Hi Doug, That's a tough question - you need to have some way to identify which lines will produce upside-down labelling.
I think one of the best ways would be to use the AzimuthCalculator, which is also a custom transformer on fmepedia. Where it returns an acAzimuth value which is negative (test for <0 using Tester) then reverse the direction of the line using the REVERSE setting on the Orientor transformer. Then try labelling the data. It may not be perfect but I would hope that this would remove a lot of problems. The other solution (it's a bit less elegant) would be to create a small buffer around each line, then apply the Orientor using either the right or left hand rule - then everything would be the same orientation and there would be no upside-down elements. Hope this helps, Mark Mark Ireland, Product Support Engineer Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access --- In [email protected], "bigdougcameron999" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have been using the Adaptive Labeler custom trasnformer from the > FMEpedia to place labels on single line street files. It works well > except that it places some labels upside down. It seems to depend on > the direction in which the line segment was drawn. If the line was > drawn from right to left then the labels are upside down. I've tried > reversing the orientation of the lines which solves the problem but > then the labels for lines drawn from left to right are screwed up. > > Suggestions?? > > Thanks > > Doug Cameron > Shaw Cable Systems > Calgary > 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/
