diff --git a/lib/components/base-components/PrimitiveComponent.ts b/lib/components/base-components/PrimitiveComponent.ts
index fa4d1c8..dee30fd 100644
--- a/lib/components/base-components/PrimitiveComponent.ts
+++ b/lib/components/base-components/PrimitiveComponent.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
-import type { Circuit } from "../../Circuit"
-import type { AnyCircuitElement, AnySourceComponent } from "circuit-json"
-import type { ZodType } from "zod"
-import { z } from "zod"
-import { symbols, type SchSymbol, type BaseSymbolName } from "schematic-symbols"
-import { isValidElement as isReactElement, type ReactElement } from "react"
-import type { Port } from "../primitive-components/Port"
-import { Renderable, type RenderPhase } from "./Renderable"
+import type { LayoutBuilder } from "@tscircuit/layout"
+import type { AnySourceComponent, LayerRef } from "circuit-json"
+import { InvalidProps } from "lib/errors/InvalidProps"
+import { isMatchingSelector } from "lib/utils/selector-matching"
+import { type BaseSymbolName, type SchSymbol, symbols } from "schematic-symbols"
 import {
+  type Matrix,
   applyToPoint,
   compose,
   flipY,
   identity,
   rotate,
   translate,
-  type Matrix,
 } from "transformation-matrix"
-import { isMatchingSelector } from "lib/utils/selector-matching"
-import type { LayoutBuilder } from "@tscircuit/layout"
-import type { LayerRef } from "circuit-json"
-import { InvalidProps } from "lib/errors/InvalidProps"
+import type { ZodType } from "zod"
+import { z } from "zod"
+import type { Circuit } from "../../Circuit"
 import type { ISubcircuit } from "../primitive-components/Group/ISubcircuit"
+import { Renderable } from "./Renderable"
 
 export interface BaseComponentConfig {
   componentName: string
@@ -294,18 +291,26 @@ export abstract class PrimitiveComponent<
     if (!this.isSubcircuit) return null
 
     const layout: LayoutBuilder = this.props.layout
-    if (!layout) return null
+    const manualEdits = this.props.manualEdits
+
+    if (!layout && !manualEdits) return null
+
+    const placementConfigPositions =
+      layout?.manual_pcb_placement_config?.positions ||
+      manualEdits?.pcb_placements
 
-    const placementConfig = layout.manual_pcb_placement_config
-    if (!placementConfig) return null
+    if (!placementConfigPositions) return null
 
-    for (const position of placementConfig.positions) {
-      if (isMatchingSelector(component, position.selector)) {
+    for (const position of placementConfigPositions) {
+      if (
+        (layout && isMatchingSelector(component, position.selector)) ||
+        component.props.name === position.selector
+      ) {
         const center = applyToPoint(
           this._computePcbGlobalTransformBeforeLayout(),
           position.center,
         )
-        return center
+        return Array.isArray(center) ? { x: center[0], y: center[1] } : center
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 79b6727..7ac4079 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "@tscircuit/footprinter": "^0.0.77",
     "@tscircuit/infgrid-ijump-astar": "^0.0.24",
     "@tscircuit/math-utils": "^0.0.4",
-    "@tscircuit/props": "^0.0.77",
+    "@tscircuit/props": "^0.0.78",
     "@tscircuit/schematic-autolayout": "^0.0.5",
     "@tscircuit/soup-util": "^0.0.33",
     "circuit-json": "^0.0.91",
diff --git a/tests/components/primitive-components/__snapshots__/manual-edits-layout-pcb.snap.svg b/tests/components/primitive-components/__snapshots__/manual-edits-layout-pcb.snap.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e953f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/primitive-components/__snapshots__/manual-edits-layout-pcb.snap.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="800" height="600"><style>
+              .boundary { fill: #000; }
+              .pcb-board { fill: none; }
+              .pcb-trace { fill: none; }
+              .pcb-hole-outer { fill: rgb(200, 52, 52); }
+              .pcb-hole-inner { fill: rgb(255, 38, 226); }
+              .pcb-pad { }
+              .pcb-boundary { fill: none; stroke: #fff; stroke-width: 0.3; }
+              .pcb-silkscreen { fill: none; }
+              .pcb-silkscreen-top { stroke: #f2eda1; }
+              .pcb-silkscreen-bottom { stroke: #f2eda1; }
+              .pcb-silkscreen-text { fill: #f2eda1; }
+            </style><rect class="boundary" x="0" y="0" width="800" height="600"/><rect class="pcb-boundary" x="183.69797025768872" y="43.26040594846222" width="432.6040594846226" height="513.4791881030756"/><path class="pcb-board" d="M 183.69797025768872 556.7395940515378 L 616.3020297423113 556.7395940515378 L 616.3020297423113 124.13553456691506 L 183.69797025768872 124.13553456691506 Z" stroke="rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)" stroke-width="4.326040594846226"/><g transform="translate(400.00000000000006, 43.26040594846222) rotate(0) scale(1, -1)"><rect class="pcb-component" x="-34.60832475876981" y="-12.978121784538672" width="69.21664951753962" height="25.956243569077344"/><rect class="pcb-component-outline" x="-34.60832475876981" y="-12.978121784538672" width="69.21664951753962" height="25.956243569077344"/></g><rect class="pcb-pad" fill="rgb(200, 52, 52)" x="365.39167524123025" y="30.282284163923542" width="25.956243569077362" height="25.956243569077362"/><rect class="pcb-pad" fill="rgb(200, 52, 52)" x="408.65208118969247" y="30.282284163923542" width="25.956243569077362" height="25.956243569077362"/></svg>
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diff --git a/tests/components/primitive-components/json/manual-edits.json b/tests/components/primitive-components/json/manual-edits.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..284a72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/primitive-components/json/manual-edits.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "pcb_placements": [
+    {
+      "selector": "R1",
+      "center": {
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 6.869495369849336
+      },
+      "relative_to": "group_center",
+      "_edit_event_id": "0.037205222437411756"
+    }
+  ],
+  "edit_events": [],
+  "manual_trace_hints": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/components/primitive-components/manual-edits-layout.test.tsx b/tests/components/primitive-components/manual-edits-layout.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d7baa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/primitive-components/manual-edits-layout.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { getTestFixture } from "tests/fixtures/get-test-fixture"
+import manualEdits from "./json/manual-edits.json"
+
+test("Manual edits prop usage", () => {
+  const { project } = getTestFixture()
+
+  project.add(
+    <board width="10mm" height="10mm" manualEdits={manualEdits}>
+      <resistor name="R1" resistance="100" footprint="0402"/>
+    </board>,
+  )
+
+  project.render()
+
+  expect(project).toMatchPcbSnapshot(import.meta.path)
+})