Help please to edit a component in inkscape and then use it

[vanepp]

Might want to look at this as well:

A new part creation HowTo (long! So long it is in 2 posts)

I just replaced the complete text of the first two posts in this thread that make up the howto with a corrected and expanded version. If you have read the original please read the update, as parts of the original are just plain wrong! Peter Van Epp