Components

How to use the components in my editor.

Components are exactly what the name implies, they are components.
A few examples are:

• Resistors
• Capacitors
• Transistors

Components have a few details about them that I will explain here:

• Every component has a certain number of points or pins.
  
  The points/pins of a horizontal resistor.
  In this case the root pin is the one with a green circle.


• The amount of pins can vary, but there is always one root pin.
  Normally, the root pin is the pin on the top left of the component (with a few exceptions).
  All movement and rotation of the component happens from the root pin.


• The root pin defines the position of the component. If you move the component, your actually moving the root pin.


• Every component has a few properties that you can change about it.
  These will be explained here.

To get a component onto the board, you simply have to drag it from the menu.
The menu is located on the left of the screen.

Image of the menu

• Move them
  By dragging them.


• Rotate them
  By moving your mouse over them and pressing the R key.


• Select one component
  By clicking on one of them.


• Select multiple
  By clicking on multiple components while holding shift.
  Or by selecting them with the mouse. (press and hold somewhere that isn't a component nor a hole).


• Delete them
  By moving them out of the PCB board or by selecting them and pressing del (or fn + backspace for mac users).


• Copy them
  By selecting one or multiple components and then pressing C.


• Paste them
  By pressing V and then placing them.