Suggestion:
Would it be possible for FME to enhance its reading capabilities, especially for DWG layers? Ideally, I'd like to read empty layers and access all the attributes present in an AutoCAD layer. Extracting comprehensive information from the AutoCAD layer table, even for empty layers, would greatly improve data analysis tasks in FME.
Now:
DWG reader can only read non empty layers
Featurereader, Any schema can read all layers even the empty. But does not contain layer information like for example Autocad_layer_frozen and Autocad_layer_description.
Background:
I'm currently working on a script that needs to analyze certain parameters across numerous DWG files. Specifically, I'm focused on attributes like Autocad_layer_frozen and Autocad_layer_description.
From my observations:
- When using the DWG reader set to individual file types, I can make empty layers visible. However, since these layers are empty, no data gets read.
- Both the DWG reader and the feature reader seem to only process non-empty layers.
- The feature reader, when set to "Any schema", recognizes all layers, including the empty ones. Yet, it fails to capture native AutoCAD attributes like Autocad_layer_frozen and Autocad_layer_description.
