The Autodesk® MapGuide SDL Reader and Writer modules allow FME to read and write SDL files. The SDL file format is an ASCII format used with AutoDesk’s MapGuide and other World Wide Web map authoring tools.
Overview
SDL data can be either two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D).
SDL files store both geometry and attributions. A logical SDL dataset consists of one or more files in the same folder with the extension .sdl. This extension is added to the basename of the SDL files.
The SDL reader and writer support the storage of point, line, and polygon geometric data in .sdl files. Output files contain only one geometry type to conform with MapGuide. The SDL format can also store features with no geometry. Features that have no geometry are referred to as having a geometry of none.