---
name: "fped"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fped"
version: "0.1+201210-1.2+b1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fped"
---

# fped(1)

Footprint editor

## NAME

fped - Footprint editor

## SYNOPSIS

- **fped**

  \[-k\] \[-p\|-P \[-s scale\]\] \[-T \[-T\]\] \[cpp\_option ...\] \[in\_file \[out\_file\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**fped** is an editor that allows the interactive creation of footprints of electronic components. Footprint definitions are stored in a text format that resembles a programming language. The language is constrained such that anything that can be expressed in the textual definition also has a straightforward equivalent operation that can be performed through the GUI. A description of the GUI can be found here: http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/fped/gui.html

## OPTIONS

- **-k**

  write KiCad output, then exit

- **-p**

  write Postscript output, then exit

- **-P**

  write Postscript output (full page), then exit

- **-s** scale

  scale factor for **-P** (default: auto-scale)

- **-T**

  test mode. Load file, then exit

- **-T** **-T**

  test mode. Load file, dump to stdout, then exit

- cpp\_option

  **-Idir**, **-Dname**\[=*value*\], or **-Uname**

Please report any further bugs at **werner@almesberger.net**

## LICENCE

**fped** is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later.

## AUTHORS

Werner Almesberger \<werner@almesberger.net\>

This manual page was written by Xiangfu Liu \<xiangfu.z@gmail.com\> It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2 or later).