hi group,
we are also sharing garry's idea. such .mxd-interface implementation would be very helpful. there is just the question on how to implement the destination feature definitions... also when having more than one data frame stored in a .mxd it seems the fme doesn't resolve the different data frames and shows no feature types in workbench. cheers, karim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of garry_christoffersen Sent: Mittwoch, 27. April 2005 04:22 To: [email protected] Subject: [fme] ESRI ArcGIS 9.x Map (.mxd) Greetings all I'm currently experimenting with FME 2004 Ice 3 and the ArcGIS 9.x Map format. The ultimate goal is to build a workbench that takes the data from ArcMap (of visible layers that by the way ... will change), use some transformers to work with attributes and other stuff and produce an AutoCAD dwg. I've got it working with my source ArcMap document and the dwg also appears to honour the feature colours and map extent etc defined in the map document and its all pretty cool. But what I want to be able to do is to change the ArcMap visible layers ie have a sub-set of the original layers in the map document (and originally read into workbench), save the mxd and then re-run the original workbench (without editing the workbench or changing the source or destination datasets). The idea is ArcMAP would become an "interface" for exporting data, where the user can choose the visible layers, without having to modify the workbench. Would appreciate any thoughts, approaches or advice on this. Regards Garry 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/
