1. FME Server for High Quality
On-Demand PDF Printing
Steve Bogart
Vice President, Technology Product Manager
Jones Lang LaSalle
April 16th, 2013
Jonathon McIntyre
CTO, i-Open Technologies

2. Who is Jones Lang LaSalle?
 Jones Lang LaSalle is a financial and professional
services firm specializing in real estate services
and investment management. Our more than
40,000 people in 1,000 locations in 70 countries
serve the local, regional and global real estate
needs of those clients, growing our company in
the process.

3. Who is i-Open Technologies?
 Established 2002 – HQ Abbotsford BC
 Systems Integrator – Core Focus is Solution
Development
 Objective and Trusted Partner to its Clients
 Technology Platform Approach – Cross Industry
 GIS – Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
 Data Integration
 i-Open Management have been delivering Enterprise
and Government solutions for over 25 years

4. What were the requirements?
 Integrate with existing Floor Plan display system
 Variety of data sources
 Print high resolution PDFs
 Flexible to deal with individual client
requirements – new opportunities
 Contextual high quality legend
 Layer control
 Handle complex patterns and labels

5. What types of Data were used?
 Inputs
 Autodesk DWG
 Autodesk DWF
 Autodesk SDF
 Microsoft SQL Server
 Comma Separated Values (CSV)
 Output
 PDF

6. Sample PDF Output

7. Why FME Server?
 Can reside on separate servers allowing load
balancing and stability
 Existing FME use allows knowledge transfer
 Can be incorporated transparently into current
solution
 Scalable, proven solution
 Other output formats (ie PNG/JPG) could be used
also
 Opportunity to add additional attribute data

8. Workbench Overview

9. Key Components
 FME Server: Data Streaming
 PDF Layout
 Configurability
 Text Labelling
 High Resolution Legend
 Polygon Themes
 Layer Control

10. FME Server: Data Streaming
Service
 Executed from JS in Web Mapping client…pass
parameters, lots of parameters
 FME Server processes raw data
 Sends back ‘smart’ pdf

11. PDF Layout
 Floor Plan
 Legend
 Title, Scale Bar, Floor Details
 Rotation
 Clipping

12. PDF Layout

13. PDF Layout
 PDFLayouter: place the elements on the page

14. Legend
 Dynamic
 Context Sensitive
 High Resolution

15. Legend
 LegendBuilder: build custom legend; Python
script

16. Text Labelling
 Rotation
 Location
 Donuts
 Size
 Multi-Line
 Custom symbols

17. Text Labelling
 TextRotator: Create placement point and rotate

18. Text Labelling
 TextRotator: Create placement point and rotate

19. Text Labelling
 TextLabeller: Create Label, justify, deal with
multi-line labels

20. Configurability
 Must integrate with existing app, data, site
 Multiple clients, multiple requirements…Burger
King (have it your way)
 Parameters, parameters, parameters…it just goes
on and on my friend…
 Custom transformers

21. Polygon Theming
 Patterns
 Fills
 Hatches
 Angles/Spacing
 Donuts

22. Layer Control
 Layer output in PDF to match layers in Floor Plans

23. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
 Steve Bogart: steve.bogart@am.jll.com
 Jones Lang LaSalle
 Jonathon McIntyre: jmcintyre@i-opentech.com
 i-Open Technologies
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