Thanks Rich,
It looks like this is exactly what's going on! So now we need to figure out how to get rid of these z coordinates on the objects we have in our GIS. If anyone has any ideas on that it would be most appreciated.
(I don't think it's practical for us to re-import our existing objects from Autocad with the factoryyou mentioned, but we will apply the factory in the future when we're importing objects from Autocad.)
Angela
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rnehm1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
rnehm1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Check to see if your coordinates have a z value. I've had problems
with things where we had data coming from autocad that had the trail
set from the imported autocad geometry that ended up with a z
coordiante. FME didn't handle these too well.
If I remember right, we put in a factory to force the coordinates to
be 2d and things got better. The bottom line is if you're using
Autocad for your Smallworld input, it's probably a good idea to
force the coordinates to be 2d on the way in.
Rich
--- In [email protected], Angela Deegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
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> Thanks Jason. I guess I may end up having to do that.
>
> Angela
>
> "Cleaver.Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Angela,
>
> I have experienced similar issues when exporting objects out of
Smallworld using FME. Recreating the object usually solved the
problem for me.
>
> Jason
>
>
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Angela Deegan
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 19:23
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [fme] Smallword objects getting badly distorted on export
to shape file format
>
>
>
> FME Yahoo group members:
>
> I need to use FME to export our water main objects from
Smallworld to a shape file. The vast majority export just fine.
However some get badly distorted in the export process and are
unusable by our customer. All those that are getting distorted
appear to have arcs in them which are contiguous and which share the
same radius point. The confusing thing is that some mains which fit
this description export without any distortion.
>
> The only thing I can think of that the distorted mains have in
common is that they were created by setting trails on objects which
were imported into Smallworld from Autocad (using FME). However,
there does not appear to be anything intrinsically wrong with the
geometry of these mains.
>
>
> I am attaching a Word document that shows an example of one of
the mains which! got distorted by the export process, plus an
example of a main which is very similar in its geometry, but which
did not get distorted.
>
> Hope someone can shed some light on what's going on here!
>
> Angela Deegan!
> Helix Water District
> 619 667 6245
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