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.TH fp2preview 1 2019-10-01 "" "pcb-rnd manual"
.SH NAME
fp2preview - generate a preview for a library footprint
.SH SYNPOSIS
.nf
.sp
\fBfp2preview [\fIoptions\fB] [\fIinputfile\fB]
.fi
.SH DECSRIPTION

.BR fp2preview
invokes pcb-rnd to generate a preview image of a library footprint. Its main use is to have a automated, light-weight footprint preview generator using a static linked pcb-rnd (e.g. on web servers). 
.PP

.SH OPTIONS


.TP

.B --photo 
draw the footprint in "photo realistic mode" 
.TP

.B -p 
same as --photo 
.TP

.B --grid unit 
set grid unit e.g. to mm or mil 
.TP

.B -g unit 
same as --grid 
.TP

.B --mm 
use an mm grid instead of a mil grid; shorthand for -g mm 
.TP

.B --annotation types 
turn on annotation types; types is a string that may consist "pins" for pin/pad numbers, "dimname" and "dimvalue" for dimension names and values and "background" for drawing a background under annotation text
.PP