Hi Tim, Correct. You couldn't do it as a Quick Export, you'd use the CoordinateRounder in a workspace (custom export or tool I think it's called).
The CoordinateRounder would round off the coordinates of the actual geometry before it is written to the GML, so there's no need to grab the coordinates with an extractor, apply the rounding and convert back to geometry - just use the CoordinateRounder. Hope this helps to answer your question, Tim. It's an interesting point for FME in general, because the gap between geometry and other feature information is a lot less with our new rich geometry model. For example - and this relates to the previous question about arcs - in 2007 the radius/sweep angle/etc of an arc can be stored as part of the feature geometry, instead of using format attributes. The same applies to text features (the text string will be part of the geometry). What this means is there'll be transformers available to set up these features, rather than having to manipulate things with attribute setters. For example, check out the TextPropertySetter or ArcPropertySetter transformers in the latest betas. If I understand right these directly set the properties of the geometry. Still, format attributes will continue to be available for those that want them, and in fact I've been told that a change to a format attribute will automatically be reflected in the feature's geometry, which is pretty kewl! Regards, Mark Mark Ireland, Senior Product Specialist Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access --- In [email protected], "tjmnature" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All > > Hopefully you can help me. I am trying to use FME in the form of > ESRI's ArcGIS INteroperability Extension to create GML ver 2 from an > ESRI shapefile. > > I currently do this using the Quick Export, which just uses the two > schemas. However, i need to alter the output GML. > > Currently i get the coordinates in the GML to 9 decimal places, but > i want them rounded to an integer. > > I think i could use the CoordinateExtractor and then > CoordinateRounder, however, i am not sure how to get the prcoess to > use the rounded coordinates rather than the native ones stored in > the shape field of the shapefile. > > Hopefully someone can help me. > > Thanks in advance > > Tim > For insights into what's up at Safe Software and what's on the development horizon, visit Safe's blog at spatial-etl.blogspot.com. Safe Software has also made slides available that outline enhancements planned for FME 2007. The slides are from the "Road Ahead" presentation given on Day 2 of the FME Worldwide Users Conference. To view these slides, visit www.safe.com/2006uc. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
