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FME helps AEC firms eliminate data silos, automate the processing of large survey and sensor datasets, and unify CAD, BIM, and GIS data across the project lifecycle.
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Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Use Cases

Explore how AEC organizations use FME to automate data processing, handle large-scale processing, and more to deliver projects with confidence.
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Integrating Design & Mapping Systems

Connect design and mapping systems to deliver accurate, scalable, and efficient AEC workflows.

Bridge hundreds of formats and systems (Revit, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, etc.), allowing teams to work across systems without compatibility issues.
Scale workflows across the project lifecycle by reusing design data from planning through operations without rebuilding integrations.
Automate data transformation and exchange to eliminate repetitive conversions, reduce duplication across platforms, and minimize human error, thereby lowering costs and preventing project delays.
Preserve geometry, attributes, and geospatial accuracy when integrating BIM, CAD, and GIS data, ensuring teams can rely on consistent, high-quality information.
Woolpert saves $200K per year by automating data processing with FME
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Infrastructure & Urban Planning

Break down data silos to plan and deliver infrastructure with confidence.

Enable better decision-making with context-rich data by combining BIM, GIS, and environmental datasets, so teams can evaluate projects with greater accuracy.
Support digital twins and 3D city models by transforming complex data into interoperable 3D formats so that teams can visualize infrastructure, test scenarios before construction, and plan assets more effectively.
Easily handle increasing data volumes and emerging data sources such as IoT and smart city systems, helping teams adapt to growing complexity and future urban planning needs.
Integrate disconnected BIM, GIS, and CAD systems into a unified data environment, eliminating silos and creating a single source of truth across planning, design, and operations.

Environmental & Regulatory Compliance

Streamline compliance reporting with accurate, validated data.

Reduce compliance risk by automating data validation, enforcing standardized schemas, and ensuring submissions meet regulatory requirements before submission.
Standardize multi-source data (GIS, BIM, and environmental datasets) and convert them into submission-ready formats to streamline reporting workflows, reduce manual effort, and accelerate permitting and approvals.
Leverage spatial analysis for environmental impact assessments by performing overlays, buffering, and change detection, resulting in faster, more accurate analysis and stronger compliance reporting.
Enable proactive environmental compliance monitoring by integrating real-time sensor and field data, allowing teams to detect issues early and respond before they become violations.
FortisBC transforms wildfire monitoring with real-time data and scalable automation
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Construction Project Management

Improve coordination across design, construction, and field teams with connected project data.

Integrate project data across systems (BIM, GIS, project schedules, and more), ensuring 3D models, geospatial context, and construction timelines stay synchronized, and teams stay aligned from design through construction.
Ensure a clear view of project progress by combining model data, site context, and field updates, helping teams track construction status, identify issues on-site, and make faster decisions.
Reduce rework caused by outdated drawings and mismatched models by automating data validation and updates, keeping design revisions, field changes, and project data consistent across systems.
Enable interoperability among tools such as Revit, IFC, Esri, and Procore without custom development, enabling project teams to exchange data seamlessly without changing existing workflows.
How FME streamlines data analysis tenfold to support AI-powered construction progress monitoring
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Survey, LiDAR & Sensor Data Workflows

Turn reality capture data into usable insights at scale.

Easily handle high-volume LiDAR, point clouds, and drone imagery, making high-volume data easier to use across design, construction, and site analysis.
Continuously integrate and deliver data from sensors, APIs, and field uploads to keep project teams working with current site conditions and improve responsiveness.
Accelerate turnaround from field to office by automating the processing and delivery of survey, LiDAR, and drone data, reducing delays and making data available to stakeholders faster.
Doubling productivity with a web-based FME Solution
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Facilities Management

Connect design, construction, and facilities data for smarter building operations.

Extend AEC data into facilities operations by connecting BIM, GIS, CMMS, and IoT systems, ensuring data generated during design and construction remains usable and actionable after handover.
Integrate building systems and IoT data with spatial context so facilities teams can detect issues like equipment failures or energy anomalies and locate them precisely.
Support IFC-based workflows for facilities management by reading and writing Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), enabling teams to update, exchange, and maintain asset data within open standards across the building lifecycle.
Keep asset data accurate across BIM, GIS, and maintenance systems by automating synchronization of inventories, attributes, and IDs, reducing discrepancies between as-built models and real-world conditions.
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FME replaces manual data handling with scheduled workflows to automate CAD plan validation, synchronize BIM and field data, and trigger real-time updates. By ensuring data consistency across systems, FME reduces rework and errors, freeing teams to focus on high-value design and engineering rather than manual data preparation.

FME gives you the tools to support AI-driven insights and the flexibility to connect to any AI model. With FME you can resolve inconsistencies and standardize geometries to ensure your AI models operate on accurate, current project data. Built-in AI Assist further accelerates development by generating queries, expressions, and documentation directly within your workspace.

FME creates a unified foundation for digital twins by integrating BIM, GIS, IoT, and real-time field data. Teams can transform complex construction data into interoperable 3D formats and synchronize asset data with maintenance systems. This provides teams with the visibility needed to test scenarios, monitor progress, and make informed decisions throughout the project lifecycle.

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