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FME 2020: What is the equivalent tool for AutoCAD “join” in FME? For example, in the screenshot below, I got 4 lines. I need to join (merge) connected lines to end up with 2 lines (polylines). What tool can perform this?        

Dear FME-team/ community,I have a question concerning a gml-file. I am working on a project creating an app with an interactive map. I downloaded several geo-datasets from the German government. One of the datasets I downloaded is a gml-file. The gml-file comes with a xsd-file. Inside the gml-file are information about trees located in Hamburg. One can see the exact location of the trees with coordinates, the with of the trunk, the age of the tree and many other data. My question now is, if it is possible to extract the information about the width and height of the trees and render the trees into one fbx-file with the right locations of the trees. Additionally it would be nice to color the trees according to its ages. If the rendering of the trees according to its sizes is not possible, it would theoretically also be an option to just scatter ready-made tree models in the right positions. I would be very happy if you could help me with this problem.Thank you very much in advance! With

Hi,i am trying to pass some values from a choice multiple into an sql executor as a published parameter ('$(Name)'). I can get it to work by using something like this but its not very efficient.select Namefrom Nametablewhere '$(Name)' LIKE '%'+ columnName +'%' i have done this manually: where columnName in (Andrew, David)It works alot faster than the above but i cant get it to populate and run from the published parameter. this wont work columnName =  '$(Name)' as it translates into columnName = 'Andrew David' so there will never be a match as the name in column will be Andrew or David. Any help or pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, Andrew 

FME 2020: What does the “unique” output of the “DuplicateFilter” tool refer to? In the screenshot below, I couldn’t figure out how the “unique” output of the “DuplicateFilter” tool is 1. What does this mean? What does the “duplicates” mean?

FME 2020: What is the equivalent tool in FME to “Planarize” in ArcGIS? I couldn’t figure out if there is an equivalent tool in FME to “Planarize” in ArcGIS 

Welcome to another edition of What’s Up Wednesday FME Hub WorkshopDid you know that we often review content on the FME Hub that is published by Safe Software Lab. Yesterday we had an FME Hub workshop where custom transformers such as the PotraceCaller, PointCloudSurfaceGenerator, AverageAreaCalculator, FuzzyStringComparer, and the EsriAnnotationRenderer received a 2020.2 update. There are lots more that were updated yesterday, so be sure to test out the latest version in your workspaces.  If you come across an item on the FME Hub that isn’t published by Safe Software Lab, but needs an update or is broken, please leave a comment on the FME Hub item or reach out to the developer directly.  WebinarsOur webinar team has been very busy planning and scheduling 2021’s first round of webinars:Ask Me Anything About Excel Integration - February 3rd7 FME Server Use Cases To Convince Your Boss - February 11thEnterprise Integration Solutions for Government - February 17thGetting Started with Enterp

FME 2020: “AreaBuilder” tool fails to convert lines to polygons, I couldn’t figure out why AreaBuilder” tool fails to convert lines to polygons The data and workbench are attached 

FME 2020: How to select polygons (areas) that contain more than one point? I couldn’t figure out how to select polygons (areas) that contain more than one point. For example, in the screenshot below, I got just two polygons that contain more than one point. How to get them identified and selected?  

I am new to FME. trying to find out existing script written by old developers. If you see in above image there is multiple tab like main, Set Coord Sys etc. how this tab link together ?

Hello, I use FME to generate a PostGIS table from a Shape file.When the value of an attribute type real is set =NULL, FME displays it as =0.I don't know if the problem is due to : A bug of FME (misunderstanding of NULL attribute)A problem of the input Software that generate Empty string value : It should not be possible to generate empty string with numeric attributes?Thanks  

after saving the output of my workbench (Geospatial pdf ), i found it is too slow to show the included data inside the pdf and sometimes it is not responding .so my question how could i save pdf file and let the output file working quickly without any problem ?should i change sth in parameter of pdf writer?my expected output as several lines and points inside polygon .another question relates to the output ,lines are not clear at pdf file ,how could i change the scale of output to show lines clear in pdf without zooming . Thanks for help

I upgraded a workspace in versionFME(R) 2019.2.1.0 (20191202 - Build 19813 - WIN64) Reason was to solve a sudden problem concerning fan out on a autocad writer.When scheduled and called trough a windows scheduled batch file it fails to complete the fan out. If i run it direct, the fan out works. So i decided to upgrade transformers,.   Now i get this error related tot the feature ordering across or over all ports. This error is given for all the testers in my workspace! Wh..wh..why? THis does not happen if i run the workspace directly (not trough a windows batfile) Here is the error:                 FME 2019.1.1.0 (20190801 - Build 19617 - WIN64)                    FME Desktop Oracle Edition (floating)                              Permanent License.                      Machine host name is: LDNPVWAPP074Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Server 4.0 64-bit (Build 9600)                Copyright (c) 1994 - 2019, Safe Software Inc.                              Safe Softwar

Hi everybody,I'd like to manage FME scripts to GIT or GIT LAB whitout FME Server.First question : is it possible ?Second question : what kind of way to try it ? Thanks for your response. Nicolas

I am trying to Read, and eventually Write, to an ArcGIS Portal hosted feature layer using ArcGIS Pro/Data Interoperability FME(R) 2020.0.1.0 (20200407 - Build 20218 - WIN64. I believe I was successful adding a new service using the ESRI ArcGIS Portal (Template) (see image 1). I tested, which connected to the Portal. When I try to add a Web Connection, I select the service I just created, Authenticate (successfully) (see image 2), but after that, I close the authenticate window and nothing is added to my available web connections, even after restarting FME (see image 3) I'm not sure if I missed a step, but I can't figure out what's going on/not working.

This article:https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Server_Documentation/AdminGuide/Configuring-Datum-Shifts.htmexplains various methods of configuring FME to work with USA and Canadian grid shift files. However, the company I'm working for routinely works with both USA and Canadian data, so it's not practical to set this value for all of FME. Rather than performing a manual CSMapReproject everywhere it's needed in the workspace, is it possible to define the grid shift file to be used just once for an entire workspace? It would be great if this was available as a setting under Workspace Parameters but there doesn't seem to be anything there....

Hi, I have a few sql executor transformers in a sequence. They are using sql server jdbc driver connections. When I run I get the following notices usually from either the second or the third executor in the chain. com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The query has timed out. I have in the past got round this by putting in feature holders which seem to close the existing connection session but it doesnt appear to be working and is affecting workbenches in desktop and cloud. I dont get these issues with using the native sql client but because I need them to run in cloud they need to be on jdbc. Does anyone have any suggestions as to work arounds for this. thank you

I tried running the Class Interface example on this page:https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Transformers/Transformers/pythoncaller.htmBut the code as written, (after correcting the indentation) gives me the same area for each polygon.To get the expected result I have to remove the 3rd & 4th from last lines (and re-correct the indents) i.e.:import fmeobjects class FeatureProcessor(object):     def __init__(self):         self.featureList = []         self.totalArea = 0.0           def input(self,feature):         self.featureList.append(feature)         self.totalArea += feature.getGeometry().getArea()         feature.setAttribute("total_area", self.totalArea)         self.pyoutput(feature)Was this written for an earlier version of Python, or is it an error?  I'm not good enough at Python to know why the original script didn't work.

I'm trying to find an effective way toread in a feature classuse an area on area overlayer with another feature class to split some geometries and inherit attributesupdate the feature class that I read in in the first place with the updated geometries and attributesSo there are two datasets, blue and red. Blue is the data I want to read in, edit and then write out. Red is the data I am going to split it by.I somehow want to take the blue data and edit it and then write it back out to the same feature class. In the below, the green squares are not needed as there will be no change. The orange squares in the centre will stay identical except that one of their attributes will be updated to include the "BOX_ID" of the red box (in this case, the OBJECTID) with which they intersect. The yellow squares need to be split along the boundaries of the red box, with the portion that is "inside" the box inheriting the ID of the box and the portion that is outside the box just

Welcome to your weekly dose of FME news! FME UC Postponed to 2022For the safety of all our attendees as well as everyone involved, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the FME User Conference to 2022. Save the date for August 23-26, 2020. For more information on tickets or refunds, please see our FMEUC FAQ.  FME 2020.2.2 ReleasedDownload the latest version of FME 2020. Some improvements include:Upgraded CityJSON to 0.7Added Python support for ArcGIS Pro 2.7Shortened generated temp file paths Also, check out the 2021 beta with new features such as data streams and a published parameter manager.  Webinars and Training in German, Spanish, Norwegian, and FrenchThanks to our Partners, you can watch a webinar or attend a course in another language. Check out our webinars or training pages to see what is available.  Website ImprovementsOur digital marketing team is always working hard to improve our website to help you get the information you need. But we wanted to share a little a

I need help trying to create 3D lines with slopes. I do have 2 points to create a line but 2 points have different elevation. the VertexCreator and LineBuilder use only one elevation to the whole line. Is it any way to create this line? Jairo Castillo

I have several fmw files that read and/or write to a particular folder structure. But sometimes the location of the folder structure changes servers. So i'm wanting a way to set a root variable for readers/writers so i only have to update the one variable instead of updating all fmw readers/writers. --------------------UPDATE--------------------I need to add, my intention is to have one variable/setting/config that is globally available across all my workspaces. So changing one configuration would affect all workspaces.For example, in a shapefile writer, the dataset location is d:\\folder\\to\\file.shp, but I'd like to change the location to something like $(GlobalVar)\\folder\\to\\file.shp. Where GlobalVar is available across all workspaces.

Example of my database :   I am a beginner in FME, thanks for help !

Hi, I have a generic reader in my workspace which allows me to read in all types of file formats. However, I believe that in order to set the parameters for the different types of file formats, I need to add to my workspace, a reader for the particular file format I want to set the parameters for. I have done this, but I want to now remove the reader from the canvas but keep it in the Navigator window. I managed to do this once awhile ago, but now I have no idea how I did this. Any ideas?

FME 2020: The “GeometryFilter” tool fails to detect objects of “circle” type in AutoCAD, I couldn’t figure out how to filter objects of “circle” type in AutoCAD. The “GeometryFilter” tool fails to catch them. Then how to filter the CAD circles? The data is attached