Hello ,
How to open file has extension pfd or DGS format from power Factory DIGSilent ?
The only exporting format from power factory is PFD or DGS ,There is no license or other option in power factory to export other formats .
is there a method to open PFD or DGS file in FME and export the data from it ?
FME 2021
@gogopotter90 Hi there, thanks for your question. I'm just reading thorough some documentation from DIGSilent PowerFactory, and it sounds like DGS files are pretty generic, and are designed to be near-formatless. They are, however, often accompanied by other, format-specific files or are tied into an underlying database. Is your .dgs file accompanied by another file (XML, XLS, ASCII, or MS Access)? Is it tied to an underlying database (Oracle, MS SQL Server, or another ODBC database)?
I do not see any direct support for .dgs files in FME, but it does look like .dgs files are structured somewhat similar to CSV files. I am able to read a sample .dgs file that I have with our CSV reader, and with our CAT reader. The output from these readers, however, is somewhat difficult to parse, so I'm not too sure if it's helpful for you. You could give these two readers a try and see if the results are useful.
If your .dgs file does have an associated file or is tied to an underlying database, I imagine FME could do something with that as we do have readers for a variety of database formats, as well as for XML, XLS, MS Access, and ASCII formats.
@gogopotter90 Hi there, thanks for your question. I'm just reading thorough some documentation from DIGSilent PowerFactory, and it sounds like DGS files are pretty generic, and are designed to be near-formatless. They are, however, often accompanied by other, format-specific files or are tied into an underlying database. Is your .dgs file accompanied by another file (XML, XLS, ASCII, or MS Access)? Is it tied to an underlying database (Oracle, MS SQL Server, or another ODBC database)?
I do not see any direct support for .dgs files in FME, but it does look like .dgs files are structured somewhat similar to CSV files. I am able to read a sample .dgs file that I have with our CSV reader, and with our CAT reader. The output from these readers, however, is somewhat difficult to parse, so I'm not too sure if it's helpful for you. You could give these two readers a try and see if the results are useful.
If your .dgs file does have an associated file or is tied to an underlying database, I imagine FME could do something with that as we do have readers for a variety of database formats, as well as for XML, XLS, MS Access, and ASCII formats.
Thanks for ur reply ,i have tried today to read it with csv or cat
but the output is not expected .
i got A column contain texts ,difficult to understand what is written .
dgs has no associated files that I can try to use .important for me to show the expected diagram of it is possible .
and thanks for ur effort