Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_eagle/read.c
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--- trunk/src_plugins/io_eagle/read.c	(revision 35754)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_eagle/read.c	(revision 35755)
@@ -2070,6 +2070,7 @@
 
 	/* have not read design rules section yet but need this for rectangle parsing */
 	st->ms_width = RND_MIL_TO_COORD(10); /* default minimum feature width */
+	st->default_unit = "mm";
 	st->parser.calls = &trparse_xml_calls;
 
 	if (st->parser.calls->load(&st->parser, fn) != 0)