Note: To use FME’s Esri ArcGIS® Layer (ArcObjects) Reader, you must also install a compatible version of Esri ArcGIS.
The ArcGIS Layer reader modules allow FME to read Esri Layer files and feature classes viewable in Esri ArcCatalog® and ArcMap®.
Overview
Since the ArcGIS Layer Reader is based on the same technology as FME’s Geodatabase Reader, any spatial feature that the Geodatabase Reader supports is also supported by the ArcGIS Layer Reader.
The ArcGIS Layer reader does not read (non-spatial) tables.
With FME’s ArcGIS Extension or the Esri ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension installed, it is possible to read FME feature classes for formats that Esri does not natively support. An FME feature class is simply an FME feature type, that, where applicable, has been split geometry type (i.e., point, line, polygon, text, null).