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Importing a big dataset of Collada files to Workspace


Hi all,

 

I would need your advice. I have a lot of Collada files (more than 40000 files)  and I want to import them to FME in order to add them some attributes and export them again to Collada. What is the easiest way to do that? I tried with add directories, but it didn't work.  Or what is the easiest way to conect mulitple readers with transformer. Thank you for your advice in advance!
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fmelizard
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  • Safer
  • February 20, 2014
Hi,

 

 

The easiest way to connect multiple workspace features (transformers and feature types) is to use the Feature Types Connections window. You can open it via the View menu > Windows > Feature Types Connections.

  • Author
  • February 20, 2014
Hej Italy, thank you for your answer. This is a feature that I was looking for. :) Do you advise me that I can import all 20000 collada files into one project, or what would be your approach? 

fmelizard
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  • Safer
  • February 20, 2014
Hi Slon,

 

 

Have you tried the advanced brouwser options?

 

http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Workbench/Default.htm#Merging_Similar_Datasets.htm

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  • February 20, 2014

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  • February 20, 2014
Hej Italy, I think I my case that is not an option since I cannot open Edit Paramter (or maybe I cannot see that)

fmelizard
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  • Safer
  • February 20, 2014

 

It should be possible, you can select it from within the ws (source collada files parameter) or  with a new reader as shown above.

fmelizard
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  • Safer
  • February 20, 2014
forgot to mention you better use the single merged feature type option.

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  • February 20, 2014
Thank you so much, that was really great help. One more question out of the topic - when i do the following workflow (pictures below) - it is quite strange that I have so many more outputs than Collada inputs after using PointOnAreaOverlay - it there some trick that it will overlay better? Because also when I check on the ispector the attribute table is really unorganized. and not clear. 

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  • February 20, 2014
And thank you again! :)

fmelizard
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  • Safer
  • February 20, 2014
Glad I could help.

 

According to the documentation "Aggregates are not supported by this transformer."

 

I am no expert on Collada files, but I think they are most probably aggregates, have you tried de-aggregating before the overlayer?

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  • February 20, 2014
Hmm, it seems that doesn't effect anything - I get the same amount of the outputs if I use Deaggregator or not. And the inspector table is also the same.

takashi
Celebrity
  • February 21, 2014
Hi,

 

 

It seems that you have specified "YES" to "Areas First" parameter of the PointOnAreaOverlayer. The help documentation says "If Areas First is set to Yes, then the PointOnAreaOverlayer assumes that all AREA features will enter the transformer before any POINT features. ... Any further AREA features that arrive after the first POINT feature will be logged with a warning and discarded."

 

Did you get the warning?

 

 

I wasn't able to find something other than it from your screenshots.

 

How about checking via the Inspector whether Areas and Points were created correctly?

 

 

Takashi

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  • February 21, 2014
Hi Takashi, thank you for your answer. I didn't get the warrning, I think here is not the issue. I checked the area with teh inspectore and it looks like this:

 

 

Maybe is really problem with the geometry...

takashi
Celebrity
  • February 21, 2014
I'm not sure what the problem on the polygons is...

  • Author
  • February 21, 2014
Hi Takashi, thank you anyway! 

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