Posts filed under 'Usability'

FME Evangelist#24: Click Connect, Concatenator, Log Files, and FME Training

Contents:
A New Chapter in the History of Workbench: Quick Connect,
Your Spy at Safe: New Training Facility,
Anatomy of an FME Project: Parts V and VI,
Concatenator Tip,
Shutdown Scripts and Log Files

This FME Evangelist reports on an important update to FME Workbench, gives insider news on Safe Software’s new training facility, details a couple of useful updates for handling log files in Tcl and Python, plus continues the series “Anatomy of an FME Project” by fetching maps from a web server and outputting them inside a custom HTML template.

Continue Reading November 10th, 2008

FME Evangelist#23: Creating Measures, Shutdown Scripts, Logged Features

Contents:
Anatomy of an FME Project: Parts III and IV
Measure Generation from Z Values
Shutdown Scripts and Logged Features
Updated Transformer Help
Drag and Insert Updates

This edition of the FME Evangelist is back to a general mix, with a good example of generating measures, a useful new TCL/Python function, and a sneak peak of a new Transformer Help document; not forgetting the ongoing anatomy of an FME project.

Continue Reading October 13th, 2008

FME Evangelist#22: Anatomy of a Project and Reading Text Backwards

Contents:
Anatomy of an FME Project: Parts I and II
Creating Blank Workspaces
IGDS Tag Reading
Geometry Handling Parameter
Backwards Text File Reading

This FME Evangelist starts a series of items on building an FME project from scratch, has a simple time-saving tip for Workbench users, announces a new for 2009 MicroStation function, and explains how to examine FME log files by reading them backwards!

Continue Reading September 22nd, 2008

FME Evangelism #20: Usability Improvements

Contents:
1) Transformer Defaults
2) Sneak Preview: Options Dialog
3) Multi-Attribute Transformers
4) Recent Workspaces List
5) Science Lab: Thanks for the Memory

This FME Evangelist post is all about usability improvements that maintain the balance between flexibility and complexity. In particular there are some useful updates to managing transformers, a couple of GUI improvements, and a core change to memory management that will make every FME user happy!

Continue Reading September 2nd, 2008


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