Thanks Hans, That worked out pretty well. I had a point shapefile representing buildings, and used a text adder to change it's geometry to a text point and to choose the character string, then i used the Text Stroker to select the true type font library that contained the symbol representing buildings, and ported this into a dgn file. There weren't any problems with MicroStation reading the ttf's and as a result i don't have to work with cells anymore. The only other thing I had to do was place an offsetter into the process because the font character insertion point was defaulted to the lower left corner as opposed to the centre. Once that is inserted the process works fine. Thanks for the tip!
Chris Bowden GIS Analyst Terralogik Information Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:01:54 +0200 Hans van der Maarel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cbowdes wrote: > >> I have a bunch of features that i'm using FME to >>translate from >> Shapefile to DGN. I'm wondering if there is any way when >>writing to >> DGN to choose a specific True Type Font to be inserted >>at the location >> of the feature. This would essentially replicate the use >>of cells in >> MicroStation which FME has had difficulty handling. Is >>this possible >> to do through one of the igds_attributes in FME? > > Not as far as I know, but you can use the TextStroker to >create an area > representation of a text, using a specific font (any >font installed on > your system). > > 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. Love FME? Then open your diary to March 6-7, 2008 and write this... "Second Worldwide FME User Conference - Must Attend!" See http://www.safe.com/company/fmeuc2008/index.php for more details. 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/
