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Created January 4, 2019 21:14
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KiCAD Python script to convert old .mod footprint libraries to .kicad_mod
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convert_mod.py
import sys
from pcbnew import *
infile = sys.argv[1]
outdir = sys.argv[2]
inplugin = IO_MGR.PluginFind(IO_MGR.GuessPluginTypeFromLibPath(infile))
outplugin = IO_MGR.PluginFind(IO_MGR.GuessPluginTypeFromLibPath(outdir))
for name in inplugin.FootprintEnumerate(infile):
fp = inplugin.FootprintLoad(infile, name)
outplugin.FootprintSave(outdir, fp)
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