Create a ComponentA component is al

Create a ComponentA component is almost equal to a normal macro. It contains a group of elements, but in addition it contains a set of special data, which allows Sprint-Layout to manage the components. Sprint-Layout can create component-lists or even Pick+Place files (for automated SMT placement).Every macro or even every selection can become a component.To change a macro into a component, click to the macro with the RIGHT mouse-button and then select the command Component...Each component has 2 individual text-labels: Identifier (ID) and Value. You can edit these texts here.In general the text-labels appear on the silkscreen-layer of the macro, but you may change also the layer here.You can also define the visibility of these text-labels. Even if the text is invisible, the data is still available, e.g for the component-list.The button Align text automatically aligns the 2 text labels Identifier and Value to the default positions at the top/left of the component.If you confirm with OK, the component will be created:A Macro becomes a ComponentIf the component is using Pick+Place data, you will always see a little cross in the center of the component.You may move the Identifier and the Value to other positions. If you click and draw these text-labels, the rest of the component will stay on its position. To select or move the complete component, just click on any other element of the component.You can call the component-dialog at any time to edit the component-data. Just double-click on the component, or click with the RIGHT mouse-button on the component and call the command Component...Disintegrate a ComponentYou can disintegrate a component at any time. The component then becomes a normal group of elements, and all component-data is lost.To disintegrate a component call the component-dialog for the component and click on the button Disintegrate component.