Adobe Illustrator – Avenza MAPublisher Writer

The Adobe® Illustrator® – Avenza MAPublisher writer allows FME to translate and import data into the Adobe Illustrator file format, complete with Avenza MAPublisher MAP Views and MAP Layers.

Overview

The Adobe Illustrator – Avenza MAPublisher writer provides export options to convert GIS data into a new Adobe Illustrator document, complete with MAPublisher MAP Views and MAP Layers.

With the Adobe Illustrator – Avenza MAPublisher writer, it is possible to create an Adobe Illustrator document containing data from formats that are not natively supported by Avenza MAPublisher using the power of FME format translations within FME Workbench.

The Adobe Illustrator – Avenza MAPublisher writer provides the following capabilities:

  • FME FFS support: MAPublisher 9.3+ for Adobe Illustrator supports FME FFS file import. This means that any format that can be converted to FFS through FME can be translated to an Adobe Illustrator document.
  • Batch Import Into Adobe Illustrator Files/Templates: Import data into existing Adobe Illustrator documents with preconfigured styles applied on-the-fly using the auto-assign feature; fit the imported data to the page and to existing or new MAP Views (with FME Auto license for MAPublisher).

Workbench Writer Dataset

This is the pathname to an FFS file created by FME Workbench as temporary storage (to transfer the data to Adobe Illustrator). After the import process is complete, the filename can be safely reused by other writers.

Adobe Illustrator – Avenza MAPublisher Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

MAPUBLISHER

Reader/Writer

Writer

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Operating System Restrictions

Format is available only on:

  • Windows 64-bit

Dependencies

  • Avenza MAPublisher 9.3+
  • Adobe Illustrator

Dataset Type

File

Feature Type

FME Feature Type names

Typical File Extensions

.ffs (with conjoined .ai/.ait)

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

Yes

Spatial Index

No

Schema Required

No

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type Attribute

fme_type

Encoding Support

Yes

Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

yes

circles

yes

circular arc

yes

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

yes

ellipses

yes

line

yes

none

yes

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

no

surface

no

text

yes

z values

no