Transformers

The Extruder's error I recently used the Extruder to process the floor plan and expect to be able to stretch it into a 3D building model, but I have encountered many problems. In the process, I used 3dsMax to generate the same model at the same time, and compared it with the model generated by Fme. I used Fme Inspster and VS Code to view the Fbx model and compare them. I got some of the following points and discussed them together. 1, The Location Is Wrong When viewing the model with FME Inspster, the model's position is correct. However, when using VSCode's 3D Viewer for VSCode module for single display, the position of the model is tilted and inconsistent with the position of the origin!I judge that there are two parameters "Geometry Instance Local Origin" and "Geometry Instance Matrix" missing! Because from the Fbx file generated by 3dsMax, both parameters are valued and the location is correct.My question is, why does FME not calculate the attribute

I am brand new to FME. I have a schema that i need to compare field collected data to to verify that all the attributes are there and are valid data types.Schema:XSLX of field data:Thanks! John

Hi,I have developed a workbench to process some spreadsheet information (as you would). There are no Python callers, system callers or startup/shutdown scripts in the workbench, and never have been. Opens excels, writes excels.At some point this morning it suddenly decided that when it is run, it deletes all files (not folders) within the folder it is being run from, including itself (as it is open I can hit save after it runs).I cannot think of anything that should be causing this unexpected behaviour. Has anyone seen anything like this before?FME 2018.1.0.3 Build 18552 - WIN64 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 64bit.Regards John

Hello,I would like to know if there is a syntax in the XML reader “Elements to exclude” option for excluding a node when it has a specific attribute value. For instance I would like to skip reading all nodes "complexAttribute" which have an attributeType equal to "TTOM-Name:Name.Body" such as in this example node:<complexAttribute attributeId="ee823867-532f-4fca-83ad-6dd9f8df7524" attributeType="TTOM-Name:Name.Body">…</complexAttribute> Such nodes could be present at different levels inside the XML. If these are skipped (because they contribute for a significant part of the XML volume and are not necessary for my process), then it will be easier for me to flatten the XML structure using a series of ListExploders for the remaining nodes.Thanks for your hints!Olivier

Hi, I wish to model railway and road surfaces by draping 2d polygons of their extents over a 3d point cloud and then make the surface completely smooth in order to generate straight contours. The first part is no problem, I have created a workbench that drapes the polygons, but I'm struggling to think of a way to achieve making the surface smooth?The railway surface will be completely flat only sloping up and down length-ways but the roads will likely be at a slight angle. I'm thinking that there isn't a surface transformer that can accomplish this? And perhaps the best way would be to treat the 3d points that are within the polygons somehow? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

It appears that the extra vertex tolerance parameter is not used unless lenient geometry matching is set to yes. I'd like to match lines considering the direction but allowing for additional vertices within 0.05m of the line but it doesn't appear that there is a straightforward option for this? I can extract the start coordinate and use that as an attribute in the matcher with lenient geometry turned on, but that removes the possibility of any tolerance at the start points.Should Extra Vertex tolerance only be available if Lenient Geometry matching is turned on?

Hi,I have a Geoserver time enabled WMS that's been created using the Imagemosaic plugin. The only way add and remove granules is to use the Geoserver API.  httpcaller works great for a GET request to list the granules but I'm having issues structuring the httpcaller to use POST to Harvest a single granule into the imagemosaic.Anyone done something similar and know how this could be achieved?Many thanks! 

Hi, my workbench use the Spatialfilter to detect if features from ESRI Geodatabase are inside a polygon.  Candidate: 10 featureclasses (diffrent geometry) from ESRI Geodatebase Filter: 1 Polygon from File-Geodatebase.  With FME 2016.1.3 and Windows Server 2008 the workbench works fine. Now I have switched operating yystem to Windows Server 2016 and FME Desktop to 2018.1. And now I have the problem that the SpatialFilter only works if I run the workbench in the FME application. If I use a script to start the workbench via par-file no feature will pass against the filter.  Kind regardsStefan

Hi, I have 2 inputs(shp) using it in AreaOnAreaOverlay transformer where I want to have output from both the readers but, it is always coming from either of them. Is it about which transformer is connected first to the transformer or added first or something else. I am not getting it the right way. Need expertise!

I probably found a discrepancy in the StringReplacer but would like to check.In the Attributes field not only Attributes but also User Parameters are selectable. Nothing seems to happen, and I think this is correct behaviour, or am I missing something?Checked in Workbench 2018.1.1.0

@takashiHello there I have a table with the configuration bellow attribute name: fme_feature_type_name represent the parent and the attribute: name is the child, we wantto write to have an XML each parent with its childwhen I use the template I am getting all features attributes name repeated for each parent namei am sure I am missing something in the root or sub configuration   

I have a pointcloud dataset of 1.8 billion points and I am filtering on a single component value. The pointcloudfiltering is taking 15 minutes and not blowing out CPU/Memory or IOPS, so it could be faster. However, the pointcloudfilter doesn't have ability to go parallel. Does anyone have an idea of how to make that run quicker...?I also tested making the componenet spatial and then using a clip on the point cloud, but it seemed to be slightly slower in a couple of tests I ran.

Hi, I am trying to convert a JP2 file into a GeoTiff file, but the pixels of the resulting image have different values from the original one. I got a warning that says "Set the Photometric Interpretation as MINISBLACK", but after doing that, the results remains the same, that is, different pixel values.Why?

I am trying to utilize a file share within a workbench and establish a network based resource connection on FME Server through the web ui but receiving errors that we have been unable to diagnose. In both uses, the error states "Folder not found" and the location is being referenced by unc path (e.g. \\\\server-name\\folder). The folder in question contains a space, so I have attempted using single quotes and url encoding the unc path with no success. We currently use other file shares within FME Server, and have granted the computers credential (e.g. mango$) read/write access to those resources with success. From the system that runs FME Server, I can verify that other users can access the file share in question, so there doesn't appear to be a firewall issue or other connection related issue. Any help would be appreciated in resolving this issue.We are currently on FME Server 2017.0.0.1

Hi, If I have records like this:A,BA,CD,BB,Abut I want the records sorted so A,BA,CB,DA,Bso I end up with duplciates is this possible the nearest thing I could find was "StringElementDuplicateRemover" but this removes string information?cheers

Hello -I just downloaded the ESRI Utility Network migration sample from www.esriurl.com/gasmigration and tried to run the workbench. I received the error:This FME edition does not recognize the `SchemaMappingFactory' factory. Please ensure that the current platform supports this factory, the factory name is spelled correctly, and that you have installed all required plug-insSo my question is, what FME edition *is* required to run this sample?Thanks,Ed

Hi FME'ers, I have a table containing weather forecast data every 3 hours over a 24 hour period. The time value is recorded in minutes past midnight, e.g. 180, 360, 540 etc. This table is updated at midnight and filtered to only records where the chance of precipitations is greater the 20%. I would like to aggregate these records where they occur consecutively with a start and end date E.g. If rain is forecast for a continuous 9 hour then for 3 hours that would be aggregated into two recordThanks,

Hi, I'm trying to convert DWG to IFC and have figured the first part but the output doesn't seem to work as I only end up with a 2kb empty file. Can anyone help? It would be great to see a step-by-step as I'm new to the software.Thanks!!

Hello all FME User's,I have some lines features and is necessary to change the rotation.Lines Original What is necessary:Attached the FFS files - Thanks,Danilo 

I have a esri feature class, and one of the columns (populations) contains values in different formats, all in text (1234 | 1,234 | 123 txt | 12 txt. 34 | <Null>).I want all the values in a new integer field. Is there anyone who can help me to get rid of the text and (1234).

Just a confirmation on FME specifications.Does FME support "ZIP64" (allowing to create larger than 4GB archive) on every 64-bit platform - Windows, Linux and MacOS - for writing features into a destination archive?

Hi, I'm trying to put a coloured dot in the middle of a map chip, see the attached, the workspace finds the map chip image has something wrong with pallettes. Anyone got a hint? Thanks.

Anyone have any ideas on how to continue around this? When I have downloaded the file myself, it seems that I can unzip it and open it just fine in like notepad++, but FME is having issues... In the past this occasionally happened, but it still ran successfully 1 out of 8 or 9 times, but it has been throwing errors the past 3 days. Need to get this resolved ASAP :)XML Parser error: 'Error in input dataset:'www.WEBURL OF XML FILE.xml' line:1 column:15 message:exceeded byte limit at byte 'ý' in a 6-byte sequence'The XML Module halted on error, see the logfile for details  Also have been getting similar errors likeXML Parser error: 'Error in input dataset:'www.WEBURL OF XML FILE.xml' line:1 column:15 message:invalid byte '‰' at position 1 of a 1-byte sequence'

Hello I have a shapefile that contains a lot of polygons of buildings. I have information about the height of the building, but also the elevation of the base and roof (DTM) is present within the attribute table. Nowadays I use 'Extruder' to make a 3D model of my data (taking the height of the building as height), but that does not show the elevation differences of the bases of buildings. Is it possible to also take into account the elevation differences (so the base of the building differs)?  Thank you

Hi - I have a simple job that copies three spatial layers to one folder and three associated information PDF files to another folder. It all gets combined in a zip file for the user to download via an e-mailed link.I run this job on FME server 2012 and I get:Important\\nsw-dept-of-industry-exploration-and-mining-title-applications-dqs-16-06-16.pdfImportant\\nsw-dept-of-industry-exploration-and-mining-titles-dqs-16-06-2016.pdfImportant\\nsw-doi-exploration-and-mining-title-applications-metadata-05-09-16.pdfImportant\\nsw-doi-exploration-and-mining-titles-metadata-05-09-16.pdfGSNSWDataset\\MapUnits.dbfGSNSWDataset\\MapUnits.prjGSNSWDataset\\MapUnits.shpGSNSWDataset\\MapUnits.shxGSNSWDataset\\TitlesCurrent.dbfGSNSWDataset\\TitlesCurrent.prjGSNSWDataset\\TitlesCurrent.shpGSNSWDataset\\TitlesCurrent.shx But the same job, upgraded and run on FME Server 2018.1 now includes the writer names in the paths of the zip files:FILECOPY_1\\Important\\nsw-dept-of-industry-exploration-and-mining-title-a