Many large organizations expend significant financial and human resources managing facilities. To help with this effort, organizations have implemented Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS). These systems are data intensive and rely on accurate, timely, high quality data. The US Federal Government’s management model challenges this approach because facilities are owned by one large federal agency and managed and/or used by others. This means data is constantly flowing from one agency to another. For larger federal agencies, managing this data flow is a challenge in and of itself. To address the problem, Avineon is assisting a very large, nationwide federal agency to ingest, standardize, QC, and validate source AutoCAD plans using FME Server, saving federal workers countless hours while improving overall data quality. This presentation will showcase the development, implementation, and use of FME Server to help streamline this entire process.

1. Processing Building Plans using
FME Server
Brooks E. Kelley
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2. Corporate Mission
 Avineon is a global technology company specializing in Information Technology, Geospatial, BIM, and
Engineering Services for government and private industry.
 We deliver total system solutions that provide outstanding value by applying our innovative approaches, skilled
people, and disciplined processes.
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Highly
Disciplined
Processes
Consistent
Project
Execution
Innovative
Solutions
Global
Technology
Company
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3. Company Overview
• Privately Held Information Technology Firm
o Founded in 1992
o Financially Stable – Debt Free
• Headquartered in McLean, Virginia
• Over 1,000 Employees Worldwide
• Quality and Process Driven
o CMMI® Maturity Level 3
o ISO 9001:2015
o ITIL v3
• Extensive Experience in Federal Government and
Industry
• Strong Geospatial Program
o Esri Business Partner for Over Ten Years
o Safe Software FME Partner and Solution
Provider
• Offshore Capability
• 100% Project Success Rate
Communication
Security
Quality
Capacity Experience
Cost & Lead Time
Client Focused
Value
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4. Global Presence
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North America
- McLean, VA
- Saint Petersburg, FL
- Traverse City, MI
Europe
- London (UK)
- Paris (France)
- Montpellier (France)
- Lier (Belgium)
- Roosendaal (Netherlands)
- Waardenburg (Netherlands)
Asia
- Hyderabad (India)
- Kakinada (India)
- Abu Dhabi (UAE)
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5. 1. Large Federal Agency.
2. National in scope with offices in all states and
most territories.
3. Approximately 800 facilities with more than 5,000
floors.
4. 40 million square feet (3.7 km2) of rentable space.
5. Data maintained in AutoCAD.
6. Data analysed/archived in IBM Tririga IWMS
(Integrated Workplace Management System).
Client Profile
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6. 1. One agency owns buildings, others use them.
2. Owner and users have different priorities,
requirements, and standards.
3. Owner agency divided into regions; each region
does things a bit differently.
4. User agency has one standard.
PLINE.dwg – Gross, GrossMeasured, Labels, Space layers
ARCH.dwg – Background features e.g. doors, sinks, stairs.
The Federal Building Floorplan Challenge
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7. 1. Overall Workflow
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8. 1. Overall Workflow Example
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9. 1. At its core, this is an ETL process involving data
standardization.
2. Need to run this same process on many input
drawings.
Why FME?
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10. 1. Lots of drawings.
2. Coming in a various times.
3. Being processed by several people.
4. Wanting to “batch” these.
5. Version control.
Why FME Server?
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11. A means to automate data-driven workflows within
FME Server.
For example, watch a folder, when a new AutoCAD
drawing appears, run an FME workspace!
FME Server Automations
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12. 1. Overall Workflow
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Input CAD
Folder
JSPACE
FME
Workspace
STOP
(do nothing)
Failed QC and
diff. than JSPACE
Same as JSPACE
Passed QC and
diff. than JSPACE
Input CAD could be:
1. Multi-floor Source dwg
2. Single floor source dwg
3. Corrected PLINE/ARCH dwg
FME Workspace to:
1. Std. to PLINE/ARCH dwg
2. QC
3. Compare to JSPACE
(using SPID and area)
To Be
Fixed
%PLINE.dwg
%ARCH.dwg
Error Report
Logging
1. Drawing number and details of drawings processed
2. Report by date i.e. every 24 hours at midnight
To Be
Loaded
%PLINE.dwg
%ARCH.dwg
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13. The Workspace
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14. Custom Transformers
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Transformer Purpose
Main Ingest, general processing, and drawing output.
PlineMaker Standardize drawings to Agency PLINE specification.
ArchMaker Standardize drawings to Agency ARCH specification.
Qcer Perform Quality Control of standardized drawings.
ErrorMsgAccumulator Write to error report.
LotIt Writes to log.
JSpaceValidator Validate standardized and QCed drawings against those in
Tririga database.
SpaceAreaCalculator Calculates space-specific areas of a standardized and QCed
PLINE drawing.
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15. Output: PLINE and ARCH Drawings
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16. Drawing-specific csv file listing errors.
IL0205_13_20160404_PLINE.csv
Output: Daily Log File
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17. Date-specific text file listing work done over a 24-
hour, midnight-to-midnight period.
USC_20191101.log
Output: Daily Log File
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18. Here, FME Server is an ideal tool to:
1. Effectively process a lot of data.
2. Standardize, QC, and validate data.
3. Improve data quality
4. Save staff time.
Summary
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Avineon, Inc.
310 W Front St, Suite 225
Traverse City MI 49684
USA
Brooks E. Kelley
bkelley@avineon.com
231.995.8266 x101
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