Hi Guys,
an easy one for you, but I'm still learning and i haven't found an article yet.
One writer in my workbench should be inserted in an existing dwg file.
How or with which params i can do that? (i dont find one)
Greetz and cheers
Franco
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write/insert a layer in an existing dwg file
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Hi Franco, I don't think it's possible to insert a layer into an existing dwg file, since the dwg format doesn't support Feature Operations unfortunately.
+59- Safer
Hi Franco,
You can't exactly add data to an existing file. But... in the parameters set that file as a template and Preserve Template File Model Space Data = Yes, and then you will get a new file but it will have the existing and new data merged.
Here, for example, I add a layer of parks to a dataset of traffic signals already in DWG:
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Hi Takashi,
Hi Mark,
i have an autocad file with cadastre and areas with numbers.....
as an result of my workbench certain numbers should get symbols (circles-should be a new layer)
is this the only way it function to write it in a new dwg and set this as a xref file?
Greetz and Cheers
Franco
+15- Contributor
You can use the DWG styler on the data prior to writing it.
If the symbols are existing ones, just refer to them. If not create them and the create reference.
As i understand it you want to symbolise existing data according to outcome of workbench, rather then actually adding a new layer?
+11- Contributor
Hi Gio,
not exactly
i want put a circle (new symbol, new layer) around existing data (numbers) according to outcome of workbench...to write a new dwg with this symbols i have already the workbench for this, but my question was if i could write this result (circles) in the same dwg (either i have defined the layer or not), because to have only the circles in a xref would be not so well.
Greetz
Franco
+22- Safer
Hi Gio,
not exactly
i want put a circle (new symbol, new layer) around existing data (numbers) according to outcome of workbench...to write a new dwg with this symbols i have already the workbench for this, but my question was if i could write this result (circles) in the same dwg (either i have defined the layer or not), because to have only the circles in a xref would be not so well.
Greetz
Franco
You could also set up a translation from DWG->DWG -- then read the data and write it all out to a new DWG. So long as there are no complex blocks etc, it should work. Use the original DWG as the template file of the output DWG as well, but this time, not with preserving the original models. Then you can easily test and introduce new entities in the FME Workspace, such as you needed above.
+6Hi Franco,
You can't exactly add data to an existing file. But... in the parameters set that file as a template and Preserve Template File Model Space Data = Yes, and then you will get a new file but it will have the existing and new data merged.
Here, for example, I add a layer of parks to a dataset of traffic signals already in DWG: