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FME Desktop 2019.2.3.2 keeps crashing when uploading to FME Server

Hi, I am trying to convert a 3D structure into a point cloud. For this I am following the instructions found here: https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/1031/creating-point-clouds-from-3d-models-or-raster-dat.html  However, whenever I am trying to load my personal *.skp model the following error occurs:  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'SKP' reader was created successfullyCreating reader for format: Trimble SketchUpTrying to find a DYNAMIC plugin for reader named `SKP'FME API version of module 'SKP' matches current internal version (3.8 20200115)The dataset 'C:\\Users\\linus\\OneDrive\\RSC Master\\Master Thesis\\sketchup_file\\Subaru+Forester+RHD.skp' was opened successfullyThe feature cache has not been loaded while a new setConstraints was performed. Now loading...Opening Trimble Sketchup readerSketchUp Reader: Read Hidden Geometry: 'A

Hello FME'ersI'm back with the quiz. Did you miss me? Or is Jen better? Or should I perhaps not ask questions that I wouldn't like the answer to?!Either way, your Safe opponent this week is Dennis Langdeau.Dennis' official title at Safe is Technical Publications Analyst; so he's involved in documentation, but he also is responsible for setting up company-wide online meetings (like the monthly developer demos) and making recordings of them. That makes Dennis a vital part of keeping us in touch and informed, for those of us who work at home on a permanent basis.I also just found out that Dennis is a fan of the "Cuban Lunch" - which is actually a form of snack bar that I think originated in Winnipeg, Canada:Anyway, wherever you are in the world, and whatever time of day it is, now's your chance to take on Dennis at the weekly FME Quiz. The questions this week might be a little tricky, but take your time and think them through, and you should do fine.https

Hey, I am currently running this workspace runner with an emailer sending me an email if it fails.Unfortunately my emails are not very valuable as it is a wall of text. I do love the way the translation log is formatted, so I am curious, can I instead of outputting this _failure_message, output the child workspace translation log? I would find that much more valuableCurrent email format which I am not happy with: Is anyone doing something similar, but providing more useful output upon workspace failure? Thanks heaps.

Hello FME'ersIn the week that we hosted a webinar all about the Shapefile format, it's appropriate to have a question-of-the-week on the same subject.Question of the WeekThis week's question came from a user on Live Chat and concerns how to read Shapefiles nested inside multiple folders inside a compressed Zip file.Q) I have a URL for a “zipped” shapefile. However, the shapefile is actually nested two folders into the zip file. If I download this file from the browser and set the Shapefile reader dataset to: /Users/[username]/Downloads/MajorRoads.zip/**/**/*.shp ...then this is read in properly by FME. However when applying a similar logic to a URL: http://[server]/data/downloads/roads.zip/**/**/*.shp ...then FME fails to read the shapefile. The download begins but errors when trying to create feature types.Is this the expected behaviour?A) There are two forms of what we might call "path filtering." The older style - which you are trying to use - is now obsolete, and won't work with UR

This seems really simple but I cannot figure it out. I have a linear feature connected to a point with a triangle on the line which shows the direction. How can I determine if the line is headed away from or towards the point? I need to know if the triangle follows the line to the point, I have other ones I need to check that will not be a straight line to the point. Thank you in advance!

About to benchmark various AWS EC2 instances with the same workspace in FME Desktop 2020.Looking for peoples experience.Is CPU better or is RAM better or GPU.Give me your advice

Weekly Quiz Results Apologies for the late results, given the late start to the quiz this week. Hopefully with Mark’s return next week things shall return to a normal schedule - hoping he’s had plenty of time to think up some new questions for you all! Based on the feedback on Twitter and what some Safers have messaged me, I think this was a fairly easy week. But here are the answers, in case you didn’t get all of the questions right.Mark actually made this week's quiz questions, so perhaps if he wants to take vacation again this summer I’ll have a go at making them a little tougher.  So, did you manage to beat @trentatsafe?Answers 1 What object on FME Server stores workspaces, data, transformers, formats and templates?RepositoryResources FolderUser LibraryWorkspace VaultThe Safe Safe Straight from the FME Server documentation:Repositories are used to store groups of related items that have been published to FME Server (similar to directories). Items such as workspaces, source data

Replace values '1' in column by values > 1 in the same columnSo, how can i replace 1 by 2,5? 2,5 is dynamic...

As @mark2atsafe has taken vacation this week, I offered to get my revenge after last weeks quiz. Therefore, this weeks quiz is all FME Server questions.  To try and make it easier, this week you'll be taking on @trentatsafe (or 'The Trentster' as he likes to call himself). Trent is an FME Desktop Expert primarily, focusing on anything Esri, databases and Markup(XML/GML/JSON). He has recently started exploring the world of FME Server to expand his FME Knowledge so he makes the perfect candidate this week.  The quiz is live here: https://demos-safe-software.fmecloud.com/fmeserver/apps/FMEQuiz  As @mark2atsafe normally gives 48 hours for the quiz, I'll aim to close it around midday Thursday (pacific time).  How did you fare against Trent?

Can we Read or Write data using FME from Fiber Manager application by SE

I generally attend the FME Quiz on Tuesdays (India time)@mark2atsafe Is the FME Quiz for this week over or it is me just facing this issue?Repository "iMark" doesn't exist or you do not have permission to Read or Run from itTxSRG

Hi folks,This week your challenger was Jen from our Server tech experts. It seemed to be a bit of a tough week, although I deliberately left out any Server questions to give you more of a chance.Let's see the answers:Answers1) Safe has subscription pricing models for various industries. Which of these is NOT a real subscription model for FME?Local Government SubscriptionForestry SubscriptionUtilities SubscriptionEducation SubscriptionAirports SubscriptionThe answer is that there is no subscription model for forestry:... at least, none yet. I suppose you never know.Incidentally, a subscription model allows you to use as much FME as you like - both Desktop and Server - for the one annual fee. It can make more sense than using individual licenses when you want to get a project underway very quickly, or want to have a better prediction of future costs.I have to also mention that the Education Subscription is for institutions to use for operations and facilities management. It's not

Hello everyone,Your Safe quiz opponent for this week is... Jen Luther Thomas (@jlutherthomas) also known by her Twitter handle of mapgirll.Jen is a "Technical Experts Team Lead for FME Server" at Safe, which means she leads one of the two support teams responsible for handling FME Server cases.A fellow Brit (there are quite a few of us at Safe) she is a frequent participant in webinars, writes blog articles, originally set up the community "Holiday Hackathons", and does a lot more brilliant things besides.She would be a tough opponent on the subject of Server... but unluckily for her I haven't included any Server questions this week! Will it hold her back? You'll have to take the quiz yourself to find out:https://demos-safe-software.fmecloud.com/fmeserver/apps/FMEQuiz

Hi All,, i'm seeing a strange issue with FeatureWriter not outputting features correctly. I've noticed this behavior at least once before, but kind of ignored it and worked around it.In this particular example, I have 1056 features that should be output and written to a text file using the CSV writer. Checking the inspector, i'm seeing the features coming through correctly. Writing to the CSV using the standard CSV Writer works fine and features are output how they should be. However, trying to write to a CSV using the FeatureWriter results in a blank text file being output.Here is the configuration of the FeatureWriter. User Attributes are set to Automatic in this case, but attempting to manually specify attributes results in a blank text file as well.   Attached in the log output when attempting to run through the FeatureWriter.

Question of the WeekThis question was asked by @dpkonofa who wonders about how to divide data up inside a workspace, when you don't know what those divisions might be in advance.Q) Is there a transformer that will split a table based on the value of a field and then let me do different processing for each output? I looked around and saw a few mentions of a "Fanout" but that looks to happen on the writer.It seems that the "AttributeFilter" needs to know the values in advance. In my case, there could potentially be thousands of values and I wouldn't know what those are ahead of time.This workflow needs to filter records based on that value and then perform a function on each classification. A) I would call this a "dynamic" process because we don't know the values of the data in advance. We can certainly handle data dynamically on a writer (the Fanout is just one aspect of that) but how can we set up multiple outputs from a transformer without doi

Is the file storing the saved settings (by settings, I mean settings set in Tools > FME Options) accessible? I would like to be able to auto-apply settings using command line tools. This could adding database connections, changing the appearance, switching python interepter etc.

When I switch computers and open up the same workspace I get errors on the web connections. So I have to reconnect to the same AGOL feature service but on a different computer.

Hi folks,This week I put you up against Stephanie from the marketing team. I gave her a bit of advantage by not being too hard-code FME. So let's get down to it and see the answers and how you did.Answers1) FME has been translated into a number of local languages. Which language is NOT listed as an available translation on the Safe website? ChineseFrenchGermanGreekJapaneseI was a bit surprised to see you all got this correct! But only a bit, because I suppose Greece is not a known hot-spot for FME. So, yes, the answer is Greece.You can see what languages we do support by checking out the tech specifications page on our web site:That has to be one of the harder pages to find, even when you know it exists; unless I'm really not looking very well.Stephanie's Answer: Greek (Correct)2) Safe's head office is located on 137A Street in Surrey, BC. What is the building number?1313963910607445221BWe are located at.... 9639 137A Street. That's on our web site too, if you went

Hello everyone,For the FME Quiz this week I've put you up against my colleague Stephanie Warner.Officially, Stephanie's job title is Marketing Coordinator, but you may recognize her most from organizing and moderating all our webinars at Safe, occasionally taking to the screen during the start or end of each event. I believe she's also responsible for creating the slide layouts for presentations, and all sorts of marketing collateral like that.Stephanie claims her "FME IQ" is fairly low, but then that's what all of the marketing team claims, and yet they're top of the league in quiz results per department at Safe!So test yourself against her here: https://demos-safe-software.fmecloud.com/fmeserver/apps/FMEQuizIncidentally, I've been asked if it's OK to take the quiz before I post it here. Yes, that should (normally) be fine. If you see the quiz is available then it just means that the Safer hasn't yet taken the quiz. I've opened it up for t

Well FME'ers,This week you were challenged by Iain McCarthy from Safe. As I mentioned, Iain is responsible for a lot of the supporting tech at Safe, but has a good grasp of FME for sure.So how well did you do. Due to an oversight on my part, I forgot to tell Iain what username to enter, so you didn't get to know if you beat him or not.That should make the results very interesting...Answers1) Which of the following is NOT a real FME format?Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle SupportDigital Weather Markup LanguageFME Advanced Kriging Environment Neuroimaging Informatics Technology InitiativeSnow Data Assimilation SystemIt seems that quite a lot of obscure formats have snuck into FME while I wasn't watching! I'd never heard of the Snow Data Assimilation System before, although I had heard of the Neuroimaging format, with the cute shortname NIFTI.Iain's Answer: Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support (Incorrect)2) Dmitri from Safe posted some photos on Twitter last week of him hold

Hello!I'm new to FME and I'm getting stupid about a simple task:I want to take the second element of list I created and write it into a new attribute (X2), which doesn't work.If I begin by grabbing the first element like this, it works:import fmeobjectsclass FeatureProcessor(object):def input(self, feature):feature.setAttribute("X2",feature.getAttribute('List{0}.X'))self.pyoutput(feature)However, If I change that code to start grabbing values by the second row (change the code to "feature.getAttribute('List{1}.X')", I get an empty output.Can anyone help with this? Or is there any other solution that fits? Basically, I have an X-Coordinate-Attribute and I want that X-Coordinate to be substracted with the following X-Coordinate in the same attribute. I thought deleting the first element and then merging the resulting attribute to the original attribute would be the easiest solution. Thank you!

Hi,I get customer calls about the (free) FME Hub StUF-Geo Vertical Message Reader from Vicrea. It’s in the Format list of the Add Reader, but it’s not selectable anymore in, as far as I have tested FME 2020.  I reproduced this issue:In FME 2019.2.3 the Format is in the selection list and can be selected.In FME 2020.0.0.1 the Format is also in the selection list but cannot be selected anymore (field stays red). Did a quick test on another FME Hub-format (PDOKURLREADER) with the same result.  This seems a problem is introduced in FME 2020.+Do we (and others) have to republish the .fds formats or something like that? Any idea what’s causing this and have a solution (workaround)?  Kind regards Krien Guijt FME Certified Professional

Hello FME'ers,For the quiz this week, I chose my colleague Iain McCarthy. Iain's job title is [quickly checks the Safe org chart] Director, Information Services. This means that's he ultimately responsible for all our IT operations, our web site development, our information security, our FME release processes, and all of our tools like the CMS and this knowledgebase.That's a heck of a lot, and not much interaction with FME directly.But... you remember that we use FME to power a lot of our internal systems ("eating our own dog food") and I happen to know that Iain is quite familiar with FME itself. So this might not be the easy win you are expecting!So... let's see how Iain did, and how you do, shall we?As always, the link is: https://demos-safe-software.fmecloud.com/fmeserver/apps/FMEQuiz

hello, where can I find a guide/manual to perform automatic transformation (using the fme) from multi jpeg files (example 120 Image of a structure to a 3d model of dwg format (to be able open directly with AutoCad and work)