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reading dgn file - coordinate system problem

  • October 17, 2025
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chelseawu
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Hello,

I’m using FME 2024.2 to read ORD DGN files stored in ProjectWise.

The DGN files have a local coordinate system (LCC) defined in ORD, but when I read them into FME, the detected GCS appears incorrect — particularly the ORG_LAT value. Because of that, when I try to set the coordinate system and reproject to State Plane, the transformation doesn’t work properly.

Has anyone encountered this issue before?
Does the GCS definition in ORD need to follow a specific format or standard to be recognized correctly by FME?

Any insight or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

GCS shown for features in FME

 

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daveatsafe
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  • October 20, 2025

Hi ​@chelseawu,

I’m sorry, but this is a known problem in FME 2024. We have fixed it for FME 2025.0 and newer, which can be obtained from safe.com/download.