated image and attached file. Thanks!

I have a large GeoTIFF file (11Mb after using compressing JPEG 75% and building Paramyd 6 Level Bicubic). And then tiling it with WebMapTiler, the result is 115,851 tiles.My Workspace:FME 2023.1 takes 1h15m to complete tiling and writing it.FME 2023.2 takes so long time and uses a lot of RAM and I can't wait, I don't know how long it will take actually. Do I mistake something?Everybody help!Many thanks. 

In my network I have multiple closures (Green Circles). Downstream from these closures I have risers (Blue Circles). I also have multiple boundaries (Red Polygons) which contain an x number of risers.  I need to calculate within each boundary which is the first riser that the cable hits after the closure. I need to mark these risers as value = 1 in each boundary as shown in illustration. Ive got as far as using a shortest path finder to try navigate to each of my Risers from each of my Closures but without much success Does anyone has any guidance on what method I can use to determine this?

I have installed FME Form 2023 on a virtual machine and when I try to run FME Workbench via a Remote Desktop session, the Workbench's main window does not display anything. I can see the title bar and, if I click at the right places, the different menus, but nothing regarding the workspace.  I have installed at least two different revisions of FME 2023 with the same behavior. However, with FME 2022, everything seems to work flawlessly. So the issue looks to be related with 2023 only, inside a Remote Desktop session (no issue when using on my laptop).  I tried to enable the GPU rendering after reading this link (https://knowledge.civilgeo.com/kb/enabling-gpu-rendering-for-microsoft-remote-desktop/), but that didn't change anything. Any suggestion how to fix that issue?   

I have a dgn file which when I read into FME loses a line and I cannot figure out why. When I view the file in Bentley View I see the following:-In FME :-  Would anybody have any suggestions as to why this may be? I appreciate that the line is a BSpline Curve, which can cause problems, but others come through OK. Any parameter you may know of that I can change to allow the features to be read?I have attached a clip of the dgn in case someone would like to replicate the problem.Many thanks for any words of wisdom 😀

I'm attempting to filter through all the files within a specific location to identify what shapefiles and feature classes exist within that location (dealing with over 500,000 files). I'm using a Directory and File Pathnames reader to kick off the workflow which is recognizing that there are zip folders within the location, but stops at the zipped folder and won't read the files within them. Is there a way for me to read in the files from the zipped folders as well? Thanks!

Did you notice "AI Assist" has been added to PythonCreator/PythonCaller in FME 2023.1?I tried it.It's not a question, just a chat. It would be nice if you can share your experiences on the AI Assist.Create a new method to calculate coordinates of the extents for a web map tile.AI returned:def calculate_tile_extents(x: int, y: int, z: int) -> tuple:    """Calculates the extents of a web map tile given its x, y, and z coordinates."""    n = 2.0 ** z    lon_left = x / n * 360.0 - 180.0    lat_bottom = math.degrees(math.atan(math.sinh(math.pi * (1 - 2 * y / n))))    lon_right = (x + 1) / n * 360.0 - 180.0    lat_top = math.degrees(math.atan(math.sinh(math.pi * (1 - 2 * (y + 1) / n))))    return (lon_left, lat_bottom, lon_right, lat_top)Good, but I want to convert latitude, longitude to x, y in EPSG:3857 finally.Create a new method to convert latitude and longitude to x and y in EPSG:3857.AI returned:import pyproj def lat_long_to_xy(lat, long):    in_proj = pyproj.Proj(init='epsg:4326') 

After upgrade to 2023.1.2 FME Form from FME Desktop 2022.2 Microsoft SQL Server Non Spatial Writer start writing empty attributes for all text fields but Datetime field still populating. Have anyone encountered this issue before? I tried changing TYPE to text, varchar_max, char, non of these works on FME Form 2023.1.2I have replaced that writer, replaced the workspace with brand new canvas, still no luck. But when I run the same exact workspace in FME Desktop 2022.2 the table populates fine. To make it even more confusing, within the same workspace I have another SQL Server writer but it just goes to another table, both version are able to populate all records.Something interesting I saw on the log for 2023.1.2 version is that before it showed 11 record written to the table, 120 attributes were truncated. (not sure why?), but in 2022.2 version there's no warning on this issue.I also attached log files from both versions.

Hi, I am just wondering if it is possible to read the content of Web App published to Esri Portal. I want to know what layers have been grouped in which layer group. I think ArcGISOnlineConnector has to be used, but I can only get the general information (even after exposing all available attributes). The Web Application has multiple layer groups with different layers included.  

I have data with different cp-code formats (like ASCII, UTF-8, etc.). So some chars are not readable. Is there a transformer that can convert my data to readable chars? I dont know the cp-code of the incomming data. So auto-convert to i.e. utf-8 possible?