Transformers

Hi,I installed FME 2018 RC1 for testing new transformers.I noticed that FME did crash quite often when I opened a workspace I'm currently working on in FME 2017. But after some attempts FME would finally open the WS and I could modify and run it without any issues.Today I cannot open the workspace at all - I tried more then 10times either using Explorer context menu ("Edit with...."), "Open Workspace" dialog in FME, Drag and Drop WS onto FME canvas.I get the message: FME has stopped working. Close or Debug. No further details why the crash happens. The WS has been saved with FME 2018.I'm able to open the WS with FME 2017 but as it contains new transformers cant be run anymore in there. The WS uses File GeoDB reader and writer.I installed 32bit version. I also installed on second machine but get the same error there as well.Any ideas?Thank you, Rob

We are observing issues while trying to insert the Annotation Text along with the Leader/Dimension lines, into an Annotation Class in a FGDB. The Annotation Text and the Leader/Dimension lines are separate components in source FFS files. The annotations are getting inserted properly but linear features getting inserted with all Null attributes and getting represented as an image in ArcMap. Please suggest.

Hello,I have a quick question. I'm joining lines together based on their nearest point, however not all lines have vertices and as a result the line will not extend. Why is this? I would think there would be a starting and ending node. See image below. (red and blue dots are vertices. Arrow pointing to where vertices do not exist.) Is there a way to add a point to the end/start of a line? Densifier transformer did not seem to work.Thanks,David

I am dealing with TomTom data. I am updating the zip code information from a more reliable source. The reliable zip code source does not contain Left or Right for zipcode, it is instead just polygon boundaries with one zipcode. My issue is trying to figure out which side of the road these boundaries are on (Left or Right) and then applying that result to the TomTom road data as ZipCode_L or R. The images below show a zoomed out shot of my data and a zoomed in shot with the Road circled that this situation would pertain to. Red outlines are the Zip code boundaries and the Lime Green lines are the Roads.

Hi everyone,Two point datasets of drill hole locations are obtained from different sources and are of different age.Both excel tabular datasets read in correctly and use the same projection but do not have a common joining field / key. In some cases a "holename" text string field in each dataset is very close to a string match, but often due to naming convention or case changes will not generate a match.I have added a "source" attribute to each dataset upstream so I can trace the origin.Several versions of spatial joins have been tried using either neighbour finder or point-on-point overlayer to attempt to;1) Identify potential duplicates based on proximity2) If duplicates are identified (and confirmed by eyeball that the holename is similar), check which of the points has the latest age , and use the geometry of the latest in a consolidated single point dataset.Each of the neighbour finder and point on point overlay seem to have pro's and con's in this appl

I'am inspecting a kmz-file. As I do i get an error that reads like this: XML Reader mapped feature # 110000The primitive geometry type 'lines' is not supported by the Collada readerAn error occurred while constructing the geometry with id 'ID150892'A '<vertices>' element was found which did not contain a '<input>' elementA fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsClosing the Collada readerKML: No model data read from referenced file `models/untitled.dae'I am not entirely sure what it means or how to rectify it. The .kmz-file can be read by google earth without any major hickups.   So:What does it mean?How can I fix it?

I want to tile Buffered line feature and after that want to dissolve it. But the tiler tile only the total boundary. And do not provide any features into the tiled box. Need some suggestion.

Hi folks- I have a polyline file (in planar coordinates) and attempting to build a 200ft buffer around each line. Simple, but I am repeatedly getting the error: Cannot write a non-area feature to an area feature class. The bufferer seems to be writing out polygons...fme_geometry is showing polygon. I've tried geometrycoercer, attribute exposer, geometry validator...all successful in saying the polygon geometry is legit. I can even write successfully as a polygon shapefile. But not to a fGDB polygon feature class.

Hello,I'm looking for a way to capitalize the first letter of a string but leave the rest of the string untouched. I have tried the StringCaseChanger, but that didn't seem to yield the result I was looking for. Have Want de Gouden Draak De Gouden Draak het Rijksmuseum Het Rijksmuseum paleis op de Dam Paleis op de DamThanks,Ed

I have a set of polygons which has been clipped at one point in time. I would like to dissolve them back together but only along the path originally used to clip them. I don't want to dissolve all polygons touching each other. My approach so far has been to locate the edges of the polygons I would like to remove and I have marked those in the image below (I have the markings as features). I don't have a common ID on the polygons I would like to dissolve, so I haven't found a way to group the polygons to dissolve them in that way, since one polygon might have more than one marker attached. How can I achieve what I have outlined below?Reference:

Hello, I have several publications in FME Server that are monitoring for incoming emails. The publications are subscribed to different topics. I am making a master log (in SQL) of all incoming emails for all the topics. When I start the monitor for a topic in FME Server, I get this sample JSON notification output:{ "email_publisher_subject": "[this is the subject]", "email_publisher_sent": "Fri Jun 30 14:41:19 EDT 2017", "email_publisher_content_type{1}": "text/html; charset=\\"iso-8859-1\\"", "email_publisher_from": "testemail@gmail.ca", "email_publisher_content_type{0}": "text/plain; charset=\\"iso-8859-1\\"", "ws_topic": "Document_Incoming (EMAIL)", "email_publisher_received": "Fri Jun 30 14:41:32 EDT 2017", "email_publisher_to": "destination_email@gmail.ca", "email_publisher_content{0}": "[

 Pretty simple question here.  I know that you can read zipped shape files by simple changing the extension to .zip in the advanced file browser. However, I tried this with .gz and had no success. Is there another way I can do this?   I’m using FME 2015 32x.     Regards, 

I have a set of dynamically segmented lines, from a dynamic segmentation workspace I set up. The problem is, I have so far over 2 million dynamic segments, and I would like to extract measure values (Beg_measure, and end_measure) for each of these dynamically segmented sections. These dynamic segments are generated by overlaying (using a lineonareaoverlayer) a bunch of environmental data on a set of lines (Rivers, land_types ETC) and the lines are segmented at each point where the data changes. The source linear dataset has measures on them, but I'm having trouble generating the measures for the dynamic segments. Any suggestions or contributions are welcome. Thanks in advance for your help.

Hello,I am new to FME, and I am trying to understand a script made by someone before me. The major issue I have right now, is that the result from an extrusion (originally from shp files) is creating objects with several faces, for both in and out normals :  It looks like this :The process leading me to this looks like this :Of course, I would like to get rid of the inner faces, any ideas on how to do this ?Thanks in advance

Hello,I am working on a workflow that extracts GEO data from an ESRI GEO database to a GEOJson file that has to be imported into Socrata. The issue I encounter is that my (in FME generated) GEOJson file apparently doesn't apply to the GEOJson standards.Checking this file on geojsonlint.com I mostly get errors that features don't follow the right-hand-rule or GEOJson structure errors. (type member required)Importing this GEOJson file into Socrata goes wrong. (But when I import the GEOJson into QGiss and save it again as GEOJson there is no issue importing this into Socrata.) I've been debugging and testing for a while now but can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I can only think about 2 things. Am I using the Orientor correctly?I use the OrientationExtractor to determine the orientation. Then I use a Tester to get only the left-hand-ruled features. With a the Orientor I convert these left-hand-ruled features to right-hand-ruled ones. Settings of the Orientor are: O

I want to encode the polyline format, which I get from Google Maps Directions API.The decoding works according to a specific algorithm:https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/utilities/polylinealgorithmA JavaScript code for that is on this website:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40877840/google-maps-api-draw-a-route-using-points-of-a-polylineHow can I execute this JavaScript Code with JavaScriptCaller in FME 2017 (FME2017.1.2.0)?I have used JavaScript Mode: Node.js (Technology Preview)var fme = require('fme');var fmeobjects = require('fmeobjects');var a = require('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=geometry');// To be executed for each feature.fme.on('feature', (feature) => {    fme.output(feature);});// To be executed after all features// have been received.fme.on('end', () => {    });This error occurs:module.js:471    throw err;    ^Error: Cannot find module 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=geometry'    at Function.Module._resolveFi

Hi, I'm trying to install floating licences on the server with Windows Server 2003. It's too old and FlexLM downloaded from the Safe's webpage doesn't work. Do you have any idea where could I find Flex Server compatible with Win Server 2003? Thanks in advance!

Hi,I created a geodatabase from SQL database. I have to create a workbench that the user will be able to edit the SQL database and apply the changes to the geodatabase by using the workbench. I am trying to detect the differences between SQL table and the related feature class which have the same data, but UpdateDetector, ChangeDetector, or Matcher do not give the correct answer. I also change the lenient geometry matching and treat blank value as different from missing attribute. No difference. What is wrong?

I have a workbench where I am attempting to take data in NAD83CSRS_UTMZone17N and reproject it to NAD83_UTMZone17N using the CSMap Reprojector. I have a installed a grid shift file (.gsb) supplied by a provincial agency in FME Options > Coordinate Systems > NAD83_to_CSRS. However, when I run the workbench I don't get the correct output. I know the transformation is not working as I can do the reprojection in ArcToolbox and my parcels do not shift.I am wondering if there is something else I'm forgetting to do?NAD83_to_CSRS GX_NAME: NAD83_to_CSRS EPSG_NBR: 1843 EPSG_VAR: 1 SRC_DTM: NAD83 TRG_DTM: CSRS DESC_NM: Canadian Spatial Reference System (NAD 1983 CSRS) SOURCE: Service New Brunswick INVERSE: Yes MAX_ITR: 10 CNVRG_VAL: 1e-9 ERROR_VAL: 5e-8 ACCURACY: 1.5 MIN_LNG: -82.5925 MAX_LNG: -54.2675 MIN_LAT: 42.79375 MAX_LAT: 64.75625 METHOD: GRID_INTERP GRID_FILE: NTv2,Inv,V:\\Data\\External_Agencies\\Teranet\\CSRS_GridShiftFile\\ON83CSv1.gsb FALLBACK:

Dear FME community.I've two datasets :Table 1Col1Col2Col3AnullnullnullnullnullABnullABCTable 2Col1Col2AArt of theaterBBlizzardCCute rabbitWhat I want is to transform Table 1 in : Col1Col2Col3Art of theaternullnullnullnullnullArt of theaterBlizzardnullArt of theaterBlizzardCute rabbitI began to use FeatureMerge but it seems to be "heavy artillery" for a little problem.What is the best process for resolve this ?Thank you for your help.

I have 1000 LAZ files and need to create a grid of the extents including the file name attribute. What would be the easiest method do carry this out?

Hi !I have dwg/dng data with elevation so they are 3D polyline or polygons. Those elevation is taken by stereomapping solution. Now i want compare those elevation to airbone lidar data in same area. Any good idea, how to do that ? Buildings footprint should be quite ok, so also roof what i want compare is ok in x,y, but i think that there is some mistake by z.

Hi,What would be the equivalent in FME of the ArcGIS "MergeAggregate" function which allows to merge polygon features based on a specified distance and field values?Thank you

Hi is there a way to get the maximum inside rectangle from a polygon? I need the rectangle with the biggest area. Is there a transformer in FME to do this? Or can anyone give me perhaps the python-code to get this rectangle? thanks for your help

Hello, I try to solve one problem with autocad object data reader, but Im still unsuccessful :-(I have one DWG created in FME through Autocad object data writer and I have to open this DWG in another workspace. If I load DWG via autocad object dat reader in workbench, all features are loaded, but WITHOUT TEXT entities, which are part of the block. If I load the same DWG only in inspector, I can see all features including text entities inside block. Can somebody help me please? Why autocad object data reader in workbench is not able to read text entities of block?I attached also some screenshots.Thank You so much!Lubo