See FME Desktop 2018 in action! Learn how you can take advantage of the new formats, transformers, and usability features for enhanced productivity.

1. Deep Dive into FME Desktop 2018
Annabelle Glass, Dale Lutz, Mark Ireland

2. Today: FME 2018.0 Release Candidates available
March: FME 2018.0 Official Release

3. DEMOVancouver Parks PowerPoint

4. Work Play more efficiently
FME Workbench 2018 enhancements

5. Cached Data and Partial Runs
Cache data as it is processed by FME Workbench.
Run separate parts of a workspace, using cached data to provide the input.

6. Collapsible Bookmarks
More easily manage large workspaces by collapsing sections
under colourful bookmarks that you can expand when necessary.

7. Translation Log Filtering
Filter the translation log to display only error or warning messages.

8. Copy & Paste Parameters
For example, copy & paste test conditions between transformer dialogs:

9. DEMOVancouver Walkability Study

10. Tolerance Parameters
● AreaOnAreaOverlayer
● Clipper
● Dissolver
● FeatureMerger
● Generalizer
● Intersector
● LineOnAreaOverlayer
● LineOnLineOverlayer
● Tiler
● TopologyBuilder
Two reasons for tolerance:
1) To help fix badly formed geometry
2) To help fix coordinate rounding issues

11. DEMOTolerance and Road Network Topology

12. Better Performance
Significant improvements in engine performance!
● String and attribute optimizations
● Stashing data improvements
● Intersection (tolerance) performance
● Rejected port updates (in progress)
Your mileage will vary.
Mid-point Q+A coming up. Get your questions in now...

13. Feature Tables… Sorter and Sampler
2 column table, SQLite, run in Workbench:
2017.1 - 1 minute 47
seconds elapsed
2018.0 - 9 seconds elapsed
Quick Demo...

14. Other Improvements
● Bufferer now performs 3D buffering.
● Tester has a new mode for date/time comparisons.
● S3 and Hadoop direct reading support.
● Coordinate Systems support new datums for Australia, Germany
Quick Demo...

15. FeatureWriter output ports

16. Q&A
Chat in your questions! There will be
another Q&A at the end of the webinar.

17. Connect & Transform
More format support and transformation power

18. New Formats
● Apple Venue Format (AVF) Reader & Writer
● Bentley i-Model Reader (V1)
● CALS (Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support) Raster Reader & Writer
● Esri Geodatabase Mosaic Dataset Writer (ArcSDE & File Geodatabase)
● Esri Indexed 3D Scene Layer Writer (i3S)
● FME AR Writer
● GDAL Generic Raster Reader (read anything GDAL supports)
● 54 new GDAL-based Raster Formats
● GDAL VRT Raster Reader
● Google Cloud Spanner Reader & Writer
● HYPACK Reader & Writer
● IDRISI Raster Reader & Writer
● LDAP (Active Directory) Reader
● Microsoft PowerPoint Writer
● Microsoft Word Writer
● PCD (Point Cloud Data) Reader & Writer
● PDF Reader (2D/Raster/Text)
● Qlik Writer
● SOSI GML Reader & Writer
● Well Log ASCII Standard (WLAS) Reader

19. New Transformers
● AreaGapAndOverlapCleaner
● HDFSConnector (Hadoop)
● FeatureJoiner
● MeshSimplifier
● MSWordStyler
● PinterestConnector
● PowerPointStyler
● ProjectWiseConnector
● SalesforceConnector
● SurfaceDissolver

20. Plus all of those
on FME Hub
Access & share custom FME tools.
396 Custom Transformers
145 Workspace Templates
16 Web Connections
12 Custom Format Readers
hub.safe.com
And more added all the time by FME Users from around the world.

21. Indoor Mapping Formats
Connect to Apple Venue Format (Reader/Writer) and IBM TRIRIGA (via FME Hub).

22. DEMO
Indoor mapping - convert BIM (IFC model of medical building) to AVF

23. PDF Reading
Extract rasters, vector data, and text from
PDF documents with the new PDF Reader.

24. PDF Reading
DEMOPDF Reading

25. Create 3D Web Visualizations
New support for Esri I3S, plus glTF for Cesium (FME 2017), means you can create 3D
visualizations that anyone can view in a web browser.

26. Generate
Microsoft
Excel, Word &
PowerPoint
New transformers let
you style and output
your data for Excel
spreadsheets, Word
pages, and PowerPoint
slides.

27. PowerPoints!

28. Excel cell formatting and color:

29. Sign up for an FME
user meeting in one
of 70+ cities
worldwide, between
March - June 2018.
safe.com/worldtour

30. Join us
tomorrow:
Deep Dive into
FME Server
February 22, 8:00am-9:00am
PST, 11:00am-12:00pm EST

31. R E G I S T E R >
Free FME Training
Upgrading to FME 2018
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST

32. FME AR demo

33. Q&A
Download FME 2018 at safe.com/beta
and watch for the official release in early March.