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[Benoît Roehr <benoit.roehr.ec@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 30/10/2014 08:50, Marco Ciampa wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 01:22:34AM +0100, Benoît Roehr wrote:
> > Beware here, they are not footprint anymore when they are on the
> > board, have a value, a reference and so on... They are components.
> >
> > Footprint is the right term for the standalone "print" a component
> > will drop on a PCB. You can name them so in the footprint library,
> > in the component propriety and so on... In the PCB editor, this
> > object is a Components and should be named so.
> Ok, clear, thank you very much for the explanation.
>
> So we have:
>
> a symbol     = a generic graphic for schematic
> a component  = a graphic with a meaning (value, reference, etc.) for schematic
> a footprint  = a generic graphic for pcb
> a module     = a graphic with a meaning (value, reference, etc.) for pcb
In the case the object is part of an assembly (have a designator, value, 
reference, footprint...) I would name it Component, not module.

I think calling "Component" both the schematic parts and the pcb parts 
is the right way to go.

a symbol     = a generic graphic for schematic
a footprint  = a generic graphic for pcb
a component  = a graphic with a meaning (value, reference, etc.) for schematic and PCB

> right?