{"id":293,"date":"2022-10-10T12:46:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.pcbinvestigator.de\/en\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:12:22","slug":"edit-components","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/features\/fabrication-tools\/edit-components\/","title":{"rendered":"Edit Components"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table edition-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><table class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/basic\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"27\">BASIC<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/ultimate\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"29\">ULTIMATE<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/fabrication\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">FABRICATION<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/production-control\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"34\">PRODUCTION CONTROL<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/developer\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"36\">DEVELOPER<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/physics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"38\">PHYSICS<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\u2713<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\u2713<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\u2713<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\u2713<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#686b6f;font-size:16px\">Edit Components &#8211; an essential tool for successful PCB design!<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OverviewImage.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1003\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Use this <strong><em>plug-in<\/em><\/strong> for a rough overview of the assembly or to make placement suggestions for your designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For that purpose you can&nbsp;<strong>edit properties of selected components<\/strong>&nbsp;and change their position on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another helpful function is exporting existing packages to a component library. 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