# Designing Components for Fritzing **URL:** \ **Category:** projects\ **Created:** [March 18, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/designing-components-for-fritzing/3352 "2017-03-18T21:50:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/vanepp/32/4426_2.png) [@vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/vanepp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/designing-components-for-fritzing/3352/2 "2017-03-18T22:24:26Z")
Inkscape is the open source svg tool of choice. I’d advise version 0.91 rather than the latest 0.92 as they changed the pixels per inch in 0.92 and that has caused me some grief in Fritzing sometimes (but not always) and parts creation is hard enough without tools screwing you over. These are the two latest tutorials I’m aware of (both in the forum here): > [@A new part creation HowTo (long! So long it is in 2 posts)](http://forum.fritzing.org/t/a-new-part-creation-howto-long-so-long-it-is-in-2-posts/2238): > > (Edit: November 2016: This is an updated (and corrected) version of the original parts creation howto. This version corrects some suggestions (mostly saving Inkscape files as optimized svg which turns out to cause other problems) with the first version and expands the section on parts testing. While there doesn’t appear to be a lot of interest in this subject I’ll make at least this update so the information is as correct as I can get it.) This is a description of how I made the Valor PM6078-00… > [@Fritzing PART CREATION Video Tutorial Series](http://forum.fritzing.org/t/fritzing-part-creation-video-tutorial-series/2647/3): > > Fritzing Part Creation - Chapter3 - Inkscape Advanced Essentials Learning how to draw in Inkscape - more features. 0:00 Overview 0:16 Select object with cursor and XML Editor 3:34 Manipulate special PDF’s in Inkscape 4:33 XML Editor - Direct drawing manipulation 6:05 XML Editor - Making group, moving object, changing layer height 7:27 Cursor - Changing layer height 8:21 Ruler 9:07 Grids 9:28 Snap selection 10:16 Drawing origin When you have problems (note I didn’t say if 🙂 ) post here, preferably with the fzpz file or svg file of the part giving you grief and a number of us will help you out. We need more people making good parts so help to do so is available. Peter --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/designing-components-for-fritzing/3352)._