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Hello  I am currently trying to call a FME 2013 32bit script out of a FME 2013 64bit script. I do this because 64bit does not support the 3D-PDF writer. I chose the SystemCaller transformer because in the WorkspaceRunner I could not find any options to choose the FME engine I would like to run and so it will always start the script in 64bit mode.  So with a concatenator i prepare my command that I pass over to the SystemCaller. I prepare following string:  "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\FME2013_x86\\fme.exe" D:/Path/3DPDF.fmw [--Parameter1 {$(Parameter1)}] [--AttributeA{@Value(AttributeA)}] [--AttributeB {@Value(AttributeB)}] [--Parameter2 {$(Parameter2)}]  It seems that at least starting the 32bit enginge is working because I get: SystemCaller: Executing `"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\FME2013_x86\\fme.exe...etc... FME 2013 SP1 (20130319 - Build 13448 - WIN32)...etc... ...FME Version Infos and Licensing infos and so on...  But then it says: Parameter 'Parameter1' must be

Is there any demo available uploading file to a workspace with the REST-API and not the HTTP PUT method as described in the documentation:  http://host[:port]/fmedataupload/<repository>/<workspace>/<filename>      

Hello,  I'm able to drape feaures on a DTM with SurfaceModeller, but I want to have Z distance between the point (for exemple on a three) that I project and the same point projected (on the ground). how can it be possible? thanks 

Hi folks,  I have a simple workbench taking an ArcSDE spatial table as input. In this table, I have a string field I want to fill with 2 digits. This field already has values, but a lot of them are only coded on 1 digits (1,Z,a...). I thought of insert a left pad and replace this pad with a digit of my choice (0 or Z) to make my field homogeneous.  But the StringPadder doesn't work... :-( At now, I don't have a writer, I'm only working with visualizer to see the potential result, and it's always wrong, I mean values still have the same length.  Does it make sense ? Any idea ? Thanks a lot, François

Hi, I'm using FME workbench 2013. I want to test based on a date field to filter out just those records that were entered into the database after a specifc date, how can I do this? I used a date formater to get the date in the format I want and then tried using a tester  > 13/09/2006, but that does not work. Any ideas? Helen

The reader gets its dtat from a featureclasswich is a part of a featuredataset named "Topology" The writer creates a new featureclass a personalgeodatabase. But the writer puts the featureclass automatically in a featuredataset neamed "Topology". When you look at the parameters of the featureclaass you see: Feature Dataset:<not set>.  I would like to make a featureclass with out a feature dataset. I can't find the solution. Is there someone who can help me. Thank you very much.  

Hi,    My input feature has 2 attribute (One numeric ID, Geom Point geometry). I found 2 map geometries(Multiline) for ID in db. So after fetching, sql executor generates 2 features as (ID,GEOM,MAP1)  and (ID,GEOM,Map2).  I used aggregator assuming that it will return me (ID,GEOM,(MAP1+MAP2)) and then trying to write into database but failing.  Please suggest me how to approach this problem?  Subrat

Hello,  I'm a FME novice at best. Could anyone help me split many irregular polygons into 4 equal parts? I have a section grid for a small area within a state and I need to split each section into quads. I don’t need the split to be exact, just 4 polygons with the same attributes at the parent section. Thanks 

Hi , MIght have have already asked this question in the forum but no answer. I have win 7 desktop with 2013 fme desktop.When I import cx_Oracle it gives the above mentioned error. This seemed to be working in 2012 version of desktop earlier. Note : Oracle client is 64 bit . This problem is also a part of Fme server installation in similar environment .  Need help !!!       

We have to use an ETL account to write to our Oracle feature classes in the geodatabase.  We are using SDE 10.1 on Oracle 11g.  We have granted the ETL account and ETL role DROP ANY TABLE but the writer still behaves like it is doing deletes.  We can make this work in our SQL database but are having problems in Oracle.  What are we missing?  Using the Schema owner is not a option. Thanks Deb

Hi! On installing said version, build 13499, my Avast AV 8.0.1489, virusdef 130621-3, fired an alarm on the file spatialrelationshipfactory.dll and put it in the quarantine. Avast says the reason is Win32:Evo-gen [susp] The file date for the file was 2013-06-05 12:15:16  Has anybody else seen this? Most likely, the alarm is false.

hello?     There are some groups in my AutoCAD DWG data. Groups in Autocad means a whole that when you select a group in AutoCAD ,you'll select all element in it. But when I read these groups data in FME, they'll be auto exploded even I set the 'read group' parameter to 'yes' in Reader. And I could not find some relationship between those features which are one group. How can I resolve this problem in FME.

I want to extract polygons by using a point on area overlay. It seems to work but not for multi part polygons.  It only pass throught the part that the point intersects. It should pass through all parts of the polygon.  I'm using a spatial relator with a list exploder. I've also used the point on area overlayer.  Rudy    

I used a process on here to convert a KML file through the HTMLto XHTML Converter then through XQuery Extractor and that seemed to split out the KML description into the result attribute when I run it through and inspection point. I am trying to convert the KML to a SDF or shapefile to import into my GIS system, but I cannot get the result attributes to append to the writer file. I have tried a list indexer and multiple other transformers with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks, Chad

Hi, I have XYZ values and I need to create a DGN or SHP polygon based on the min and max X and Y values.  What is the easiest way to do this?  I tried to use BoundsExtractor and 2DBoxReplacer but it doesn't seem to be working.  Any other ideas?  Thanks,

translating SW 2d polygons with holes successfully to another format

Hello all,  Tried this several times but no luck. Currently, I have too many variables: $mont_nbr $month_name $person_nbr $person_name (and a few more...) In several cases I need the names, in other a number and so on. The idea is that I need all these variables throughout the workbench. The thing is, if I have excel data like: 01 | January | 240 | Mike | I would like the user to input the month_nbr (in this case, 01) and then bring in the other variables from the excel table., as for 01 it will always be January, 240 and Mike as the variables. I am trying to find a way to ease the user input process. I Looked at the workspace runner but I just cannot make this work.

Hi ALL, ANYONE KNOW HOW TO COPY THE TEXT STRING ATTRIBUTE FROM TEXT FME TYPE AND ATTACH IT TO OTHER FME GEOMETRY SUCH AS POLYGON OR POLYLINE?IF YOU WONDER THE ANNOTATION ATTRIBUTE SAVED IN fme_text_string INSIDE fme_text. IF I WANT TO COPY THE ATTRIBUTE VALUES AVAILABLE IN fme_text_string FROM fme_text TO OTHER FME TYPE LIKE AREA OR LINE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN CAD, I HAVE COMBINE THE ANNOTATION TEXT (NAME OF ROAD) TOGETHER WITH FEATURE LAYER 'ROAD' AND THEN IN ARCGIS I WANT TO DEFINE THE ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTE DATA THAT STORE THE NAME OF ROAD IN 'ROAD' LAYER. SO IF WANT TO SHOW THE NAME OF ROAD, I JUST TURN OFF THE LABELING IN THE LAYER PROPERTIES. IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT SHOULD I DO SO SETTLE MY PROBLEM?    THANKS FOR HELPING...   

Hi Folks, I'm having a brain-freeze - how do I convert a line to its constituent vertices resulting in an output point dataset? Logically the GeometryCoercer should do it, but it doesn't.  CoordinateExtractor with a loop could probably do it, but that seems massively overkill for what should be a simple task. Is there a transformer I'm missing?  Thanks, Jonathan

Hi , Tried running few workbenches in built in desktop 2012 built on 2013 had macro issues hence translation failure.Had few question regarding interoperability and compatibility of desktops and servers.  1.Is there a tool/way to migrate a 2012 workbench to 2013 ?  2.If we use a 2013 fme server would that seamlessly support 2012 workbenches?  3.Eager to implement transaction support for oracle spatial ,is there a suite for the same in desktop 2012 ?

Hi all,  is there a way to make sure that data from a shape file transfered to a gdb file using FME have the exact same coordinate values?  I happen to have to rounding happening in some features. This means that when I compare features from the shp and the gdb feature class, there will be some geometry discrepencies flagged up even though there should be.  I don't know when the rounding occurs (i.e. when it's written the first time to the gdb or when it's read the following time from the gdb)  Any idea? Anything I can set on the GDB writer or FeatureReader to make sure this doesn't happen?  Thanks in advance,  Maryse

Why does Fme workbench  is still running after Translation was successful message is displayed in the translation log window ? 

This should be simple... I'm using FME 2013 SP1.  I'm reading values from Excel.  When I encounter any alphabet character, I want to replace the full value with a null.  I'm fiddling with a StringReplacer and using a regular expression [a-zA-Z], but not sure what I can put in the Replacement Text.  My source data in column looks like this:  2013-05-31 00:00:00 Today Day 0 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6  I want the date string to remain in the column.  I want the "Today" and "Day x" values to be converted to null values...  Sarah

This should be simple but I’m ready to throw up my hands.  I have a workspace that fetches an OpenStreetMap chunk of XML for a requested area.  I can save the data and then read the data using the FME OSM reader, a two-step process.    What I want to do is pass the OSM data it to the OSM reader in a single workspace.  I guess I could call the OSM fetcher in a startup Python script but that seems more convoluted than it should be.  Am I missing something obvious?  Thanks, Alan 

We recently upgrade to FME Desktop 2013 sp1 Build 13450 and we are noticing significant decrease in time of two workspaces that are doing a simple point on area overlayer process of our county address point with several polygon features.  The one process took 12-15 min in 2012 and is now running in 55 min.  The second one was running in 10-12 and is now running in 35 min.  I tested utilizing the area first option in the new transformer in 2013 but that did not help.  I put a ticket into Safe Support but no  response yet so I thought I would see if anyone else is noticing this type of performance downgrade.    It is simply taking several SDE FC doing the operation and spitting out to SQL Table in one and shapefile in the other.  Any help or insight of what might be going on and what I can do to help this get back to the performance we were seeing would be much appreciated.  Thanks Travis