Hi, You'd written:
> I have a bunch of dxf files to convert to Mapinfo. Within each of > these files are a bunch of similarly named layers. ie Railroad_956, > Railroad_876 etc. There is no rhyme or reason to the extensions, but > they are all unique. I would like to set up an fme file that takes all > railroad* files and outputs a single Railroad tab. > I can't find an example of this anywhere... but I'm sure it can be done. Yes it definitely can be done. Here's the easiest way: Make yourself a workspace going from Autocad to MapInfo. But hit the settings on the autocad when you are creating the workspace, and say group by geometry. Basically this will reduce the # of feature types. Now that you have the workspace, delete all the output mapinfo feature types that were generated. They are no good to you. If you want, you can also delete any of the autocad source feature types that you know you don't have. (If you want to be aggressive, delete them all except one, and in that one, set its properties to merge feature types with a *, so everything matches). Anyway, take whatever source feature types you end up with, route them through a "grepper". Just fill it in with railroad, searching the autocad_layer attribute for that. Whatever passes you can then route to a mapinfo output feature type that you make yourself. 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 <*> 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/
