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I'm trying to convert a CityGML file into a 3d model that I could open with Blender, I was able to use FME data inspector to convert it to .obj, but it doesn't come with any textures. How can I convert CityGML to .obj or other 3d format with textures included? EDIT: And by the way I have never used FME before, and I'm not planning to use it for anything else than converting CityGML to 3d models, so explaining the process step-by-step would be really helpful.

I am creating a connection to an Access DB. The database has a username and password, and when I do the connections for the DB in FME it only asks for a password. After i set the connection up, i create a Reader for it, but after the reader is created it asks me for the username and password for the MS access db again. How do i get this to stop? Cause it is going to ask me that information everytime i run this query, which will be automated.

I build a .kml polygon from information contained in a .pdf file we receive for utility location planning print requests. The polygon has attributes with contact info, start date, bounding box long/lat coordinates, etc... I also have a utility locate app in ArcGIS Online that contains a survey 123 form, a webmap, and a dashboard for tracking the requests. I would like to auto populate the survey123 form with the data from the .kml including the polygon bounding box if possible. It sounds like it should be doable from this: https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000017982Could an httpcaller put transformer send the custom url to survey 123?Thanks for any insight you care to share.

Desktop version 2020.2.0.0 Build 20787, FME Server version 2020.2 Build 20787.  When the workbench is run in Desktop, the result is:> FMEServerNotifier: Sent notification to topic ... on FME ServerAnd the second workbench in FME Server gets triggered as expected. However, when it is run in FME Server, the result is:> FMEServerNotifier: Failed to send notification to topic ... on FME Server>FMEServerNotifier: Reason - unable to connect to FME Server Some things that have been attempted:+ ensuring 64 bit desktop upload to 64 bit Server+ using a different connection+ trying to verify topic and connection credentials with admin person+ verified the Topic can be run directly within FME Server, which triggers the other workbench correctly+ Desktop and FME Server versions appear to be the same ie 2020+ adjusted the python interpreter+adjusted the Notifier's preceding transformer to remove excess rejected data, such that the input into the notifier is purely a single celled table

Due to a company merge, need to change the network domain for the entire infrastructure. What is the best way to handle FME server migration to the new domain? Is it possible to do an in-place migration, rather than building a new FME server?

I've created a workspace server app which allows the user to select a projection from the list of FME coordinate systems and reproject their data. The desktop workbench has access to our FME server (e.g. \\\\A-FME\\FME\\CoordinateSystems) and is able to choose from the list of custom coordinate systems created by our survey department, but the server app does not list the custom coords. I've manually copied the custom files to the server (/a-fme/fmeserver/#/resources/browse/FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_ENGINE/CoordinateSystems?name=Engine) but it still doesn't list any of the coords. I've followed the instructions as stated here. Any ideas or suggestions will be much appreciated.

Hello everyone,This is the FME news for 19th January, 2022. Favourite Transformers PollThank you to everyone who took part in my "Favourite Transformers" poll over the last couple of days. Here's the top-ten list of favourites:  FeatureReaderTestFilterAttributeManagerFeatureWriterHTTPCallerAttributeCreatorFeatureJoinerTesterFeatureMergerSpatialFilter So in my not-very-scientific method, the FeatureReader is the FME Community's favourite transformer ever!   Some statistics:There were 65 different transformers mentioned. There were 4 FME Hub transformers on the list. The highest Hub transformer was the NoFeatureTester (22nd). The least-loved favourite was the JSONFragmenter.Of the most-used transformers, 6 of the top 20 were not anyone's favourite!Inspector, AttributeRemover, AttributeRenamer, StringReplacer, AttributeFilter, Counter I'm not sure why no-one likes the Counter! But none of my personal favourites made your top-ten, so I'm obviously no judge. My

Hello,I'd like to "remember" an attribute and use it to populate an attribute of another feature in the same execution.I thought AttributeKepper would do the job (because of the name haha), but the value of the attribute is empty, except in the first pass through the breakpoint. 

HiI have a LAS (LIAR) file and I want to convert it to GLTF. FME can help me with the task? Does the trial version work for me? 

How to back-up FME Server content. I can find articles on "configuration" backup - but how about content?

Hello! I would like to filter strings which have two or more capital letters consecutively. I suppose it can be done with regular expressions but still didn't find the right expression...

Hi,  I am getting the following error from FME Server: The custom transformer'DateTime_Standard' referenced by this workspace was found, but could not be loaded. The custom transformer was created with a newer version of FMEWorkbench I have a workbench uploaded to FME server which contains 3 custom transformers. Each custom transformer presents the same error when I run the workbench. Both the workbench and the 3 custom transformers are in the same repository when the workbench is ran. The FME desktop version for both the workbench and all 3 custom transformers is:FME(R) 2021.1.2.0 (20210903 - Build 21627 - WIN64)  The FME server build is: FME Server 2021.1.1 Build 21619 - win64   I assume to fix the error, I need to match FME desktops build to FME server so Ihave attempted to source FME desktop Build 21619. However that is not available on the safe software download page: https://www.safe.com/support/downloads/#past-versions I would prefer to avoid upgrading FME Server at this

The application itself is closed. And when I restart the application, a new fmeworkbench.exe process is started. This happens when I haven't done anything in the application yet. Didn't run a workspace or created one.  I also tested it with the simplest workspace I could think of: a Creator with an Inspector. In that case the process fmedatainspector.exe is started. That process also never closes.  I use FME Desktop version 2021.1 as part of ArcGIS Pro on a Windows 2016 VMWare machine. Does anyone have an idea what might cause this behavior?

I understand that it is in Beta, but I couldn't find a release schedule or a post of the anticipated date. Our cybersecurity team is requiring us to upgrade software very soon after official release so we are trying to anticipate when that might be.Thanks!

Hi there,  I came up with a problem within one of my data translations within FME concerning arc objects. The routine is about converting a geopackage file into a filegeodatabase. The included objects and their geometry are not manipulated inbetween. Arc objects within the geopackage-file are defined as geometry type "Arc by three points". The arc objects within the geopackage-file have all been constructed by 3 points (end, middle and startpoint). This logically means, that the arc line is intersecting with those three points.  After converting this geometry to a file geodatabase, the arc geometry has changed and is within a tolerance of the arc middle point. When checking the geometry info of the same arc within the file geodatabase, it states that tie IFMEArc is "Arc By Center Point With Ends) - but, most important, the geometry has changed!   Why does FME not convert the arc geometry in the exact way into the file geodatabase? Is there any way to change the IFME Type

Hi All,I am sure I am missing something simple. I am setting up a workspace to read in FileGDB metadata and write that out to a spreadsheet. Seems fine but I would also like to work with the base 64 thumbnail. I can write that out to a cell but having problems making use of the thumbnail in this format. I tried using BinaryDecoder and RasterReplacer but generate an error below. Any thoughts? Many thanks. Additionally....if there is a better way to work with the thumbnail in an ESRI File GDB please suggest. Thanks again! I keep on plugging away at this. One thing that puzzles me is I can take the thumbnail base64 text from Binary.Thumbnail.Data and get a jpg from one of those online Base64 to jpg converters so the string from the xml metadata is valid it seems. Just cannot get a read on it in FME. Thoughts? Thanks! BinaryDecoder (TextEncoderFactory): Invalid Base64 character '0'+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Feature Type: `XMLFlattener

He all,  I've a question about the SharePoint Online connector. The file upload works on the root of the folder (see image) in FME Desktop (2020.2) but the same configurations doesn't work on FME server. On FME server the following error message: The error message is:  `SharepointOnlineConnector: Invalid name '/'. The file or folder name contains characters '" * : < > ? / \\ |' or is not allowed' is displayed on FME server 2020.2.4.  SharePoint Online connector version: 1.1.1  Thanks for your response how to solve this problem.    

Hi,We have some older version of flexnet publisher in the organisation and I cant find the download link for the desktop client, only the license server. Am I missing something? CheersBrad

FME API version of module 'NULL' matches current internal version (3.8 20210302)FME API version of module 'NULL' matches current internal version (3.8 20210302)Loaded module 'LogCount_func' from file 'D:\\FME2021\\plugins/LogCount_func.dll'FME API version of module 'LogCount_func' matches current internal version (3.8 20210302)Reading...InputStream::readImage(): Unable to find a plugin for pngInputStream::readObject(): Unsupported wrapper class InputStream: Failed to read from stream. At osg::PagedLOD osg::Geode osg::Geometry OSG Reader: No valid or supported geometry read from input fileOSG Reader: Closing readerA fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsTranslation FAILED with 2 error(s) and 0 warning(s) (0 feature(s) output)FME Session Duration: 0.4 seconds. (CPU: 0.0s user, 0.2s system)END - ProcessID: 12332, peak process memory usage: 49892 kB, current process memory usage: 49892 kBA fatal error has occurred. Check the lo

FME Desktop 2020: The best practice to jump to command in the workbench that causes an error, I got an error that is shown in the screenshot below. I couldn’t figure out if there is a way to jump to the command that causes this error without the need to do it manually   

Hello community,I need to output data in MTM or UTM systems for Canada but in NAD83 CSRS epoch 10.I know the EPSG code does not exist for such projected coordinate system.I used the ESRI WKT to create a custom definition for FME using this tool: https://demos-safe-software.fmecloud.com/fmedatastreaming/Coordsys/Start.fmw?And then i saved and used the coordinate system definition i got and added a datum definition:Here they are:DATUM_DEF NAD83CSRS2010               \\  DESC_NM  "North American Datum of 1983 (CSRS) version 6"        \\  SOURCE   "Metashape"           \\  ELLIPSOID GRS1980  COORDINATE_SYSTEM_DEF MTMZone7-NAD83CSRS(2010) \\  DESC_NM "MTM7 NAD83 CSRS 2010" \\  GROUP MTM \\ DT_NAME NAD83CSRS2010  ORG_LAT 0 \\  PARM1 -70.5 \\  PROJ TM \\  QUAD 1 \\  SCL_RED 0.9999 \\  SOURCE "Metashape" \\  UNIT METER \\  X_OFF 304800 \\  Y_OFF 0 When i use this in the workbench i get the following error:is not a supported projectionUnable to initialize

FME Version: FME(R) 2018.1.0.0 (20180717 - Build 18520 - WIN32) My workspace is built to identify points that are from a certain distance from a line featureclass. I use a neighbor finder to identify the points. While using the base and candidate features as points and lines respectively, I achieve what I want except for an error i.e. IFMELine was given an index beyond its current range. Despite this error, the translation runs successfully. On trying to find similar issues, I found this post that said it could be because the point is past the line. https://community.safe.com/s/question/0D54Q000080hgTy/neighborfinder-try-to-get-elevation-but-get-this-error-ifmeline-was-given-an-index-beyond-its-current-range One way I could circumvent this is to also convert the line to points using a chopper or so but it is not desirable for the the vertex could be farther away from the line itself.  Would anyone know what would be the best way to resolve this?Is there a method to identify these probl

Hello everyone, So I have two data set (Set A & Set B). I want to find how many B polygons are overlapped on A. I am able to find the overlapped polygon attribute by using spatial relator (by explode the list). However, the geometry of the exposed list is not correct. They all have the same geometry (from the test filter transformer). Is there anyway that I can have both correct attribute and geometry? Thank you for your help.

FME Desktop 2020: The “dissolver” tool fails to dissolve adjacent polygons based on their colors, In the screenshot below, I wanted to dissolve polygons based on their color. At the marked location, I expected that these polygons should be dissolved. However, they don’t and a line is still appearing. What could be the issue here? The data and workbench are attached     

I have the following string: mapMarkers.push(bap(map,'','marker.php/oaaa/BusShelter:BusShelter:BusShelter/EB:WB:EB/1/null/null/39.69643098429845/-104.88185718655586/null','','interactive_view:f=D0007.1.1.1|f=D0007.1.2.1|f=D0007.1.3.1',1, null, null, 1, null, null, ["BusShelter"], true)); I'd like to extract the lat/long values as well as any values following f= So for the example above, I should get the following attributes: Lat=39.69643098429845Long = -104.88185718655586ID1 = D0007.1.1.1ID2 = D0007.1.2.1ID3 = D0007.1.3.1 Do I use a stringsearcher with a regex? If so, how?