Free FME FDO Provider for AutoCAD Map 3D 2008

Today Safe Software introduced a free FME® FDO Provider for AutoCAD® Map 3D 2008. Map 3D users now have a faster and easier way to access nine popular import formats from directly within the application’s Data Connect dialog box.

"Our FME technology has been an integrated part of AutoCAD Map 3D for almost a decade," says Dale Lutz, Vice President of Development at Safe Software. "With the FME FDO Provider, the important data formats available through the data import feature are now also easily accessible through a more intuitive interface."

Available for download today at www.safe.com/fmefdo, the free FME FDO Provider integrates with the Data Connect dialog to enable quick connectivity to key spatial data formats, including ESRI® ArcInfo Export (E00), Geography Markup Language (GML), and MapInfo TAB/MIF/MID. With just a few clicks, Map 3D users can conveniently read data directly, without having to copy the datasets. When the data changes, users’ drawings will automatically reflect the most recent information. Users can also easily upgrade to FME, a powerful spatial ETL platform, for access to over 200 additional CAD, GIS, raster and database formats, such as ArcSDE Raster, MapInfo SpatialWare, and KML (Google Earth).

"Safe Software is widely recognized in our industry as the experts for easy, efficient spatial data access," said Peter Rieks, Product Manager at AutoDesk. "We’re thrilled that our AutoCAD Map 3D customers now have an even better way to leverage the power of FME within the Map 3D environment."

Map 3D users can also download the FME FDO Provider today at www.safe.com/fmefdo. Safe Software will also be demonstrating this new tool at Autodesk University in Las Vegas, from November 27-29 at Booth #112.

To learn more about how FME integrates with AutoCAD Map 3D and other Autodesk® solutions, please visit www.safe.com/autodesk.