This document summarizes the new features in FME 2020.0, including workbench improvements, new connectors and formats, enhanced Revit support, an automations writer, computer vision capabilities via PicterraConnector, and the introduction of FME augmented reality. Key highlights are improved performance, scalability, and support for spatial and enterprise data. The next webinar will focus on automating workflows with FME 2020.0.

1. FME 2020.0: Authoring
Part 1 of the Unleashing FME 2020.0 webinar series

2. Welcome to the Webinar!
Andrea Eisma Christian Berger Dale Lutz Dmitri Bagh

3. Resources for
COVID-19
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investigate COVID-19.

4. Agenda
● Workbench Improvements
● New Connectors and Formats
● Revit Support Enhancements
● Automations Writer
● CV and PicterraConnector
● FME AR
Data serenity is just a webinar away...

5. FME 2020.0 is for the Enterprise
Improved
Performance Secure
Scalable
No-Code
Enterprise
Integration
Flexible
Unrivaled
Spatial Support

6. FME® Integration Platform
FME Desktop FME Server FME Cloud
Connect. Transform. Automate.
FME is the data integration solution with the best support for spatial data worldwide.
Build & Run Workflows Automate Workflows FME Server Hosted on AWS

7. Join us on Thursday for
the next webinar in the
series, Automating
with FME 2020.0

8. Data integration
doesn’t have to make
you anxious, FME
Desktop is relaxing.

9. Workbench Improvements
Styling connection lines

10. New Formats

11. New Connectors
● Cityworks
● Esri ArcGIS Utility Network
● Google Cloud Services
● IBM Maximo, TRIRIGA
● Microsoft Dynamics, PowerBI
...and many more!

12. Unrivaled Spatial Support
Connect to Enterprise Cloud Data
Google
● Google BigQuery/BigQuery GIS
Connector
● Google Cloud Storage Connector
● Google Pub/Sub Connector
Apache
● Apache Kafka Connector
Amazon
● Athena Connector
Snowflake Data Warehouse
● Snowflake Reader/Writer
MongoDB
● Version 3 support

13. Demo: Google BigQuery
And
Automations Writer

14. New Readers & Writers
● CityJSON - Reader/Writer (Tech Preview)
● ECW V3 - Reader/Writer
● Entwine Point Tile (EPT) - Reader
● Geopackage - added elevation support (Reader/Writer)
● Mapbox Vector Tiles (MVT) - Reader/ Writer
● Microsoft DirectDraw Surface (DDS) - Raster Writer (for Esri i3s)
Plus leverage a better connection to ArcGIS Pro, including annotations
and Esri Utility Network
Note: A new Google Sheets connector is coming soon!

15. Demo: Entwine Point Cloud Reading

17. ● XSD Driven XML - Reader/Writer
● New UK MasterMap Variants - Reader/Writer
○ Water Network
○ Highways Network
○ Sites Layer
○ Topography Layer
● OGC S-121 GML - Reader/Writer
● TopoJSON - Reader/Writer
Connect to XML/JSON Based
Formats

18. Connect to AEC Formats
● Revit - Unrivaled Reader
○ Includes support for Revit 2020 files
● IFC - Enhanced Reader/Writer
● 12D Model - Reader (Writer coming soon)

19. Recharge with Revit
Support Enhancements

20. Do more with Revit
● Family attributes
● Wall simplification
● Project and view metadata
● Project or Georeferenced Coordinate System
● Extract floor plans

21. Demo: Revit

22. Machine Learning
and
Cognitive Services

23. Let’s do a poll. Do
you use, or would
like to use, computer
vision in your
organization?
“Yes, we’d like to
use it!” Or
“Not at this time”

24. Connect to Cognitive / Machine
Learning Services
● Google
○ GoogleVisionConnector
○ GoogleLanguageConnector
● Amazon
○ RekognitionConnector
○ ComprehendConnector
● Azure
○ AzureComputerVisionConnector
○ AzureTextAnalyticsConnector
● Picterra
○ PicterraConnector
● FOSS
○ OpenCV (via
RasterObjectDetector)
○ NLTK (via NLPTrainer and
NLPClassifier)

25. RekognitionConnector workflow
example:
● Use spatial filtering to submit only
necessary photos or video frames
(this is a paid service!)
● Detect objects
● Filter road signs
● Clip road signs from photos
● Detect texts on road sign clips
● Stay in control over bills with FME

26. RekognitionConnector demo

27. What is Picterra
Picterra - cloud-based computer vision platform for geospatial data
Examples:
● Ongoing building construction
● Road cracks: results
● Pinnipeds counting: blog, results
● Cownter project
● Weed detection: blog, results

28. PicterraConnector in FME
PicterraConnector - a custom transformer for
utilizing Picterra capabilities via API

29. Demo: PicterraConnector

30. Sample project: Pavement cracks
Upload
Detect
Report

31. Results

32. TransformFME AR

33. FME Data Spa
What’s this theme all about?
Use Cases for FME AR
● See all infrastructure (including
underground, behind walls) .
● See locations and paths of wildfires or other
natural disasters.
● See landmark locations and labels.
● Visualize CAD designs with parts and labels.
● Education – add labels and explanations.
● “Where is My Team?” app.
● See proposed buildings or past ones.
● See 3D landscapes for mining, civil
engineering, or earth sciences.

34. Examples

35. Demo: FME AR

36. Let’s do a poll. Where
would you or your
users like to be
running FME AR?
iOS, Android,
or Both?

37. FME Desktop is
Relaxing!
Improved user experience in
workbench.
The FME platform is integrated
into a complete workflow!
Data integration doesn’t have to make you
anxious because...

38. Join us at the same
time this Thursday for
the next webinar in the
series, Automating
with FME 2020.0
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39. Stay tuned for a
virtual roadshow
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40. Thank you!
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