# Standardization of Fritzing part design **URL:** \ **Category:** advanced\ **Created:** [March 13, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/standardization-of-fritzing-part-design/5652 "2018-03-13T21:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![sublimeartistry](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/sublimeartistry/32/2218_2.png) [@sublimeartistry](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/sublimeartistry)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/standardization-of-fritzing-part-design/5652/7 "2018-03-14T00:48:26Z")
> [@Old\_Grey](#): > > BB view is the only reason it should exist because there is plenty of other EDAs. The main reason I use Fritzing over Eagle which I used to use is because the views are tied together. I can lay everything out on the PCB and then make the schematic after based on the ratsnests to confirm I made it as I have it in my head. With some other EDAs you could work on the PCB first too but after that you would have to start over to make the schematic and never know if you got the PCB right. You can also use it to reverse engineer things by working in PCB first. > [@KingDarBoja](#): > > That’s true, maybe vanepp has too much experience and his instructions would be complex at first, but after following them carefully (and digging into Inkscape featureS), you will catch up quickly. > > For example, his most recent tip regarding how grid alignment works, made me understand (and save time) while making part fixes. I can make a part in 1/10 the time it takes him and they work as they are supposed to so there is nothing to catch up on. As for the alignment tip if you had used a generic IC to generate the Schematic and assign its labels you wouldn’t have ever needed the tip. It is only because things are being done the hard way that that information is even needed. And if you assign the pins in the Editor instead of wasting time putting them in the SVG I believe it aligns them correctly for you (I could be wrong as 99% of the parts I use/make are SMD since they are so much easier to solder and I turn off the grid because the alignment I need is so fine it makes Fritzing unusable). Have you read my Inkscape tips and tricks thread? > [@Inkscape Tips and Tricks](http://forum.fritzing.org/t/inkscape-tips-and-tricks/4192): > > Just thought I would start a thread to share a few of my tips and tricks to working with Inkscape to produce new parts/boards for Fritzing. (please feel free to add your tips and corrections) Setting up Inkscape. Set transformation parameters. Edit/Preferences/Behaviour/Transformations Disable “Scale Stroke Width” (makes it easier to change size of holes in rings, etc) Disable “Scale Rounded Corners in Rectangles” (makes adjusting custom PCB size more consistent) Enable “Optimized” Store… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/standardization-of-fritzing-part-design/5652)._