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jackyd
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HI,

 

 

I am copying Multipatch features from one file GDB to another, but when i do this they rendered and solid black features when viewed in ESRI

 

 

This

 

 

Instead of this

 

 

 

Any thoughts on what is happening?

 

 

Thanks

 

Jacky

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I understand this is an old topic, but for documentation: Adding the AppearanceRemover solved my problem.

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mark2atsafe
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  • November 18, 2015

Can you read both before and after datasets into the FME Data Inspector, then look at the attributes and geometry in the feature information window? That might give you a clue as to what is different in the output.


gio
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  • November 18, 2015

 

 

Maybe the normals are inverted? in x,y plane?

 


jackyd
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  • November 19, 2015
gio wrote:

 

 

Maybe the normals are inverted? in x,y plane?

 

Thanks for the tip, how do i check the normals?


jackyd
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  • November 20, 2015
mark2atsafe wrote:

Can you read both before and after datasets into the FME Data Inspector, then look at the attributes and geometry in the feature information window? That might give you a clue as to what is different in the output.

Thanks Mark,

I have had a good look and cannot see any differences between the features.


mark2atsafe
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  • November 20, 2015
jackyd wrote:

Thanks Mark,

I have had a good look and cannot see any differences between the features.

Then I'd suggest sending that into the support team (safe.com/support) including the data and workspace and asking them for assistance. There must be some difference but I'm afraid I don't know off hand what it could be.


mark2atsafe
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  • November 20, 2015
jackyd wrote:

Thanks for the tip, how do i check the normals?

Oh, try the GeometryValidator - it might be able to detect bad normals or missing texture coordinates. Not certain it will help, but worth checking it out.


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  • February 9, 2016

I'm sorry to say that I don't have an answer to this problem, instead I have the exact same problem. The output between geodatabases (file, personal, and sde) are pitch black multipatches (that stay black even after exporting to other formats like Sketchup). Running the GeometryValidator does not fix the data. Writing to shape-format works, however... Where you able to find a solution for this, or did you figure out what the problem is @jackyd?


nielsgerrits
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  • November 5, 2019

I understand this is an old topic, but for documentation: Adding the AppearanceRemover solved my problem.


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  • April 20, 2022
nielsgerrits wrote:

I understand this is an old topic, but for documentation: Adding the AppearanceRemover solved my problem.

That solved my problem with the black multipatches


nielsgerrits
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bgeorges wrote:

That solved my problem with the black multipatches

:)


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You provide some interesting knowledge. It helps me alot.Thanks for giving this information.


  • September 5, 2023
bgeorges wrote:

That solved my problem with the black multipatches

This works for me


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