An unplaced component exists in the design database, and has all the connectivity and attributes of a placed component, but it has not been instantiated in the design with a component symbol. Unplaced components do not appear in the graphics area, but they are in the
Components partition of the
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substructure pane. You can select unplaced components, and they are included in a BOM or a Design Statistics report.