Safe Software today announced that FME, the leading spatial ETL solution, now provides ESRI users with access to full 3D cityscapes directly within their ESRI ArcGIS environment. ESRI users can now develop more realistic visualizations in a fraction of the time, helping them deliver more valuable business insights to decision makers.

Safe Software has achieved this by adding support in FME for 3D data textures and additional 3D formats including Autodesk 3ds, Autodesk Civil 3D, GoogleT SketchupT and Collada. Safe has also enhanced FME to be capable of creating Geodatabases with attributes and textures on 3D objects, and has designed FME to extend the browsing capabilities of ArcCatalog, enabling users
to view textured 3D objects without having to import data.

ESRI users can now leverage 3D data from a wide variety of sources – whether the data has been custom-designed in 3D authoring environments, purchased from data providers or collected free from 3D warehouses – and then import or view the 3D data directly in ArcGIS for use in enriched visualizations and analysis.

Designed in partnership with ESRI, who has announced their plan to add 3D editing and routing tools to the ArcGIS 9.4 release, this development culminates two years of collaboration to deliver improved 3D interoperability to ESRI users.

Organizations interested in seeing how FME enables quick direct-view and importing capabilities for 3D data in ESRI ArcGIS can access the FME 2010 beta at www.safe.com/Beta or visit www.safe.com/Gavle to learn more.
About Safe Software and FME

Safe Software powers the flow of spatial data with its software platform, FME. The recognized standard in spatial ETL (extract, transform and load), FME is the only complete solution for data conversion. It delivers the most extensive format support for data translation and integration, and provides unlimited flexibility in data model transformation and distribution.

FME is used by thousands of customers worldwide in a variety of industries including government, utilities, and petroleum. Its powerful data access technology also makes FME the choice of leading GIS, CAD, and database vendors for integration into their own solutions. Designed for true data interoperability, FME unleashes spatial data so people can use it where, when, and how
they want to.

For more information please visit www.safe.com