--- In [email protected], Hans van der Maarel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Robert,
> 
> > I'm trying to merge polys together.  I see a transformer 
AGGREGATOR, 
> > but it doesn't add the to areas together to form one poly.  I'm 
> > looking for some kind of transformer to add areas together and 
join 
> > their areas.  I've also seen the DISSOLVER, but my results from 
this 
> > transformer leave me with not much left to join the lines 
together to 
> > form a new poly.
> > 
> > Here is what I'm trying to do.....take lines and form polys with 
the 
> > BUFFER transformer, from there I want to join the poly together 
and 
> > form one poly.  Does anyone have any ideas?  I'm trying to 
emulate 
> > the ArcMap's Buffer Wizard to automate this process.
> 
> The Bufferer should output areas, which you can run through the 
> Dissolver. Depending on your actual geometry, you would probabely 
also 
> need a DonutBuilder.
> 
> In the past, I've come across minor problems in forming the 
polygons 
> this way, which could be fixed by changing the angle setting in the 
> Bufferer.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> -- 
> Hans van der Maarel
> Red Geographics
> www.redgeographics.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED]


It's not helping even when I change the angle setting in the 
Bufferer.  There isn't a PolyJoiner of some kind?  A transformer that 
adds each area of every polygon that enters the transformer and 
creates one poly?

Robert








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