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.

4. AutoCAD data prior conversion:

5. Solution:
 To solve our problem we used FME Workbench
 Work process:
 Cleaning AutoCAD files (connectivity, correct layers)

6.  Creating FME Workbench file:

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:

11. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
 Marcin.Gorecki@atmosenergy.com
 Atmos Energy