Hi Kevin, yes I suppose you would need a Microstation license. So I think Marks idea about running a batch job is the better way for your needs. Maybe in the workbench file you can write an Access record for each drawing. Then you need to plunge into access only once when the batch job is ended? Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Gooss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 8:54 PM Subject: [fme] Re: Bounding Box for an entire drawing > > > > Microstation vba would require a license to MicroStation wouldn't it? > Just as ArcObjects requires a license from ESRI. I am trying to get > this done with an fme license only. > I don't think workbench is going to be very effective at working on > 180,000 drawings. How would I even load those. > Doesn't fme have an envelope or bounding box for the whole drawing? > > > --- In [email protected], "Mark Ireland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin, > > I don't see why a workbench solution won't work for you if you run it > > from the command line. > > Either do a batch deploy (uses TCL) or run the workspace from the > > command line using something like... > > > > for %%f in (d:\data) do fme workspace.fmw --SourceDataset %%f > > --DestDataset d:\data\output > > > > At least this would prevent you being limited to Access by your VB app. > > > > You could even try running it within Workbench - if you close the log > > window it will run a great deal faster. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark > > > > Mark Ireland, Product Support Engineer > > Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com > > Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mark Ireland > > > Sent: January 6, 2005 3:40 PM > > > To: Mark Ireland > > > Subject: Fwd: Bounding Box for an entire drawing > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Kevin Gooss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am trying to extract the bounding box for a MicroStation > > > (.dgn) drawing. > > > I need to do this for about 150,000 drawings so a GUI > > > workbench solution is not going to work for me. > > > I would like to incorporate this into some vb.net code I already have. > > > I can get the bounding box out of workbench by using a > > > BoundingBoxAccumulator and then a BoundsExtractor. But the > > > only output I have found to handle this is an Access db. I > > > would then have to plumb into Access to get these values and > > > that would be a little more work and time (multiplied by > > > 150,000 of course). > > > Right now I am getting these values using ArcObjects and it > > > is a very slow and unreliable process (crashes every so often > > > on drawings that are peculiar in some way). > > > I have tried to pipe this output to a text file but it won't work. > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > --- End forwarded message --- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
