Creator

Category: Infrastructure

Note: This transformer replaces 2DCreator, 3DCreator, ArcCreator, EllipseCreator and NullGeometryCreator. These transformers will still work as expected in any workspaces created before FME 2007.

Creates features using the parameters supplied, and sends them into the workspace for processing.

The Geometry Source parameter specifies how to create the geometry. It has following four options:

• XML Geometry: Click the Browse button beside this field. You can create the following types of geometry: Null (default), Point, Text, Line, Arc by Center Point, Arc by Center Point with Ends, Arc by 3 Points, Arc by Bulge, Ellipse, Polygon, XML. Each geometry type will display a different grid or form in which you enter specific parameters. After you press OK to close the form, the XML Geometry field will display the underlying geometry type.

• 2D Coordinate List: Creates two-dimensional geometry from the space-delimited list of x and y coordinates (separated by spaces) entered in the Coordinate List parameter field.

• 3D Coordinate List: Creates three-dimensional geometry from the space-delimited list of x, y and z coordinates (separated by spaces) entered in the Coordinate List parameter field.

• 2D Min/Max Box: Creates a bounding box from bottom left and top right corner, specified as minx miny maxx maxy in the Coordinate List parameter field (for example: 0 0 10 10).

The Coordinate System parameter allows you to set the coordinate system on the specified feature. Select a coordinate system from the pull-down list, or click the Browse button to select from the Coordinate System Gallery. If you leave this parameter blank, the coordinate system will not be set on the feature(s) created by this transformer.

The Number to Create parameter specifies how many features will be created. When more than one feature is created, the attribute specified by the Creation Instance Attribute parameter will hold each feature's creation number (starting from 0).

The Create At End parameter specifies whether the feature should be added to the translation before any features that come from source datasets, or after.