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aegmanContributor

asked in Transformers

AttributeKeeper removes parameter values in custom transformer

Hi, Using an AttributeKeeper (or AttributeRemover) inside a custom transformer, I'm finding that it removes the value of any parameters that have been set using that attribute, is that the expected behaviour? (FME 2022.1 MacOS). I would have expected a parameter set from an attribute value to hold the value of the attribute, but it seems to just be a reference to that attribute? It's a bit odd as the parameter will have a value up to the point the attribute is removed, and after removing it the parameter will be empty. It can be quite tricky to track the issue down in a branching workflow too. I've attached a sample workspace with a custom transformer to illustrate, but also a screen shot:Thanks,Andy

1 year ago

james_c_452Supporter

asked in Transformers

Offset a line with variable roll values

Hi, I have a line which I want to offset. It the centre of a rail line, which I made from a group of points spaced every 0.1m ish along the track. 1Hz trajectory values from a liDAR scanner for those of you playing at home. At each point in the initial file there is a timestamp, XYZ coordinates, and roll/pitch/yaw values. The line I made only uses the XYZ values and would lose all the other information So, I have a centre line I can offset left and right to estimate the actual rails of the train line. I would like to include the roll values from the original points into this offset so the offset rails are more accurate. These roll/pitch/yaw values are not consistent over the site though so I cannot plug them into the offsetter transformer on the centre line. Does anyone have any ideas how I can do this? Any help would be appreciated thanks

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1 year ago

antoine.princeContributor

asked in Transformers

How to read changing feature type name without having to manually make modifications to script?

Hi everyone, I am wondering how I can have a FeatureReader that dynamically adapts itself to any changing feature type name. The feature type name is linked to a private parameter, but since the output port created by the reader is ''named'', everytime I change the value of the private parameter, the output port keeps its original name and just goes empty. It there a way to make that ''named output port'' dynamically change its name to fit the value entered in the private parameter? I am using a Geodatabase reader. See attached files for screenshots. Thank you!!

450

1 year ago

mouenrContributor

asked in Transformers

Converting dgn(v8) file format to dgn(v7) file format (dimension attribute is missing)

dear FME,I've been having problems with converting dgn(v8) file format to dgn(v7) file format, and after exploring the forums looking for a solution, I encountered a similar problem with reference number PR#72482 that no solution was posted to it, and I wanted to know if anything has changed regarding the referenced problem, or is it still a low priority for a fix? thanks in advance

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1 year ago

jlgvii

asked in Transformers

We have several on prem Oracle 19c databases (10.6.1) that we want to Migrate to 10.9.1 postgres databases in AWS. Has anyone done something similar using FME?

So far in searching I've only found instances where the Oracle DB was dumped into file geodatabases via copy and paste. Then another copy and paste into the target DB. Sort of a part two question:Regardless of the method used for the migration is it possible to process deltas from Oracle to Postgres directly?

250

1 year ago

tbarker1986Contributor

asked in Data

Extract DWG properties into FME (the equivalent of DWGPROPS in AutoCAD)

I'm trying to extract DWG properties into FME, the equivalent of the DWGPROPS command in AutoCAD. I have added an example screenshot below. The aim is to use this information wthin a workbench on FME Server. I couldn't identify anything in the AutoCAD reader that shows these properties. Does anyone have any solutions that would expose these DWG properties in FME? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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1 year ago

james_c_452Supporter

asked in General

Compare two lines for geometric differences

Hi, I have two lines. One original one, and a generalised version of it. Is there a way that I can compare the two so I can see if there are any major spatial differences? I want to look for error locations that I need to fix before I smooth again. For example a deviation of over 0.1m between lines Any help would be great Thanks

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1 year ago

opannell01

asked in Transformers

Changes to attributes being used for XML templater

Hi all, I am using FME desktop to publish XMLs out. I'm currently using the XML templater and need to edit one of the attributes that is coming through via a feature reader. The sub template expression looks like this (redacted some lines due to data):<data> <dataid>{fme:get-attribute("dataid")}</dataid></data> There's several other attributes in the XML but I'm not interested in those. Basically what I would like to do is trim the value in that attribute as the attribute has the current format ABCD*00000000001. I only require the numbers in the attribute and only want these written to the final XML output. How do I go about making changes to the XML attributes. I have tried looking at XQueries but not got very far. Many thanks

Issue with FME AR on Android Cellphone

I am having trouble opening fmear data files on my Samsung A32 cell phone following installation of the FME AR app from the Google Play Store.The Samsung A32 is running Android 12 and “Google Play Services for AR” (ARCore) version 1.35.223110433 dated (16/12/2022) is installed. The version of FME AR that has been installed is V1.4.0 (dated 22/08/2022)I have downloaded the tutorial “Creating FMEAR Datasets from 2D CAD Models" – CreatingFMEARFromCAD.zip and put the fmear files onto my cellphone’s SD card under the documents area.Below is a screen shot of the FMEAR app where it is being run using a white piece of paper for clarity as to what I’m seeing on screen is shown below. I’m not seeing anywhere on screen or in the app settings for where the app is to find the fmear files to open and I would be very grateful if someone could help me and point me in the right direction.

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1 year ago

aaronContributor

asked in Transformers

How to trim leading and trailing forward slashes from a string?

I'm trying to use the AttributeTrimmer to trim forward slashes from the beginning and end of a string (e.g. - /SomeText/) but I can't find the correct escape character. Thought it was a backslash. Who knows what I need to use to trim /SomeText/ to SomeText? (FME Desktop 2020.1.2.1 - build 20624). Thanks, Aaron

Is it possible to have live tracking of Employee work progress on tasks in FME?

For example: If one resource is working on Task A, he wants to add comments/updates on work progress, so that the next resource who will picks up that same task is aware that someone is working on Task A and picks up another Task B to work on. (These notes/ comments should be displayed in ESRI Dashboard)

1 year ago

shaun_b

asked in General

Add AHD and ellipsoid CRS to las files

Hi, I'm trying to do two things. Firstly, trying to add GDA 2020 zone 56 Australian Height Datum (AHD) to las files that currently have no projection. Second, trying to add GDA 2020 zone 56 ellipsoid (GRS 1980) height to las files that currently have no projection. I'm able to reproject each las files using the reprojector functions, but this is for the horizontal coordinate systems not vertical height. Is there a way to add AHD and ellipsoid heights to the las files within FME? Thank you for your time

Can a subscription of type httprequest have a target URL that is using HTTPS instead of HTTP?

1 year ago

sunsilk11Contributor

asked in Authoring

Create line between points and closest location on line

Hi, I have a large point dataset and line dataset in ArcGIS. For each point A, I need to 1) create point B on the line which is nearest to the point A. Ensure point is snapped to line2) Generate a line between points A and B I have tried using NeighborFinder, with the line set as the base. However this doesn't create an additional point dataset on the line. Any suggestions

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1 year ago

kelvin.jenkinsContributor

asked in General

Running a BAT file on Desktop & on FME server

Hi All,I've been having a lot of issues trying to get code execution on FME server via System Callers. Been through every forum post about this without success. I've attached a workspace that I'm using to create BAT files and run them with System Caller. SystemCaller 1 and 2 will run on desktop, but not on the server.The server log shows:Failed to Execute `"C:\\ProgramData\\Safe Software\\FME Server\\resources\\system\\temp\\engineresults\\b80d9262-f6b1-4c81-8f97-a505f68c95b2\\TauDEM_Run01.bat"'Failed to Execute `"C:\\ProgramData\\Safe Software\\FME Server\\resources\\system\\temp\\engineresults\\b80d9262-f6b1-4c81-8f97-a505f68c95b2\\TauDEM_Run01.bat" abc'SystemCaller 3 and 4 will fail on desktop and server. At this point i'd be really keen for a workflow that Bypasses the System Caller. I'm really happy with the BAT file being created, but executing it on the FME server is proving way too hard.Maybe a python script that can Call the BAT?

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1 year ago

clairebibby856Participant

asked in General

I am trying to publish a workbench to FME Server that writes to a geodatabase_sde which has 'versioned edit session' selected. I set the connection file to a user parameter, and publish then run, and get error 'writer must be a versioned edit session

Is this a known bug? Is the only way to fix this to upgrade FME Server?

How can I activate incremental license?

We have 14 units of incremental license, but we don't know, how we can use it. Can you tell us if this license requires Flexnet, or should we activate it in another way? Please let me know which solution for this type of license would be appropriate?

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1 year ago

tom_james

asked in Transformers

Use attribute created from one transformer as value for multiple features

FYI - I'm fairly new to FME and would like to start using it much more in our workflows, any help is appreciated. I'm converting a model from Revit to FBX. Where I am transforming the coordinates to a local ENU CS prior to export. I have created a transformation matrix using the Python Caller, where I intend to use the generated coefficients in a 3DAffiner. Manually adding the coefficients into the 3DAffiner works well:Here I simply printed the values of a1-c4 with the first run of the workspace, then pasted these values into the 3DAffiner to produce the FBX file. What I want to do is pass the a1-c4 attribute values from the PythonCaller into the 3DAffiner, as below:Although I recieve an error when doing this:3DAffiner_ecef_local_origin (TeeFactory): 3DAffiner_ecef_local_origin: Unable to convert @Affine parameter A value `<Null>' to a floating point value As you can tell, the issue is because the feature to be transformed by the 3DAffiner doesn't have these attri

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1 year ago

martinkochSupporter

asked in Transformers

Private parameters on linked custom transformers not changed when edited in the custom transformer

I ran into some quirkyness with lined custom transformers today\\Normally, when one has a workspace with a linked custom transformer, and you change the stuff between the input and output ports of that transformer, the next time you run this workspace uses the new functionality. That is when you save the transformer and don't make a new version.The parameters of the linked transformer are not changed. Obviously that goes for the published parameters, you set in the workspace through dropdown menu's etc. on the linked custom transformer, but it also seems to go for the private parameters of the linked transformer.It looks like they are stored in the workspace as wel in some sort of way. When you have changed these during the rework on the Linked transformer, still the old private parameters seem to be used when running the workspace!In my case the private parameters were python-scripted parameters in the linked transformer. I changed the python-scripts. When running the workspac

Httpcaller not a valid browser with API

Hi, Using a standard browser there is no problem using Mapillary API and navigating to: https://www.mapillary.com/connect?client_id=XXXAfter submitting my credentials there is a redirect that gives a code in the url: https://localhost/?code=XXX Using the httpcaller I get a annoying problem that I only get a http status code 200 and a response body saying that I need to use different browser. I am using a web connection that would deal with authentication. Any ideas? The documentation is here:https://www.mapillary.com/developer/api-documentation?locale=en_US#authentication

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1 year ago

abnan0001Contributor

asked in General

ARCGIS ONLINE - Login Issue

Hi I was trying to use ArcGISONLINE Connector transformer to connect my services available within this account and the admin account also.. I was trying to login , after providing the username and password , Fme is reverting back to login page again May i know , what might be the error

1 year ago

rustyContributor

asked in Architecture

Workspace Reader

I have a couple of reasonably complex workspace that I have used the Worskpace reader to extract some data from. I have attached the image below to show where I am currently at. I have all the data but my question is "WHAT NOW", how do I use this data to it's best, and to explain what is going on in the workspace to the average person so it is understandable, and out put in a user friendly format. I thought someone may have some examples of what they did and how they used their data as documentation. I have watched the Video from tensing which was good but it really doesn't explain the how and final documents very well. Thank You.

PointcloudXYZ writer precision

Hello, With help from this community I was able to round the x,y,z coordinates of a pointcloud (see->Rounding IFMEPointCloud XYZ components) and it seems to work when I click on individual points they have 3 digital numbers (=precision). However, when I write them with the Pointcloudxyz writer to a .xyz file the precision is not correct. This topic has been discussed here: https://community.safe.com/s/bridea/a0r4Q00000HbrBDQAZ/point-cloud-writer-support-precision-control. Is there already a solution in place ? I also tried the pointcloudtopointcoercer-> coordinate extractor -> csv writer but the first transformer is already taking a long time to run so it would not be an efficient solution. Thank you!

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1 year ago

bibold

asked in Transformers

FME Server Express Installation - Would there be any issue setting up the System File Share on the D drive while keeping the destination folder as C:\\Program Files...?

On the VM there is a C drive with 80 GB on the C drive and 80 GB on the D drive. Wanting to ensure we don't run into any issues.

1 year ago

erivero

asked in Automation

Set an automation to trigger when a SharePoint folder is updated

I have a workspace that needs to run when there is a new file in a SharePoint folder. Is it possible to set up an automation that would work similar to Network or Resource Directory?

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1 year ago

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