RE: [fme] please explain transformer "offsetter"

[Dale Lutz]

Hello Linda,   Sounds to me like it was/is an issue with the seed file you are using when writing to DGN.   DGN is an integer based coordinate storage file (at least, V7 DGN is/was), so if the wrong seed file is chosen, then your coordinates will get rounded off, and you’ll think things are not where they should be.   Here’s an old posting that *sort of* describes the problem:   http://safe.com/archives/FMEList/msg00059.html   as does this:   http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:sZPd_ekPbosJ:www.spatialdirect.com/archives/FMEList/msg02049.html+compute+optimal+fme+design+file&hl=en     Intergraph addresses it here:   http://support.intergraph.com/geomedia/faq.asp#13     In short, examine the settings you’ve used on your design file writer, paying careful attention to the seed file and “compute optimal seed file parameters”.  Most likely, from the sounds of it, you have lat/long data and you’d want to be using a “ll” seed file, which is set up to accommodate that level of precision.   FME can definitely do this in one translation.   > Problem solved.  It wasn't the offsetter that was failing, it the > conversion to dgn. So instead of offsetting the points as I convert the > shapefile to Microstation Design file, I did it in two steps. a > workbench file to offset the shapefile points to a new shapefile and a > second workbench file to convert the original shapefile and the offset > shapefile to dgn. I don't why it couldn't be done in one workbench. But > at least offsetter is working the way I understood it to.   > Linda   Good luck!   Dale   ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dale Lutz              Safe Software Inc.                 [EMAIL PROTECTED] VP Development         Surrey, BC, CANADA        phone: (604) 501-9985                        http://www.safe.com         fax: (604) 501-9965 ----------------------------------------------------------------------   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  Visit your group "fme" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.