Undeprecate the Autodesk ReCaP writer

Does anybody know the reason this file format is deprecated?

@Chris Warren​, the answer on this question from Safe Software was: "because it was found that [the ReCaP format] was notably underused in FME and in the industry according to our data, and that the third party libraries that we depended on lacked updates for this format. In many cases that we noticed, alternative formats existed depending on the use case" and "a concern over security". Is this still the case @jovitaatsafe​ ? Is 15 voters enough reason to reconsider the deprecation?

Hi @geojanmov​,

I'm glad to report that we have a re-write of the Recap Writer planned but not yet scheduled, tracked internally as (FMEENGINE-57471). We'll be back to update here when it has been addressed.

In the meantime, the writer will still work but you just can't add a new writer in the newer builds of FME where the writer has been deprecated. If you have an existing writer in the workspace, you can still run it successfully in newer builds. The format is essentially just hidden in newer builds.

As a potential workaround, you can expose it in the meantime until the new format is released by going into the formats.db in your install folder, for example: C:Program FilesFME<version_build>formats.db, and change the visibility to YES so it looks like this: RECAP|Autodesk ReCap (deprecated)|DIRONLY|OUTPUT|OUTPUT|YES|ReCap Project Files(*.rcp)%*.rcp%All Files(*)%*|POINTCLOUD|NO|NO|YES|YES||||NO|Autodesk ReCap. It's the fourth Y/N value.

Hello jovitaatsafe, do you have any information about the release?

Thanks

Hi @lado41​, thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately I don't have any updates on this yet.

For now, please continue to use the current ReCap Writer. Existing workspaces with the writer will continue to work in newer builds, with a workaround above for exposing the format to add a new writer.