Hello FMEers, Thank you very much for your interest and support of FME and Safe Software in Y2K. It was a very busy year for Safe and for FME, and for this...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 2, 2001 6:29 am
2619
... How about at least a factory named "HAL(9k)" that won't do what you tell it to. ... bobb P.S. Thanks to Safe for some great products. http://64.33.167.222/...
rlb
bob.basques@...
Jan 2, 2001 6:43 am
2620
Hi All, I have been using the command line to generate a mapping file to convert from MapInfo to Microstation IGDS, and then to translate a whole heap of files...
Kathryn Esnouf
Kathryn.Esnouf@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:42 am
2621
Problem with Command Line Batch GenerateKathryn, You have to declare also the seed file in your batch command line. you have to put the section ...
Axel Axmann
axel@...
Jan 3, 2001 3:53 pm
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Hi, I am converting a MapInfo .tab file with points to a Shape file. My problem is that the input (.tab) file has a number of different symbols associated...
Bob Regier
bregier@...
Jan 3, 2001 5:52 pm
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Dale The posting you linked me to says that the ROT_X, _Y, _Z values have to be given in "seconds of arc". Which units are meant here? Can you please explain...
Axel Axmann
axel@...
Jan 3, 2001 5:52 pm
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Hello All, The issue Amanda raises here is worth an explanation that any of you working with DGN files will want to know (if you don't use DGN, don't bother...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:39 pm
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Hi All, Again, this note is only of interest to those of you doing DGN work. There are some users out there doing DGN->DGN translation for the purpose of doing...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:51 pm
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FME Users, I think I read somewhere that FME will support conversion to and from GeoMedia Access format. Can anyone tell me if that is true and if so when ...
Ben Lewis
benlewis1@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:51 pm
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Hi Ben, Actually, GeoMedia Access Warehouse support is in the latest FME beta! See this posting: http://www.mail-archive.com/fme@egroups.com/msg02577.html for...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:01 pm
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I am using the latest build with the GeoMedia reader. In the Access file, I have only 471 features, however, when I export to an .E00 file I come up with 592....
Chris Etherton
cetherto@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:01 pm
2629
Hi, We'd need to see your access warehouse to be sure, but I'm guessing there are some multi-part linear features in your warehouse. When FME reads these, we...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:04 pm
2630
I am trying to use PointonAeraOverlayer with a dgn file that I want to convert in Mapinfo Tab file. The input file contain shape element on a layer and...
Yvan Gaudreau
yvan.gaudreau@...
Jan 3, 2001 8:01 pm
2631
Hi Yvan, Looks like you must only have the desktop edition of FME. The OverlayFactory, which is the Overlayers in workbench use, is only in the Professional or...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 3, 2001 8:15 pm
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Hello All, This change is significant enough to a few classes of users that I thought I'd post a summary here. The issue is around complex elements in DGN...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 3, 2001 8:18 pm
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Hi Axel, Your understanding is correct. Dale ... Dale Lutz Safe Software Inc. dal@... VP Development Surrey, BC,...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 4, 2001 12:14 am
2634
Hi Amanda, As of build 466 of FME, the issue with multi-text in cell definitions has been resolved and so you should have no problems with cells that have this...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 4, 2001 12:54 am
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hi, dale! i will send you later on the example you have asked for (joining geometry and attributes from 2 source tables). but at the moment i have some...
Karim ELHANAFI
karim.elhanafi@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:51 pm
2636
Where can I download the 466 build...
Yvan Gaudreau
yvan.gaudreau@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:52 pm
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Hi, Following mappingfile creates one .e00 file and its info files (.BND, .TIC and .PAT). The attributes stored in the .PAT file are NDEID, XCOORD, YCOORD and ...
jan.lacluyse@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:52 pm
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I believe the problem resides with MicroSoft. I got around it by putting FME in a folder directly under the Root. "D:\FME" the problem is with the space in...
Dave Laxton
laxtond@...
Jan 4, 2001 4:52 pm
2639
Hi guys, I'm new at FME, and eager to learn. I'm working with some ETAK data, and I've had a hard time figuring out exactly what these theme names mean: ...
Nancy Hanks
nancy.hanks@...
Jan 4, 2001 5:29 pm
2640
Hi, ... In general, the latest FME beta is always at: ftp://ftp.safe.com/fme/fme_beta.exe You can also browse the directory: ftp://ftp.safe.com/fme to look for...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 4, 2001 5:41 pm
2641
FME'ers: What is the most straight forward means to use a default value for the Macro "_ORACLE_WhereClause" that will let every feature be passed through a...
tjwhiteh@...
Jan 4, 2001 7:25 pm
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Hi Tom, I'm not quite sure I understand the issue -- is it that you MUST enter something into the GUI box. If that is the case, try entering "" (two quotes)...
Dale Lutz
dal@...
Jan 4, 2001 7:36 pm
2643
In my efforts to convert from MI to SHAPE, I am trying to index key fields. How do I index certain fields in my FME scripts? Thanks for any and all help! Ethan...
ethan.gomberg@...
Jan 4, 2001 8:07 pm
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Dale: Yes, it is that there must be a value entered. I have tried the two quotes, but will revisit the issue. This verifies exactly what is needed to pass to...
tjwhiteh@...
Jan 4, 2001 11:21 pm
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I have a translation which crashed FME at approximately feature 5500. If I could figure out how to log all features I could get the feature ID and possibly...
jrogers@...
Jan 4, 2001 11:21 pm
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Jeff, There is a directive called LOG_MAX_FEATURES which limits how many features are logged in a log file. Set it to -1 to remove the limit. The easiest way I...
Barnes, Peter
pbarnes@...
Jan 4, 2001 11:41 pm
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Hello, Has anyone worked with the VPF import format in FME 200? I am facing an issue wherein the VPF format includes several tables of Metadata associated with...