Bentley MicroStation GeoGraphics Writer Parameters

Select ODBC, Access MDB or Oracle.

Specify the path and filename of the Access database file to write.

Sets the version of the output Microsoft Access file. Access file versions 97 and 2000 are the supported types. By default, an Access 2000 file is created.

Enter the ODBC data source that points to your MGE database. Depending on your database, you may also have to enter a username and password.

Tip: If you have installed ODBC drivers (which usually happens when you install Microsoft Access or another database), you can set up ODBC datasources using the ODBC option in your Windows Control Panel.

Enter the name of the Oracle service.

Enter the username and password to access the database, user account, or wherever authentication is required.

Specifies the name of the feature table to be written. This defaults to the name feature.

Specifies the name of the category table to be written. This defaults to the name category.

Controls whether or not fill linkages will be written out for ellipses, shapes, and solids.

Select this option to automatically adjust the origin and scaling of the seed file to provide an optimum set of parameters for the input data.

Specifies how FME feature coordinates are interpreted and converted into Units of Resolution (UORs).

• Master: UORs are converted into master units.
• Sub: UORs are converted into subunits.
• UOR: UORs are written as raw UOR coordinates.

Specifies how you want to store the two-point line features.

• Type 3 Elements: Two-point line features are stored as type 3 line elements.
• Type 4 Elements: Two-point line features are stored as type 4 line elements.

Set the location of the seed file, which controls whether or not the output file is two-dimensional or three-dimensional, and sets the models, the global origin, and the unit information of the destination file.

The file name of IGDS cell library, which contains the definitions of cells which may later be output.

This parameter determines how many features are pushed to the remote server at a time.

Setting a high value for the transaction size can result in increased performance, since there can be significant overhead associated with each network request.

The default is 1.

Selecting this parameter instructs FME to immediately write each row of data to the database, rather than batching up writes into bulk arrays. Bulk arrays are normally preferred, as they require fewer trips to the database in order to store the data, but are not supported by some databases. (In particular, some ODBC drivers, such as the Excel driver, do not support bulk array loading.)