Note The Smallworld 4 Reader/Writer format is available as the FME Translator through GE SupportCentral or your Smallworld reseller. (Request the Smallworld Translators Suite for your Smallworld version.)
FME communicates with a Smallworld session through a Smallworld FME connection service controlled by the Smallworld process.
To communicate with a Smallworld session, you need to specify:
- the name, or IP address, of the computer hosting the Smallworld FME connection service
- the TCP port number on which the service is running on that computer
- the username and password for accessing the Smallworld database
Currently, FME can transfer the following physical, logical, geometrical, and join attribute types to and from Smallworld:
- character strings (ds_charci_vec,
ds_chari_vec, etc.) - floating point numbers (
ds_float, etc.) - integers (
ds_int, etc.) - Boolean (ds_bool)
- vectors of float (ds_float), integer (ds_int), Boolean (ds_bool)
- points
- chains, with arc and circle sectors
- areas
- text features
- date (ds_date)
- text joins created for variable length text (defined as text_id)
- join fields created for 1:n or 0:n join relationships