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How to Extract Back Dimension From FPX File

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Printed Date: 02 Dec 2025 at 10:44am


Topic: How to Extract Back Dimension From FPX File
Posted By: m.elsayed
Subject: How to Extract Back Dimension From FPX File
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2025 at 5:15am
How to extract back dimension from FPX file in Excel spreadsheet or Text format instead open in Footprint Expert and get one by one.

For example:
FPX built by chip module, need get values for its parameter
Amax Dmin Dmax Emin Emax Lmin Lmax L1min L1max


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Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2025 at 8:29am
There are 2 options for extracting data. 

The 'Print' feature is in in both the Calculator and FP Designer. 

The import/export to CSV file is in FP Designer. 



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Posted By: Jeff.M
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2025 at 8:29am

This must be manually transcribed from the FPE program.

To automate as requested, a program would have to be written to extract the data from an fpx file which would compromise the IP contained in those files.




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Posted By: m.elsayed
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2025 at 10:10am
For designer tab:please give more details how and steps
For calculator how to make like this instead of manually 

Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2025 at 11:19am
The only data exported to an Excel CSV file are the pin coordinates. 

There is no feature for exporting all the footprint dimensions to CSV file format. 

We have no plans to create this feature. 

You can use the 'Print' feature to create a .PDF file with all the coordinates. 



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Posted By: m.elsayed
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2025 at 8:20pm
I think it will great and helpful to have way for doing this so can trace any update.

As print way works one by one and have more effort and can’t be used if we need trace updates on library level.


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