annotation;fmeshapefile
What transformer should I use to add AutoCAD Mtext to GIS attribute table using FME?
The reader file in CAD and I want to transform it to GIS Shapefile. In this case I want to expose the attribute from text (fme_text_string) to DC_LAND_PARCEL_BOUNDARY(polygon geometry).
So how to expose the attribute along with the value, so that in ArcGIS i only turn on the labeling options to show the annotation.
The Feature Merger transformer will allow you to Join by attributes
Using FME Desktop 2012 SP2 here
http://docs.safe.com/fme/pdf/FMEReadersWriters.pdf
Search 'Feature Merger'
A good blog post 'Joiner vs Feature Merger' by Mark Ireland
Using FME 2013 beta here
read the CAD [DXF] control the geometry - GeometryCoercer (FMEline) control the geometry - Force 2D (2d line only)
Build the Polygons
Output port AREA
Write Shapefile
See Image - as proof of concept.
Best Answer
First add the Autocad annotation layer in ArcGIS. Open the table of this layer and write down the fields you want to have in your shapefile.
Now create a point shapefile and add the same fields. Start editing the shapefile and just copy-paste the autocad annotation in the shapefile.
The table in the shapefile should now contain the text displayed in the annotation so now you can just label the points in ArcGIS.