4.3.5. Displaying supported CityGML ADEs

This tab provides a list of all CityGML Application Domain Extensions (ADEs) that are registered in the 3DCityDB instance and/or are supported by the Importer/Exporter. The following screenshot shows the corresponding dialog.

Fig. 4.11 Table of all supported CityGML ADEs.

The ADE table contains one entry per CityGML ADE. Each entry lists the name and the version of the ADE and indicates whether it is supported by the database and/or the Importer/Exporter (using check or cross signs). Database support requires that the ADE has been successfully registered in the 3DCityDB instance using the ADE Manager Plugin (see Section 5.3). Additional support by the Importer/Exporter requires that a corresponding ADE extension has been copied into the ade-extensions folder within the installation directory of the Importer/Exporter. Only if both conditions are met both fields will contain a check sign. If no ADE has been detected upon database connection, the table remains empty.

In the example of Fig. 4.11, there is only an Importer/Exporter extension for an ADE called KitEnergyADE but the connected 3DCityDB instance lacks support for it. EnergyADE data would therefore not be handled by the Importer/Exporter and thus not stored into the database in this scenario.

If you select an entry in the ADE table and click the Info button (or simply double-click on the entry), metadata about the ADE will be displayed in a separate window as shown below. The Status field shows whether the ADE is fully supported or some user action is required. The Encoding checkboxes illustrate for which output formats the ADE is available. Thus, ADE content will only be exported when choosing a supported output format for the export operation (see Section 4.5).

Fig. 4.12 ADE metadata dialog.