Method for placing electronic components onto a circuit board, comprising the following steps: - Placing a component to be placed of a first component type into a starting position; - Creating a component image of the component to be placed; - Creating a circuit board region image of a circuit board of a first circuit board region type; - Calculating a travel path for moving the component to be placed from a starting position into a final position on the circuit board based upon an image overlay of the component image and a previously saved reference component image of a reference component of the first component type, and based upon a previously saved reference starting position, a previously saved reference travel path of the reference component from the reference starting position into a reference final position on a reference circuit board of the first circuit board region type, and based upon an image overlay of the circuit board region image and a previously saved reference circuit board region image of the reference circuit board; - Moving the component to be placed along the travel path into the final position characterized in that a reference component image is created prior to saving the reference component image and the reference starting position, and a reference component is placed into the reference starting position, wherein the reference component is then moved along the reference travel path from the reference starting position into the reference final position on the reference circuit board, and wherein the reference travel path is saved when the reference component arrives at the reference final position. - Placing a component to be placed of a first component type into a starting position; - Creating a component image of the component to be placed; - Creating a circuit board region image of a circuit board of a first circuit board region type; - Calculating a travel path for moving the component to be placed from a starting position into a final position on the circuit board based upon an image overlay of the component image and a previously saved reference component image of a reference component of the first component type, and based upon a previously saved reference starting position, a previously saved reference travel path of the reference component from the reference starting position into a reference final position on a reference circuit board of the first circuit board region type, and based upon an image overlay of the circuit board region image and a previously saved reference circuit board region image of the reference circuit board; an image overlay of the component image and a previously saved reference component image of a reference component of the first component type, and based upon a previously saved reference starting position, a previously saved reference travel path of the reference component from the reference starting position into a reference final position on a reference circuit board of the first circuit board region type, and based upon an image overlay of the circuit board region image and a previously saved reference circuit board region image of the reference circuit board; - Moving the component to be placed along the travel path into the final position