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Subject: Re: [geda-help] Is it possible to convert units mm2mil or mil2mm
 inside footprint file?
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Dne 20.2.2014 22:39, Stefan Salewski napsal(a):
> On Thu, 2014-02-20 at 20:33 +0100, Jiří Čejka wrote:
>> Is there any program included in the suite which has the capability
>> of
>> converting footprint units?
> I do not know about a program for converting units, but most generators
> can handle arbitrary units for input, at least my one can do that.
Yes, but some of them may be all of them generates footprint file with 
centimil units, so it is not comfortable to edit it later by hand using 
metric units.
> Here is a list of available generators
>
> http://www.delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi?p=geda-help/2013/01/24/10:59:59
Thank you for pointing me out to that archived message. It is helpfull. 
I did not find some of that generators.
> In the generated footprint files, you can use units too. If no unit is
> given, the default unit is 0.01mil. But you can specify dimensions by
> appending units, i.e 200um or so.
>
Yes and that's file which my program can convert. I'll finish some work 
on it like adding readme, licence etc. ask for gedasymbol account and 
will share it with community.