FME Filenames and Locations
Dataset Locations
Click on readers and writers in the Navigator and select Open Containing Folder (Ctrl + O).
File Extensions
FME has many associated file extensions. The default locations are listed here but can also change depending on where you installed FME.
Filename/File Extension |
Type/Description |
Default Location |
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coordsys.db |
Contains the names and descriptions of all predefined coordinate systems. |
FME installation folder
|
.fds |
Custom Formats |
My Documents\FME\Formats |
.fme
|
FME mapping file (FME Quick Translator) |
User-defined |
.fmf | FME metafile - Used to configure format definitions. | FME installation folder, metafile subfolder |
.fmelic | FME license file | User-defined |
.fmv |
FME Viewspace - Used by the FME Data Inspector to load a predefined view. |
User-defined |
.fmw
|
FME Workbench workspace
|
My Documents\My FME Workspaces
|
.fmwt |
FME Workbench template - Used to package an FME workspace and source data. This extension is also used for templates downloaded from FME Hub. |
My Documents\FME\Templates |
.fmx |
Custom transformers |
My Documents\FME\Transformers |
.fmxlist |
User-defined transformer list |
My Documents\FME\TransformerCategories |
.fmc |
FME catalog file Contains instructions to direct Workbench to download a specified resource from FME Knowledge Center.com. Since these files contain only instructions (XML), they are small in size. |
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.fps | FME Feature Store (FFS) pointcloud sidecar file - Used to store FFS point cloud data. | |
.frs | FME Feature Store (FFS) raster sidecar file - Used to store FFS raster data. | |
.fsi | FME Feature Store (FFS) spatial index file - Used to store the spatial index for FFS datasets. | |
.gdc, .gsb, .las, .los, .mrt, .txt, .csv |
Coordinate system and grid data files |
Reproject Reproject\GridData |
custom coordinate system definitions |
FME installation folder, Reproject subfolder |
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LocalCoordSysDefs.fme |
This file is automatically loaded and made available to each FME session,
to allow sites to add their own coordinate systems. It
contains a series of COORDINATE_SYSTEM_DEF, DATUM_DEF, ELLIPSOID_DEF,
and You can edit these files to add your own definitions. |
Reproject subfolder under the FME installation folder
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