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Workbench

Select Tools > FME Options and click the Workbench icon.

General Defaults

Automatically save workspace before running: Automatically saves your .fmw file after a translation, using a default name based on your source and destination formats.
Open up attributes when linking transformers: By default, feature types are expanded to display attributes whenever a link is established.
Draw bookmarks with a filled background: Bookmarks are shaded instead of transparent.
Allow reader feature type editing: This feature, which is unchecked by default, allows you to edit the definition of a source file.
Warning: This setting is for advanced users only. The source schema acts as a filter on the source data. Changing it can affect how a reader operates. To prevent accidental edits, we recommend leaving this setting cleared, and checking it only when making edits.
Enable Quick Connect: To connect elements of a workspace, you can enable this feature to click an output port, release the mouse button, and then click an input port. This provides an easy alternative to the "drag and connect" method.
Display feature counts: Enable or disable the feature count display.
Canvas selection must contain objects: This setting controls the click-and-drag behavior of the Action Arrow on the toolbar to select objects on the canvas. When unchecked, all objects and connectors that intersect with the bounding box created by the click-and-drag action are selected. When checked (default), only objects and connectors that are fully contained within the bounding box are selected.
Number of recent workspaces: This feature saves the name and location of a selected number of recently opened workspaces to the bottom of the File menu. The default number of filenames to display is 4 but you can select up to 15. Note that if you change this option, you will have to restart Workbench before it will take effect.
Bring Start tab to front: Choose how often the Start tab should appear in the front when starting Workbench.

Warning Dialogs

Reset Warning Dialogs: Redisplays all warnings that were dismissed with Do not remind me again.

Annotation Defaults

Automatically generate header annotations: New workspaces will appear with the default Source Types, Data Flow, and Destination Types annotations that appear at the top of the workspace.

Use transparent annotations: Gives annotations a transparent background.
Automatically create summary annotation: Summary annotations display detailed information on feature types or transformers.

Save Options

Save recovery data: Specify whether (and how often) you want Workbench to write a recovery file for your workspace.

Inspection Application

Choose the application to use as the default: FME Data Inspector or FME Universal Viewer.

Default Inspector Application

You can change the default Inspector application in Tools > FME Options > Workbench > Inspection Application.

FME can process true three-dimensional features; however, the FME Universal Viewer shows data in only two dimensions. The FME Data Inspector application provides full 3D support.