Mark Apologises for my late response but other work has kept me away from FME. Thank you for your suggestions to my initial problem, which remains unsolved. I took your suggestions into consideration and this is what I did.
To refresh your memory, my workbench file is set up like this: 1. source file: dgn (V7) - contains a legend as a cell (this dgn was created by FME in an earlier step) 2. source file: dgn (V7) - contains polygons (this dgn was created by FME in an earlier step) 3. source file: dgn (V7) - contains labels (this dgn was created by FME in an earlier step) 4. output file: dgn (V7) All the source files are directly linked to the output dgn, no transformers in between. I have used cloner and value mapper together and individually without much success (in this case), so I am opting to test this as simply as possible. 1. To start out, I ran this script and the output dgn contained everything - cells, labels and all the polygons (including cell polygons) but they were dumped onto level 1. This is a good result but not practical as I need to have the polygons and associated labels split onto specific separate levels. 2. Next I routed the output to FFS and Viewed the output ffs - all the data; polygons (including the cell polygons), labels and the cell were there - based on your thoughts, this result suggested the IGDS Reader is ok. Out of curiosity I did enquiries on the cell polygons and looked at the attribute information, noting the following: fme_geometry = fme_donut, fme_type = fme_area, igds_level = 0, igds_type = igds_solid. 3. Next I switched off the route to FFS, and set the Fanout Feature to igds_level on the output dgn. Result: The output dgn included the cell, all labels and polygons except for the cell polygons - they were dropped, those polygons that did come through were put onto the correct levels. Could the cell polygon be dropped because FME is reading the igds_level as 0 and the writer doesn't know where to put them? Even if I use the fme_donut attribute to identify the polygons, how do I get FME to put the cell polygons on their correct levels. Note: On the source polygon dgn, I switched the expand named cell option to yes: result included the cell polygons but no level structure, with expand named cell option to no: result no cell polygons but has level structure. I am assume the writer is having a problem, any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you for your time. Have a nice day! Regards Michelle McCahon Cartographic Officer Land Claims Mapping Unit Department of Land Information 1 Midland Square Midland Western Australia 6056 Telephone: +61 8 9273 7465 Fax: +61 8 9273 7615 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mark2atsafe Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2006 12:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [fme] Re: Combining DGN's - Dropped polygons Hi Michelle, The first thing to determine is whether this occurs when reading the data or writing it. In the navigation pane (left hand side of Workbench) locate the 'Workspace Settings' and set the Destination Redirect to redirect to an FFS file. This means that all the data being read will get sent to this file (instead of being written to DGN). Then open this FFS file in the FME Viewer. How does the data look there? If it looks wrong then reading is presumably the problem, if it looks OK then it must be in the writing. What version of microstation are you using, V7 or V8? Are you converting from one version to another? It seems strange to me that reading and writing to the same version of the same format would cause anything to be lost. Anyway - once you determine whether it is reading or writing, experiment with the settings - for example the explode cells option. Do you have the three files as three different datasets in FME, or three files under a single dataset? If they are listed as three datasets then you'll have three lots of settings to check. Also - try it without the fanout, just to see if it works OK. It doesn't provide a solution but it helps us to determine where things are going wrong. 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], "Michelle McCahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes - sorry I forgot to mention that. The fanout feature on igds_level > is working because the polygons and the labels that do come through, go > to their assigned levels. > > I have now tried bypassing the Cloner and directly link all the levels > to the output but I am getting the same result - the cell polygons are > still being dropped. > > Thank you for your time. > Have a nice day! > Regards > > Michelle McCahon > > Cartographic Officer > Land Claims Mapping Unit > Department of Land Information > > 1 Midland Square Midland > Western Australia 6056 > > Telephone: +61 8 9273 7465 > Fax: +61 8 9273 7615 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Martin Olney > Sent: Friday, 26 May 2006 1:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [fme] Combining DGN's - Dropped polygons > > In the destination file have you set fanout to igds_level? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > lcmu_0306 > Sent: Friday, 26 May 2006 11:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [fme] Combining DGN's - Dropped polygons > > Hello FMEr's > > I am having a problem combining 3 design datasets, into 1 final > design. The master design datasets contain labels, a cell and > polygons. The master label and polygon datasets will change and I > want those changes to be reflected in the final design in the future. > At the moment I have set up FME to read all 63 levels within the > master datasets. > At the moment I have used Cloner to combine the datasets but in the > final design, the level structure is retained but I lose some of the > polygons. The polygons that get dropped are 'cell polygons' > (identified in Microstation as Cell Header Type 2's) ie they have > holes within the external boundaries, all the other 'complex shapes' > are copied through and on the correct levels. Is there a way to > identify these cell polygons? Initially I thought that the type > needed to be specified, ie igds_shape or igds_solid but this didn't > seem to make a difference. > Also when I use ValueMapper after Cloner, all the polygons get copied > through, including the cell polygons but I lose the level structure, > everything gets dumped onto level 1. > I am confident it can be done but I can't seem to get the right > combination. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > Note: using FME Workbench Beta Suite 2006. > > Thank you for your time! > Have a nice day! > Regards > Michelle McCahon > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are intended only for the > use of the addressee(s). It may contain information that is > confidential and privileged. 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