1. AutoCAD to GE Smallworld
Marcin Gorecki
GIS Specialist Atmos Energy
April 10, 2013
2. ATMOS Energy Corporation
One of the country’s largest natural-gas only
distributors
3 million customers in 1,400 communities in 9
states
4,759 employees
HQ in Dallas, with operation in AL, CO, GA, KS,
KY, LA, MS, TN, TX, VA.
3. Problem:
In 2010 Atmos Energy decided to use GE
Smallworld as a primary GIS data carrier.
Existing data was in AutoCAD format
Lines representing mains
MTEXT used for description
Different layers to describe main size
The goal was to consolidate and transfer DATA to
GE Smallworld without losing any valuable
information.
7. Loading data to GE Smallworld
Setting up parameters in Workbench:
Setting correct coordinates
Both platforms run on Citrix (setting correct TICS host
and port:
8. Setting parameters in Smallworld (SW):
Setting the import in SW (4.2 version used for this
presentation)
We need to make sure we are in writable mode
9. Run the FME Workbench:
Check the outcome in SW:
Important part of
checking outcome is
also checking for data
in editor window in SW
10. Of course the same process work the other way
and we are able to transform Smallworld objects
to AutoCAD: