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FME Components

Primary Components

FME is actually a number of different software applications that comprise a number of spatial data handling components. All applications listed here are included with every edition of FME. Browse your FME installation folder to access the components.

FME Workbench

FME Workbench has an intuitive point-and-click graphic interface to enable translations to be graphically described as a flow of data. FME Workbench is the primary tool for data translations in FME. It is quite feasible that you will only ever use Workbench and the FME Universal Viewer.

FME Data Inspector

The FME Data Inspector is cross-platform, it uses the latest display technology, and it supports 3D viewing. The Data Inspector is closely tied with Workbench so you can inspect geometry and attributes at any point during a translation.

FME Quick Translator

The FME Quick Translator highlights FME's quick translation capability.

Utilities and Developer Components

These additional development components are all included as part of the standard FME package.

FME Command-Line Engine

The FME Command-Line Engine enables translation requests to be submitted at the command-line level.

FME Universal Viewer

The FME Universal Viewer allows quick viewing of data in any FME-supported format. It is used primarily for data validation and quality assurance by allowing you to preview data before translation, or review data after translation.

FME Objects

FME Objects is a software library for working with spatial data. Application developers use FME Objects to add spatial data reading and writing support into their stand-alone applications.

FME Application Extenders

FME Application Extenders are components by which FME technology is used or embedded into other GIS applications. These are then known as FME Enabled Applications. Application Extenders enable a GIS product to view datasets not native to that application.

FME Plug-In SDK

The FME Plug-In SDK allows developers to add their own formats or functionality to the FME translation core.

FME Integration SDK

The FME Integration SDK allows developers to create FME-enabled applications for users who already have FME installed on the same PC.