FME Desktop: Data Translation for AEC

Discover tools and techniques that make translating large volumes of data in GIS and CAD pipelines much easier. Learn how to transform numerous file types into convenient formats.

Introduction

• What is FME Desktop?

1. Navigating FME

• Overview of FME Desktop components
• FME Data Inspector
• FME Workbench interface

2. Vector Data with Workbench

• SHP to KML with Generate workspace
• File Geodatabase to SHP
• Exporting Attribute Data

3. Raster Data with Workbench

• TIFF to ECW with Generate workspace
• ECW to JPG
• DEM to GeoTIFF

4. Exploring Feature Types

• Readers
• Writers

5. Vector Transformers

• Tester
• StringReplacer
• AttributeFilter
• Dissolver

6. Raster Transformers

• RasterMosaicker
• Clipper
• ContourGenerator

7. Workspaces

• Multiple readers
• Multiple writers
• Chaining transformers
• Organizing workflows

8. Analysis

• Spatial analysis
• Attribute joins
• Spatial relator

9. Special Data Types

• Converting AutoCAD (Map) files
• Point clouds to elevation models
• Geocoding data from Excel

10. Data from the Web

• Reading GeoJSON
• Reading ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS enterprise data

11. Automating FME

• Running FME as a BATCH
• Quick Translator

Conclusion

• Next steps