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manleypv1
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How will the change in AutoCAD licensing affect the use of FME?

Our company was told AutoCAD will go from a computer-based to user-based license structure. We're wondering how this will affect using FME.

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andreaatsafe
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aguan
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aguanContributor
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How to use FME server app to edit XML data

I just installed FME server 2020.1 in the hope to use the Server App functionality. One example comes up quickly. I have a XML file that I want to use FME server app to edit a few elements. The flatten elements are shown in the attached image. I want to present this in the server app as some kind of table. The label column is static and each cell of the other two columns either as a free text entry or a drop down choice. The free text entry and dropdown can be published FME parameters. The initial free text entry and the drop down choice is populated from the XML file, but the users can enter or select their own choice. The have a Save button to save the results back into the XML file. Is this possible to do this in the Server App?

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aguan
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leif
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3D breaklines into contourgenerator does not work

When I try to use 3D-breaklines, the contours are created without regard to the breaklines. See my method below. It's a simple process where I create a terrain mesh and coerce the geometry type to line. Any suggestions?

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pschout
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pschoutParticipant
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Read a Point Cloud with double separator characters

I have a problem with a Pointcloud source file. It is a CSV file without headers and separator character is |, but there are also double quotes present (see yellow marked in the attached picture). When I use a pointcloud xyz reader it generate only 4 columns but I need 6 columns (with | as separator character), it seems that the quotes cause the problem to split the string between the quotes. It will work when I replace the double quotes for noting. That’s usable in a small file but most of the CSV’s contains more than 20 million records (up to 100 million records) so replacing double quotes is not so easy! Has anyone an idea to handle these csv pointcloud files? Is there a way to negate these double quotes, maybe a rewrite action will solve this problem? A subset of the point cloud is attached.

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geomancer
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pschout
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pschoutParticipant
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Select Linestrings from a PostGis table usingg SQL executor.

I use the SQL executor to join a lot of PostGreSQL and PostGis tabels. One of these tables contain a "geom" column with points and line objects. At the end of the SQL statement i want to select only the lines. Can anyone specify which statement to use to select only linestrings? 

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pschout
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amc
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amcContributor
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Cannot get PythonCreator script to expose attribute.

Hi there, I am running below script succesfully in the PYTHON Creator but i can't get it to expose a created value into and attrribute. the script creates a 3 digit number in ICP_GEN_ICP based on a parameter I provide for CheckICP, but it won't get exposed. i need to know how I can assign this value to an attribute and use it in an XML templater. thanks! ps i am new to coding ( both FME and Python)   script: D = int('0x180f', 0)H100 = int('0x100', 0)H1000 = int('0x1000', 0)HFFFF = int('0xffff', 0) def Asc(bytes_obj):  '''Get the int value of a char'''  if type(bytes_obj) == bytes:    return bytes_obj[0]  else:    return ord(bytes_obj[0]) def Mid(string, integer, integer2):  '''Select a substring from a string'''  integer = integer - 1  return string[integer : integer+integer2] def gen_crc(icp_number):  """ Generate a checksum for an ICP"""  R = int('0', 0)    

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david_r
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aniafilipczak85
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I prepare WMS using FME server. When I want to open this WMS in Fme Desktop I get log: HTTP/FTP transfer error: 'Couldn't resolve host name'. What is wrong?

I prepare WMS according to https://community.safe.com/s/article/how-to-create-a-wms-service-using-fme-server I use the same data and when I run the process in FME server I get http://FOTOFME01/fmedatastreaming/AB_TEST_WMS/GetCapabilities.fmw?&token=3263a54ac33d220770be9136328640104b698f19When I want to open WMS in FME I get log like in attachment: "HTTP/FTP transfer error: 'Couldn't resolve host name'Please ensure that your network connection is properly set upNo proxy settings have been entered. " What can be wrong? 

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david_r
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nicholas
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nicholasContributor
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ESRI Reprojector gives a typeid of nullptr pointer error

Reprojector: Reprojection failedAn error occurred. FME will attempt to provide more information on the error, but this may cause the translation to be terminatedAttempted a typeid of nullptr pointer! I get the above error. I don't know how to solve this

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nicholas
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hlouie
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hlouieContributor
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AttributeValidator NOT EQUAL to "VALUE "

Is there a way within in AttributeValidator Parameters -> Validation Rule -> Rule Configuration -> NOT EQUAL a value? 

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hkingsbury
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mahendravhaval
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How to convert gpe line data in Polyiline format

We have gps data , want to convert in to Polyiline format ​

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hkingsbury
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arnaudfouch
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Specific html/XLMX extraction to attributs

Hello all, I've made an .fmw that allow me to extract a lot of information contain in an kml to store them into an excel file. It work well but I want to improve my .fmw by extracting more new information. So, in my kml I have some entity that have an HTML structure. Generaly I put an HTMLtoXHTMLConverter followed by an XMLXQueryExtractor to store info into new attribute but here I'm stuck, I don't know how to do.My request is maybe impossible to do, I want some of your advice.Here my XHTML : <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head>  <title></title></head> <body>  <br />  <br />  <b>System:</b><br />  type: mysystemetype<br />  SEN: 2569852<br />  day: 2022-09-04<br />  fw: P6589-69-05-25<br />  <br />  <hr />  <br />  <b>software compu

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ebygomm
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nanblogfme
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nanblogfmeContributor
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Is there a Moving Window Capability in FME?

Lets say I have locations of point/polygon features along a line and I would like to count the number of points along the line using a moving window. For instance I'd like to slide along the line using a window of 100 feet. As I move along the line, I want a count the number of points within the 100 feet window until I reach the end.Once the counts is done, I'd like to segment the line as well, based on the total counts within the 100 feet window. Any ideas and help on this will be greatly appreciated.

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bwn
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bwnEvangelist
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How to manually remove FME2020.0?

Similar question, but for different reasons. The FME2020.0 installation MSI file when run in Repair Mode fails, so it looks like I'm going to have to manually remove this too. This one is because of the whole FME-using-the-Documents-Folder-for-Application-Files issue again. The installer placed things like \\CoordinateSystemExceptions into the C: Documents Folder. But the same installer when run in Repair mode goes looking instead to the Windows Redirected Documents Folder which is a Network Shared Folder. It fails to resolve the location since the original installation actually put them on the local C:\\ and then cancels out of the repair task. Cue: *Grumble about applications using Documents Folder for App Data* 👿

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bwn
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wisegis
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wisegisContributor
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What is the process to create the spatial_geometry_id and spatial_geometry_order for presenting data in Tableau?

I saw these fields in the output in the examples provided by Safe. When I looked at the example workbench files I don't see where and why those fields are created.

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wisegis
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johnk
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johnkContributor
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How can I isolate HTML Table values <td> based on attribute name?

This question is similar to one already asked below, but I couldn't crack the answer: https://community.safe.com/s/question/0D54Q000080hAQuSAM/css-selcetors-in-html-extractor?t=1603847778190 I would like to take the table as displayed in the xlsx example (mock up of a HTML table on a webpage), and force the values into attributes on a row per ID basis, to be able to construct an easy to use list of IDs with their associated attributes.The tables (there are many across different URLs) are structured as in the 'HTML Table code example' (one table per ID) and I am having trouble trying to isolate the values of the associated attributes (in bold in the xlsx table example). The attribute names are always the same and in the same order, but not necessarily on the same row numbers everytime. I tried isolating by using the _element_index (using HTML Extractor and ListExploder) but these are not consistent across all tables (as attrbutes such as location can have multiple values),

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johnk
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katt
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kattSupporter
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I have a table (see Before Image) and I would like to transform it to get it like this : see After Image. That means the value of the attribute Category should become an attribute itself. How can I do this?

I have a table (see Before Image) and I would like to transform it to get it like this : see After Image. That means the value of the attribute Category should become an attribute itself. How can I do this?

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ebygomm
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jvickrey656
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Convert linestring text to line geometry

Greetings, I'm pulling from a datasource that has a column of linestrings (example below) and i just need to convert this to line geometry in order to derive a polyline shapefile. which transformer(s) can i use? Thanks "Geometry": "LINESTRING (-107.726325 39.50062, -107.72632501 39.50062042, -107.72632492 39.50062061, -107.72632458 39.50062097, -107.72632481 39.50062182, -107.72632666 39.50062407)",

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soschianet
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CoordinateConcatenator bug for fme_donut

Hi everyone, The transformer Coordinateconcatenator return non closed ring geometry for donut featrues (fme_geometry: fme_donut, fme_type: fme_area). It means the first coordinate is not equal to end coordinate. Is is a bug? I use Fme Workbench 2018.1. I need the closed ring coordinates, but I don't know how should I solve the problem? Thanks in advance for any help.  

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david_r
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rudy_v
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rudy_vContributor
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Packages install into APPDATA folder

Hi Safe,I just want to mention, the idea of packages for deployment are great, but the execution are really not that great. It is major pain deploying it to users on the network. Another issue it tries to write the fme_connections file - which in our case are readonly directory - so this fails miserable in our environment Reason for read-only - so that user don't break connections I don't know why it installs into APPDATA, why can't we have it install once, into fmeshared - or even into FME Desktop install folder. It would be great - if it could be enhance or improved  Regards Rudy  

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rudy_v
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dominik
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Fade-out WMS image and write to pdf-File

Hi FME community I would like to fade-out raster image created with WMS and write to a pdf-file. For this I first create my WMS image and then overlay this image with a prepared png-File with the fade-out effect. Within FME everything works fine and the result before the pdf-writer in the Data Inspector is what I expect. But in the pdf-file the fade-out effect is no longer visible (see attached screenshot).  I guess it's a problem of the pdf writer. Does anyone have an idea how I can fix this? Thank you very much and kind regards from Switzerland. Dominik

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ac_wilson
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Hi, I have polygon vector data I'd like to overlay on an existing raster. VectorOnRasterOverlayer works fine, but how do I select which vector value where more than one overlaps a pixel?

The vector data is a continuous set of numerically classified polygons (1 through to 6). I've used used VectorOnRasterOverlayer to do this but the output is not ideal. For some pixels there will be two or more different vector classes. I havent yet found a way to select which to use. If, for example, there are vector classes 1, 3 and 6 for a particular pixel, I'd like the highest value, 6, to always be used. Any suggestions? 

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LizAtSafe
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LizAtSafeSafer
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What's Up Wednesday: FME News for the Week Ending 30-October-2020

Welcome to the last What’s Up Wednesday in October Community Appreciation DayOctober 27th was the first annual Community Appreciation Day. We wanted to say thank you for being a part of the FME Community and making it what it is today. From the long lost years of FMEPedia to our new community focused community, thank you for contributing! Mark Ireland posted a blog post yesterday highlighting some of the awesome community members as well as some new swag!  Cloud Integration ToolsStewart goes through different ways to store your data in the cloud while using FME Cloud in a new blog post about cloud integration tools. He also provides useful benchmarks from different storage platforms to help you choose what is best for your company.  Work for SafeDid you know we are hiring? With the on-going pandemic, we’ve started hiring remote positions, so now you don’t need to be in the Vancouver/Surrey area to work for Safe! Our only stipulation to work remotely is that you live in Canada. Check ou

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LizAtSafe
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roberto
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robertoContributor
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Python lib. Properly install for both 2.7 and 3.7

Hello experts,I'm stuck in an installation problem that I'm not able to solve.I need to install a library (i.e. cx_Oracle) for both 2.7 and 3.7 python interpreter.I tried to install both cx_Oracle versions in:C:\\Users\\myself\\Documents\\FME\\Plugins\\Python\\python37 andC:\\Users\\myself\\Documents\\FME\\Plugins\\Python\\python27Trying to configure both interpreter in FME, it seems FME 2020 is not able to find the library. Error: Python Exception <ImportError>: No module named cx_Oracle.So I tried to copy the python37 content into C:\\Program Files\\FME2020\\python\\python37 folder.Now the error is "Python Exception <ImportError>: Module use of python27.dll conflicts with this version of Python".Any idea on how to properly configure where to install libraries and let FME looking for the correct version?ThanksRoberto

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debbiatsafe
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krien
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krienContributor
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FME Desktop in App-V checking out Floating License on startup

Hi All, One of our customers is running VID's with FME Desktop in an App-V.It seems the App-V is checking out a Floating License on startup, even there's no FME (workbench) process opened and after all FL's are checked out other users can't start FME Workbench anymore.Why is the FL checked out on startup of the App-V and how can this be disabled until a real FME process is started.Can this be arranged by removing the fme_license.dat, or perhaps using Non-persistant VID's? Kind regards,Krien Guijt 

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krien
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torbjornd
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torbjorndContributor
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Numbering segments of line

Hi.In one of my FME-workbenches I'm splitting lines at several points (water lines and devices) by using a PointOnLineOverlayer. After the splitting, I want to create a numbering of the new line segments according to the direction the line has been digitalized. I've tried using a counter with the ID of the lines as the countername, so I get a count based on the ID. But the result is not what I want. The numbering seems random. As you can see from the first example (just a mockup), each line has an ID and you can see where the points are.After I split my lines and calculate a new ID, I get this:The segment IDs are not numbered in the direction of the lines. What I want to achieve is this: Do you have any suggetions?

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david_r
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