The FME Evangelist

A Spotters Guide to Textured Formats in FME

A very short post about which formats in FME currently support the reading and writing of 3D textures and appearances.

Continue Reading April 19th, 2010

GeoNerds, Breadcrumbs, and 3D Georeferencing

Once upon a time, a geo-nerd converted spatial data into a 3D model. He (or she) wanted to record coordinate transformation parameters so the data could get home again. A trail of breadcrumbs didn’t work, nor did a WLD file. So a fairy godmother from Safe Software waved a magic wand, and….

Continue Reading November 30th, 2009

FME Evangelist: Now Playing in 3D

Contents:
3D terminology: A question!
Sketchup Reading: Now Supported in FME2010 beta,
V1 Magazine: White Paper on 3D Data models,
3DBoundingBoxReplacer: Custom Transformer for 3D Bounding Cubes.

This FME Evangelist reverts to a truer blog-style; a short post on a single subject. This time out I’m talking about all things 3D: terminology, formats, theory, and practice.

Continue Reading March 23rd, 2009

FME Evangelist #28: Inspector Gadget

Contents:
FME2009: The Small Stuff,
Transformer Defaults: A Reminder and An Update,
FME2009 Example: MeasureExtractorToZ,
Your Spy at Safe: Inspector Gadget,
Sketchup! Did I see that right?
Feature Types to Read: Now More Dynamic!
2009 FME International User Conference: Update.

This Friday afternoon (Pacific Time) the FME Evangelist gives you some weekend reading on the top FME2009 updates you probably never noticed, and drops some very hot-off-the-press information your way regarding a successor to the venerable FME Universal Viewer. Yes you heard (and saw) it here first! Plus there’s the reveal of a terrific update to the Feature Types to Read parameter.

Continue Reading March 6th, 2009