Thanks all for the responses. I was able to use Hans's solution that solved my problem.
Sincerely, Heather --- In [email protected], Hans van der Maarel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Heather, > > > Hi. I'm a fairly novice user to FME and am stuck trying to figure out > > the best transformers to use on my project. I'm inputting a geodatabase > > polylinez feature class and I am exporting out to a pointz shapefile. I > > need to get the beginning vertex and ending vertex of the line and save > > it as points with it's associated lat/long coordinates. > > > > I have tried using the chopper transformer with maximum vertices as 1 > > and I get points but every vertex of the line. I only want the > > beginning and ending point of the line. I also think I need to use the > > coordinate fetcher to grab the x and y values. > > You can use 2 CoordinateFetchers: one set to "1" and one set to "- 1". > That way, you can grab the coordinates of the first and last points of > the line. Then use 3DPointReplacers to create point objects. Since you > want both the beginning and the end of the line, you'll have to use > these in parallel. > > Hope this helps. > -- > Hans van der Maarel > Red Geographics > > Zevenbergsepoort 44b www.redgeographics.com > 4791 AE Klundert [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Netherlands phone: +31-168-401035 > 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/
