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tbs_gis_team
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tbs_gis_teamParticipant
asked in Transformers
POLYLINE VERTEX ATTRIBUTES

POLYLINE VERTEX ATTRIBUTES

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tbs_gis_team
Participant
11 years ago
sigtill
Contributor
sigtillContributor
asked in Architecture
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or 7?

Have anyone tried FME Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or 7? I see the official supported version is 5.

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
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mike_robertson
asked in Data
FME Server - Microstation v7 and V8 output

Hi all,  We work regularly with both Micsotation versin 7 and V8 formats. We are trying to build a workbench that will allow users to select output format using the Generic Writer.  Since the seed file dictates the microstation version output, we need a means of allowing users to select the output seed file (depending on if they request v7 or V8 output).  Is there a means of publishing the Seedfile parameter in a workbench file to allow the end user to select the file? Is there another method of telling FME what version of Microstation to output?  Thanks, Mike

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
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magdalena_n
asked in Transformers
Unstable Schema Mapper

Hi,    I've used Schema Mapper on a dwg-reader. In the schema mapper i did the simpliest feature mapping. Source to destination feature. It seems like it's very random if it works or not, why is this?    Thank you.

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
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magdalena_n
asked in Transformers
Schema Mapper

Hi,  using the Schema Mapper I would like to add new attributes.  I do have more than one feature in the data set, and would like these to get different new attributes. Say that my feature Lake gets the attribute Depth, and my feature Building gets the attribute Purpose. But Lake dont want to have Purpose as an attribute etc.  I add the attributes in my csv-file. And in the Schema Mapper I use "add new attribute" and choose the columns in which  the name and values are represented. I've only added Purpose on the line where Building is.  Why does my Lake has the attribute Purpose in the end?  Thank you.

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david_r
Influencer
11 years ago
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seanob
asked in Data
Converting MS Excel to Google Maps KML

Hi, I'm new to FME. I have an Excel spreadsheet with X/Y co-ordinates that I want to convert to KML for use in Google Maps. I've managed to do the conversion OK and create the KML but Google Maps won't read it. Google Earth will read the KML OK but I need to display it in Google Maps. Any help would be much appreciated.  SeanOB

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
kimo
Contributor
kimoContributor
asked in Transformers
GRID to DEM with NoData

I have an Esri Raster that is supposed to be an elevation model, but I can't persuade FME to recognize it has Z values with NoData. The water features are nodata and it seems that I cannot get rid of the extremely low values so that it draws as a nice surface. The only DEM example I can find uses a CDED format which is a bit obscure - even if it is from the Home of FME! 

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
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joan_in_danvill
asked in Transformers
Problem with SpatialFilter using intersects

I have a multiple base area that I am trying to use to add attributes to my parcel set.  I am using the intersects selector and it works for most of it, but I keep getting additional parcels selected that do not intersect the base.  Is there a way to get the program to not select these extraneous parcels?  

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C
11 years ago
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steve
asked in Data
ArcSDE Geodatabase Locks

Hello, I'm new to FME and have a workbench that does a dgn to ArcSDE geodatabase (SQL Server)  feature class conversion of points.  I have the "drop table" set to "yes" which I assume deletes all the features in the SDE geodatabase before writing to it.  To that end, when I run the workbench, I get the error below.  I can see that the geodatabase has locks from ArcGIS Server (we have three instances of ArcGIS Servers running).  I would have to manually stop each ArcGIS Server instance before running the workbench to get it to run correctly.  Is there a better way to run the workbench and update the data?  Unable to drop the table/feature class 'Bollard'. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147215875'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {Table is already locked [aoc_gis.GISADMIN.Bollard]} A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details.    Thank you  Steve

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chris_m
Participant
11 years ago
gpt_geoinfo
Contributor
gpt_geoinfoContributor
asked in Data
[SDF3 Writer] Number format not correct - 1e+031

Hi community,  I have a script which translates database content into an SDF3-file. Writer and Reader are dynamically. The Reader gets its schema from the writer. Now I got the effect that numbers with the value "100" are converted into "1e+031" in the SDF3-file. Within the scipt everything works fine. "100" stays "100". All other numbers, too. They are also correct in the SDF3-file. It just concernes the 100's. I already tried to set the attribute again to the value "100" and add an attribute to the Writer with a type 'decimal', without success.  Can anybody help me?

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david_r
Influencer
11 years ago
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crosadio
asked in Transformers
Character encoding issues with domain values ArcGis

Hi, I'd like to know if somebody has been problems reading  specials characters (french language) from a domain values from arcgis. I work with a file geodatabase. FME don't read these caracteres from the domain value but  work fine when I read from a text field.  Any idea?

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
darren
Contributor
darrenContributor
asked in Data
Setting text anchor position in MapInfo Professional

I have built an FME workbench that translates Ordnance Survey's MasterMap Topographic layer into MapInfo Professional TAB format.  Most features translate fine (once you get passed the line style issue with the MapInfoStyler transformer!) but I am having particular issues with the CartographicText feature type.  The GML format that Ordnance Survey provide their product in contains an attribute to set the anchorPosition of the text but I cannot get this to be recognised by MapInfo Professional at all.  I originally thought that using AttributeCreator to set the mapinfo_text_justification might do it but this just sets the justification within a block of text, not the original anchor position.  I'm pretty new to FME so there might well be something I'm missing but after having tried a number of different transformers I'm getting the feeling that it might be a limitation of MapInfo Professional and not FME.  Does anybody have any bright ideas?

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ebygomm
Contributor
11 years ago
philippeb
Supporter
philippebSupporter
asked in Authoring
Save AttributeCreator parameter

I don't think that it is possible right now but with the new AttributeCreator adding the TestFilter and StringConcatenator, It would be cool that we can save our conditional values for an attribute or all of them. I have made a list of filters and concatenate strings into it, but if I would like to reuse it into an other workbench or just to be sure that all the work I have done into this transformer is saved (I have made an invalid test into the AC and all my work was gone after running my workbench! Hopefully i had the undo button!), I would like to have a file that I could select to load all my parameters rapidly. That was my suggestion of the day. Thank you.

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philippeb
Supporter
11 years ago
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pruiter
asked in Data
using xml configuration file

Hi all,  I'm currently working on a project where the customer wants to use an existing configuration xml file, where they can enable / disable custom validations and store some validation properties (such as allowed feature class names).  I'm struggling to find a proper way to do this, can anyone point me in the right direction? 

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P
11 years ago
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michaeld
asked in Transformers
SQL To Execute After Translation syntax problems

Hi all,  I'm trying to run a SQL statement after a translation to execute a stored procedure.  This SQL executes correctly -> EXECUTE EDIGISDB.data_extracts.log_data_extract ('FLUOR') in SQL*Plus however it's erroring in FME with the following message.  2013-04-29 15:29:35| 1.0| 0.0|ERROR |BADNEWS: Execution of statement `EXECUTE EDIGISDB.data_extracts.log_data_extract ('FLUOR')' did not succeed; error was `ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated. We've been trying different syntax none of which seems to work.  Thanks  Micahel Drover 

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M
11 years ago
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sparki
asked in Transformers
Writing to AutoCAD line weight attribute

I am using Workbench 2012, SP3.    I am trying to create a tool, that writes to an AutoCAD DWG file.    I have exposed several formatting attributes and can write to them successfully (autocad_color for instance). However, when I set the value for autocad_lineweight, it is largely ignored.    If I set the value to say 6, 25 or even 199 it is not populated on the output. However, if I set the value to 200, then it is populated. Is there are a set of allowable values?    From the fme definition of this attribute it says that the value is in hundredths of a millimetre.    Regards,    Mark

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S
11 years ago
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jonathanh
asked in Data
LiDAR to RasterDEMGenerator

Hi all,  Today is my second day with FME, so I apologize if my quesrtion is very basic.  I am trying to convert LiDAR (las) to DEM data (esri grid) but am having a problem with the interpolation. Any files that do not have adjacent las files to them - that is they are on the perimeter - interpolate all areas within their tile even if there is no data.   Is there a parameter that limits the distance for interpolation or somehting similar?   Thanks.

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J
11 years ago
fmelizard
Contributor
fmelizardContributor
asked in Authoring
Should Attributes in Parameters be pointers?

I want to ask the community about "expected behaviour" of something.    I use AttributeCreator to create Failed_Reason - it contains a value "1" (number one).    So at this point @Value(Failed_Reason) = 1.    This goes into a customTransformer. The customTransformer has a PublicParameter which points to Failed_Reason as an attribute using the "Attribute" type.    Here's where things get confusing.    Inside the customTransformer, if I use the ParameterFetcher, to return $(Parameter) I get "Failed_Reason" as a text string! Not 1.    I get the same result if I pull it directly into a StringConcatenator for instance.  So $(Parameter) = "Failed_Reason" (utf-8)    On the other hand, if I put the parameter into a 2DPointReplacer, it works.    But it gets worse!  If I place an empty "attributeKeeper" before the 2DPointReplacer (so all attributes are now removed), it stops working. Why? Well, because the attributeKeeper is remov

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takashi
Contributor
11 years ago
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abbyl
asked in Transformers
Splitting large text files

Hi, I am a new FME user and am hoping you can help me. I have river flow data from several gauging stations contained within one text file. I need to split the data based on gauging station - so that the data from each station is contained in its own Access db table. The station number is contained in header information at the start of each chunk of data, but is not within each data row. So I need a transformer to write the data until it finds the next station number, and then start writing to a new destination file and so on until the end of the file. What transformer should I use? Thanks

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A
11 years ago
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iliad1
asked in Architecture
FME Server on Linux64

Hi, are there any plans to increase the number of formats supported on LINUX 64 server ?

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I
11 years ago
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joaarmst
asked in Architecture
Upgrade to FME 2013 Question

Hi There,  I was just wondering can FME Server 2012 run an FME 2013 Desktop Workspace? We have a number of workspaces that we will be upgrading and we are unclear if they will still run with FME Server 2012.  We currently do not have the time to upgrade our server.  Thanks!

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
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amey89
asked in Transformers
FME COORDINATE SYSTEM

HI, HOW TO ADD OUR OWN COORDINATE SYSTEM IN FME?CAUSE MY COUNTRY COORDINATE SYSTEM IS NOT APPEAR AT COORDINATE SYSTEM GALLERY..I HAVE WKT TEXT REPRESENT MY COORDINATE SYSTEM AND I WANT TO ADD IT TO FME COORDINATE SYSTEM GALLERY.THANKS..

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
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amey89
asked in Transformers
FME ANNOTATION EXTRACT

HI FME SPECIALIST, I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT CAD ANNOTATION TO GIS.THE SITUATION IS IN CAD, I HAVE COMBINED LINE FEATURE WITH ANNOTATION IN ONE SINGLE LAYER. THEN, IN GIS I WANT TO EXTRACT IT TO TWO SHP WHICH IS FOR LINE AND FOR ANNOTATION. SO, HOW TO EXTRACT THE ANNOTATION FROM LINE LAYER USING FME?THANKS..

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david_r
Influencer
11 years ago
sigtill
Contributor
sigtillContributor
asked in Transformers
SchemaMapper on FMEServer2012

Annoying issue. Using a local *.CSV file as the input for SchemaMapper. When moving this to FMEServer.    I would be happy to do one of the following:  1. Upload this file and keep it the same for all runs of the workspace (does not work as the "Dynamic path" is different from when the SchemaMapper is run on FME Desktop and it seems this path is hardcoded somewhere)  2. NOT upload the file, but copy the file locally on the server on the same path  'D:\\apps\\FMEServer\\Server\\repository\\xxx\\xxx_schemamapping.csv\\' 2013-04-28 23:53:47|   1.9|  0.0|INFORM|CSV Reader: Done reading CSV files in directory `D:\\apps\\FMEServer\\Server\\repository\\xxx\\xxx_schemamapping.csv\\'   Using FME2012 for the moment, however they are switching to FME2013 in some time. Not sure if it helps anything with this issue?    Also I would say that handing input paths/filenames on FMEDesktop workspaces and then uploading them to FMEServer seems to be quite a challenge.

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
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matthewbrucker
asked in Data
How to Calculate Angle in Degrees From North

I am currently using the NeighborFinder to calculate the distance and direction between two points.  However, angle (direction) is calculated from the x-axis, counter clockwise. Is there an easy way for me to calculate the angle from the y-axis (ie north) clockwise?   Otherwise, I may be stuck doing some fuzzy math to rotate and flip the numbers!  Thanks in advance for any help.   Mattt

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jlmiserez
Contributor
11 years ago

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