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To access feature type parameters, click the gear icon Tip To always display the editor in FME Workbench, you can select View > Windows > Parameter Editor.
General All feature types share similar General parameters, which may include Feature Type Name, Reader or Writer information, and Geometry. In most Writer Feature Type parameter dialogs, you can also control Dynamic Schema Definitions. Some database formats accept Table or Index Qualifier prefixes on the output table feature type. |
on a feature type in the Overview
In the AutoCAD Map 3D Object Data Writer, definition lines without user attributes are treated as layer definitions, while any definition lines with user attributes are treated as object data table definitions where each attribute will become a column.
Not only does the AutoCAD Map 3D Object Data Writer require that every feature written to the AutoCAD DWG/DXF file be stored within a defined layer, all object data information must be stored within a defined object data table. In AutoCAD DWG/DXF drawings, the layers are used to store collections of logically related attributes, and the object data tables are used to associate additional information with the entities stored on those layers.
Within FME, layers and object data tables are both made from FME feature types. An FME feature with a feature type that defines an object data table may write both entity and object data information to the output file, and may dynamically create a layer for the entity information if necessary.
An FME feature with a feature type that defines a layer will only write entity information to the output file.
Layer
Description
The optional description string for a layer.
Appearance
Default Linetype
The name of the linetype to use for the layer if no linetype is specified on the correlation line. The linetype specified must:
- be defined in the workspace,
- be copied from a specified template file, or
- use the predefined linetype named CONTINUOUS.
Default Color
The color number used for all features stored within the layer unless explicitly overridden on the correlation lines below.
Valid values are between 1 and 255.
State
- On: Set to No to create a layer in the Off state. Layers that are set to Off are still read by the AutoCAD Reader. Default: Yes.
- Frozen: Set to Yes to create a layer in the Frozen state. Default: No.
- Hidden: Set to Yes to create a layer in the Hidden state. Default: No.
- Locked: Set to Yes to create a layer in the Locked state. Default: No.
- Plottable: Set to Yes to create a layer in the state where it can be plotted. Default: Yes.
Advanced
Object Data Entity Key Attribute
This is the name of an attribute that will be checked for entity key values while writing. Each unique entity key value represents a single AutoCAD entity with which to associate feature geometry and attributes.