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Quick Facts: This table contains high-level information on the format’s characteristics. For raster formats, it also includes raster-specific quick facts.
Format Reader/Writer Parameters: These topics contain format-specific Workbench parameters.
User Attributes: User Attributes tab in the Writer Feature Type Properties dialog.
Writer Feature Type Format Parameters: Format Attributes tab in the Writer Feature Type Properties dialog.
Feature Representation: FME adds generic feature attributes to all features (see About Feature Attributes). Most formats also add format-specific attributes, which are listed in this section.
Mapping File Directives (Advanced Users): Most reader and writer directives correspond to Format Reader/Writer Parameters (see above) or Advanced parameters in the Workbench Navigator pane. These sections contain detailed technical information on FME-supported formats, and are intended for a technical audience involved in configuring FME for customized translation.

Accessing Other Documentation

Product documentation is accessed from the Start menu > FME Desktop > Documentation, and from any FME component Help menu.

By default, documentation is live (online); however, you can also choose to use installed (offline) documentation. From Workbench, select FME Options > Default Paths > Documentation Help Locations.

FME Desktop documentation includes:

Documentation	Description
FME Workbench	This is the primary FME Desktop application for translating and transforming data.
FME Data Inspector	View data in any FME-supported format. Use the Data Inspector to preview data before translation, verify it after translation, and check data at any point during a translation.
FME Readers and Writers	This is a technical reference to the 300+ spatial and non-spatial data formats that FME Workbench is capable of reading and writing. It also includes format parameters that are visible in Workbench.
FME Transformers	This is a comprehensive reference to the 400+ FME transformers. Transformers are used in FME Workbench to perform geometric and attribute restructuring of features during a translation.
FME Coordinate Systems	This is a guide to associating coordinate systems with features in FME Desktop.
FME Integration Console	This component allows you to integrate certain third-party applications with FME Desktop.

New Formats in FME 2015.0+

Links to Popular Formats

3D

CAD

Cloud

Database

GIS

Raster

Tabular

XML

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