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gg
asked in Transformers
3D Data validation by using FME

Hi All,  We are in the process of procurment of FME software for validating 3D data, (validating tools for finding errors like gaps, flipped surfaces, box-in-box, in correct geometry etc.,).Could you please suggest which edition of FME will fulfill our requirements.

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
S
steve
asked in Transformers
Extract select characters from string

We have a workbench with close to 50 transformers that do a .dgn to GIS ETL.  The ETL creates building room polygons in GIS with a unique id for each room.  Part of the workbench extracts text(the unique id) from a dgn level.  Some of the text on this level is preceeded by a room type (stairs_202M).  My question is, which transformer should I use to select a subset of text like this.  So for the example above, I would search for text that contains "stairs" and then which transformer would I use to just extract the "202M" and leave out the "stairs_".  A tranformer that would either replace "stairs_" with a blank or would omit the first 7 characters (stairs_)?  Thank you

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takashi
Contributor
11 years ago
J
jac007
asked in Data
Selecting an existing AOI from an ESRI file geodatabase as a source parameter.

How can I publish a feature class in an ESRI file geodatabase as a source parameter rather than just the file geodatabase to use as an AOI?  I am using FME to create contours from DTED using an existing AOI as my CLIP. However the exisiting AOI will not always come from the same feature class or even database. So I need the user to be able to select both the source database and/or feature class within it.

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davideagle
Contributor
11 years ago
fmelizard
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fmelizardContributor
asked in Data
GeoTIFF for GeoServer

I want to create an inner tiled GeoTiff with internal Overlays for use with GeoServer. I know FME can do the inner tiling, but can it do the internal overlays too and if so, how? Thanks

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
mhab
Contributor
mhabContributor
asked in Data
FME-Server/Engine: Output directory

Hello  If I run a workspace on FME Server through an FME-Engine, and - if this workspace writes some output, - and the output is specified without a path     e.g. write DXF to "test" ...  --> then the output is written to the FME-Server Repository directory, which is NOT where I prefer to get the result.  Is there a way to specify the working dir for the engine at runtime, like with a parameter ?  I found FME_WORKING_DIR in the engine configuration, but it seems to be static.  Thanks for any advice Michael

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
V
vision
asked in Authoring
FME Server - Email Content Template variables?

Apologies if this has been asked before, I have tried searching Google/FMEPedia for it, with no luck.    I'm having trouble getting the "request" string in our emails sent from FME Server 2012.  Our previous FME Server 2010 emails - used the variable %request% - however I'm having no luck using } Below is what I have for our current "success" template: <fmeblock>Your FME translation (job ID {id}) has succeeded. Click on the link below to download the result:

{urlPrefix}{ResultRootDir}/{@getFileName(@zip(OutputLocation))}

</fmeblock><fmeblock>INFO: FME Request Parameters

 : This download file will only be available for 7 days, then it will be deleted.

</fmeblock> <fmeblock>Time Started: {timeStarted} 

Time Finished: {timeFinished}</fmeblock>    Which results in this: Your FME translation (job ID 306) has succeeded. Click on the link

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V
11 years ago
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timst_rk
asked in Data
Difference in Oracle non-spatial reader and a joiner

Hi,  I have problem with the joiner-transformer. When joining tables from an Oracle database all unicode characters are not handled correct. Ex æøåÆØÅ.  But if I create another reader-import-type with the same table it handles the unicode characters correct.  Is there a setting on the joiner-transformer that i have missed? Or is it a bug?  (I'm using fme 2012SP4 right now but the problem was also present the previous version I used. I think it was v2010.)  /Tim

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
tino
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tinoContributor
asked in Integration
FME Pluginbuilder Function C++

Hi,  has anyone ever tried to build a FME function with C++ and using MinGW (gcc 4.7.2) instead of VS as compiler?  This is how far i got with the included CenterOfMass sample: - DevC++ builds the CenterOfMass_func.dll and can link it. I only had to add on additional header file (sdtlib.h) to make size_t available. - FME recognizes the dll and loads it, i see the statement about the correct API version in the log - i can do cout outputs i both the createFunction- and destroyFunction, so FME has loaded the module and does use both. - it does not seem FME enters the execute function at all. I've put a cout in the first line but it does not get printed - I've tried using the function with both FMEFunctionCaller and CenterOfMass transformer  I've not succeded to get GDB working correctly and placing break points in the code, so for now i'v just doing printing those debug statements.  Any C++ experts out here? And yeah, i know there is a free VS edition and most likely the s

326
takashi
Contributor
11 years ago
P
pals
asked in Data
FME2010 SP4 and ESRI ArcGIS licensing problem

Hi, I have runned into some strange behaviour with FME Desktop and ArcGIS.  My ArcGIS licences are 1 ArcInfo, 15 ArcEditor and 15 ArcView hosted on a license server.  Under Citrix I set the variable ESRI_SOFTWARE_CLASS=Viewer as a default environment variable. This works fine, and for example a "double-click" on a MXD icon will launch ArcView. Given this as the default behaviour I provide users with separate startup icons for ArcEditor and ArcInfo (ESRI_SOFTWARE_CLASS=Editor or Professional respectively).  But, when I launch FME and start an ETL-workflow which requires an ArcGIS license, then FME try to launch ArcInfo. Seems like ESRI_SOFTWARE_CLASS=Viewer (i.e ArcView) is not honoured by FME.  The same seems to be the case for local installs. FME honours license settings from the ArcGIS Administrator and not what i set by ESRI_SOFTWARE_CLASS.  Anyone knows a way to force a specific ArcGIS licensetype to be used by FME?  best Pål Herman Oslo, Norway  

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
maremare
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maremareContributor
asked in Transformers
Gedatabase Version

Please help, How can I create a Geodatabase in Workbench, if I have the computer installed ArcGIS 10 and Fme12, considering that in the Help says that I  need to have ArcGIS 9 version.?  Another question, how can I save Workbench that I did in Version FME 2012 at downgrade FME2010 example? Is this possible?

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maremare
Contributor
11 years ago
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rob1980
asked in Data
Specifying SQLNET.ORA file

Hi!  Has anyone ever had the need to specify which sqlnet.ora file FME uses?  Unfortunately, I need to use 2 different ones to access various Oracle databases and FME does not like the one I use mainly.  I have tried hacking about with both version to merge them but then I have FME not working or TOAD not working, or in some cases neither!  Any suggestions would be great as I am fed up having to keep swapping over :(

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R
11 years ago
H
hpras
asked in Data
FME Desktop 32bit and 64bit on the same machine

Can I have 32bit and 64bit versions of FME Desktop on the same machine.  I need to use some of the datatypes for some projects, but need >4GB memory space for tothers.  Thanks H

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mhab
Contributor
11 years ago
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bruce
asked in Transformers
Attribute Filter

Something silly, I know, but has me stumped ...  I have a dataset with fishing activities, which I want to filter according to the FishingType, and Species caught  I'm going to run two sequential Attribute Filters e.g. FishingType = 1 and Species = scallops  I import the possible attribute values for each of the attributes, I have 10 FishingTypes and 20 species ....  But I'm getting no attributes being filtered on the FishingType - they all go through the UnFiltered port  Species works no problem ....  Can you filter by a "decimal" Attribute Type or does it have to be a character$   ?  Thanks,  Bruce

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B
11 years ago
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jharpster
asked in Transformers
XMLTemplater

Hi All,  I'm trying to use the XMLTemplater to create an XML doc from database table. I'm trying to generate the template using an XSD that I know is valid.  Workbench keeps choking on specific elements I suspect because there is an 'xsd:import' pointing to a remote document. Does anyone have any experiene with this?  Thanks!

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
V
vic
asked in Integration
FME Server .Net API

Does anyone have a handy example of programmatically setting a workbench to run at a scheduled time on FME server. The code to submit the workbench to begin with would be nice too.  Thanks! Vic

112
davideagle
Contributor
11 years ago
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unwantedstray
asked in Data
FME and clipping ECWs

Has anyone tried to clip an ECW using a shapefile? For some reason the clipper does not respond to the ecw format the same as it does for others. Having the ouput routed to the viewer shows a clipped image. However, when you open the output file again in either the view or in another program the file is back to its original shape.  If i do the same process in arcCatalog, (extract by mask) it works, but it is very slow and requires a few other processes to extract the data afterwards to make it usable.

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davideagle
Contributor
11 years ago
M
mfantin
asked in Transformers
Schema Mapper bug?

Dear all,  I'm wondering if I have misunderstood the SchemaMapper transformer of if it has a bug.  I'm using it to map any attribute names in a list to another name. However, the Schema Mapper creates every single attribute in this mapping list.... Which I don't want. I just want a mapping.  The FME Desktop version I use is 2012 SP4 Build 12266 for WIN32 and the Action I selected in the transformer is 'Map Attributes'.  The following seems to indicate that it is not supposed to create new attributes:  " when FME finds an attribute whose name is defined in the SourceAttribute column of my CSV file, then it renames it to the name in the corresponding DestinationAttribute column. In this example. if FME finds an attribute called “class” then it gets renamed to “Klasse”" (http://evangelism.safe.com/fmeevangelist41/)  Thanks in advance,  Maryse

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M
11 years ago
M
marco_soave
asked in Transformers
Obtain Lod2 building starting from lod1

Hello all, I'm doing some enrichment on the cityGml automatically generated model of my city for a european proj called I-scope. At this moment I have only buildings geometries and i'm trying to texturize the model. I encountered some problems, expecially for Lod1 Building: I found the way to distinguish between flat and vertical features after a deaggregator and to rewrite the model as composed only of Lod2 buidings with separated surfaces. What I want to do now is to recognize the roofsurfaces(flat) from the ground surfaces. I tried a lot of possible transfomer but not encountered yet the way to compare the surfaces in an appropiate way. I need a way to find the max Z value between features with the same parentID an to split the output in ground and roof surfaces.                 Sorry for my bad english and thanks in advance, Marco  

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M
11 years ago
T
tjapsen
asked in Transformers
Identifying long, narrow polygons with FME

I'm not an FME wiz so I tought I'd ask you guys:  I have extracted a number of holes in a layer of agriculture fields to find barrows (round features) that are located in the fields. But the layer also includes irrication canals. Is there any way that I can identify these long, narrow features so that I can delete them? They have more or less the same area as the barrows.    Do you have any tips?

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takashi
Contributor
11 years ago
B
bmac
asked in Authoring
looping attributes - create features

Hi, I want to create a point for each species row 11, need create 3 points with the column name as an attribute   NB the source data has approx 50 columns        OBJECTID * SHAPE * WPT East North Date Azolla_filiculoides Blechnum_minus Carex_breviculmis Carex_geminata Carex_maorica Carex_ressectans Carex_secta Carmichaelia_corrugata Centella_uniflora Cheilanthes_sieberi Cordyline_australis Crassula_colligata_subsp_colligata Dichondra_repens 1 Point 26 2461536 5747297 4/12/2012                           2 Point 27 2461489 5747326 4/12/2012     x                   x 3 Point 28 2461468 5747298 4/12/2012               x           4 Point 29 2461491 5747229 4/12/2012

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moberdries
Contributor
11 years ago
A
amit
asked in Transformers
Plotting points along linestrings at variable intervals

Hi,  I'm trying to replicate a function in ArcGIS (Make Route Event Layer) in FME.  I have a series of polylines in a shape file, each with a unique identifying code, (e.g. DH, CL, etc.).  I have a spreadsheet with a list of features I want to show as points along the line strings as defined by a meterage value from the start of the line,   e.g. Identifier (DH) & Meterage (15) - I want the dot to the plotted (with the relevant attributes) 15m along the line from the start of the line DH.  I can see transformers that plot points and split lines but only at specific intervals, not at attribute specified intervals.  Thanks.  Amit  

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A
11 years ago
K
katy
asked in Transformers
Intersector

Hello,  I need a transform that dish points to where a line intersects a polygon. I have entered Résaux road and a municipality. J'besoin the intersection. What trasformer can do this please? (FME 2010 FGDB and / or. SHP as the format.)

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C
11 years ago
A
alfauske
asked in Transformers
Published parameters - prompt user during runtime

Hi!  Is there a way to use published parameters to prompt a user for input values during runtime?  In the workspace I have some attribute values from the reader (GDB) that has to be changed manually. I want to use a tester, where features going through the Failed port will be displayed for the user, be able to change them and then continue to run the workspace.  There are probably other ways around this, but my experience with FME is limited.   Any suggestions on how this could be done?

134
sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
J
jopie
asked in Data
How to read .xyz file and write points (x,y) with text z-value etc.

I'm trying with the workbench to create a new file.  I want to read a .xyz file. And want to write to a other file (shp, dwg or oracle spatial etc.) and use it in a GIS system.  There are many points (to many) i want to display those points on a distance of 100meters and only inside our city borders. Result must be all points (raster 100m) with a text z-value in our city  I h've: .xyz file and an oracle spatial of our cityborders  It's clear , i'm a beginner can someone put me on the road to solve this question?  greatings,  jopie

9015
sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
2
2003_yeti
asked in Data
Write Source Pathname to SHP file Attribute

Hi....I need to figure out how to write the source path name of a file to the attribute table of a SHP file. I wanto to do this to generate field hyperlinks in the SHP file.....I can expose the format attribute "fme_basename" to get the filename, but I need to write the entire path out.....can anyone point me in the right direction.....Thanks....Scott

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago

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