+8Hi,
Does anyone know why a shapefile generated in FME would not work in lastools? I am using lastools to clip a point cloud using a buffer from FME but it can't read the shapefile. I don't know why it is invalid, only that my command line has the following error
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
+11try ...give the specific files name. no wildcard *.shp.
Maybe it works.
+8try ...give the specific files name. no wildcard *.shp.
Maybe it works.
Thanks for the reply f.kemminje. I did try that before I asked. There's probably some random little thing that lastools doesn't like. Just not sure what
+59Have you tried opening the shapefile in another application? Any chance you can share it here?
+19Can the shapefile be read by ArcGIS? If so then lastools requires a non-standard shapefile. There are some exceptions - see https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_ReadersWriters/shapefile/troubleshooting.htm
+8Update, I can get it to work if I use a geometry validator before I write it. Use all settings (but remove the two OCG checks), turn on checking for self intersecting, and I also remove vertexes closer than 0.1m (but I don't think you need this last step). I also dissolved before the validator in one case
+8Update, I can get it to work if I use a geometry validator before I write it. Use all settings (but remove the two OCG checks), turn on checking for self intersecting, and I also remove vertexes closer than 0.1m (but I don't think you need this last step). I also dissolved before the validator in one case
Second update, I had this problem again for a different reason. This time it was fixed by having the Geometry in the shapefile write set to the appropriate type. Shape_polyline for my new case but probably shape_polygon for the case of this question
