Electrical Symbols Library for Drawing

Schematics in PowerPoint
For best results:
– Turn snap-to-grid-on
Actives
– Do not scale the
symbols library. Draw
entire schematic first,
then scale to desired
size.
– After rotation, press Passives

up/down and
sideways arrow keys
to realign the
component with the
grid. Sources

Discretes
OpAmps, OTAs & Buffers
Transducers
 Misc.

ADC

DAC

LPF
 How Do Things Get Off-the-Grid?
Whenever an object is moved, PowerPoint aligns one of the edges of the bounding
box with the grid. Therefore, if the component’s bounding box is not exactly an
integer number of grid units in size, when the component is moved, its terminals
may move off the grid.
Other edge of
Invisible PowerPoint Bounding box Terminal not bounding box
Grid (Enlarged) aligns with grid aligned with grid aligns with grid

Move Left Move Left Again

Component with a
bounding box that is not
an integral number of grid
units
When the component is moved to
the left, the terminals become
misaligned with the grid. Aligning
connection lines with the terminals
is impossible because newly drawn
lines are snapped to the grid.
Moving left or right will not
realign the terminals with
the grid. To realign with
the grid, the component or
the connecting lines need to
be nudged.
 How Can We Ensure They Stay
On-the-Grid?
The components in this library were carefully designed so their bounding boxes
are an integer number of grid units. Therefore, when the object is moved, the
component terminals stay aligned with the grid.

Both edges of
Invisible PowerPoint bounding box Terminal stays
Grid (Enlarged) align with grid aligned with grid

Move Left Move Right or Left

Component with a
bounding box that is
an integral number of grid
units
When the component is moved to
the left, both edges of the
bounding box align with the grid
and the terminals stay aligned
with the grid.
The component and its
terminals stay aligned with
the grid as it is moved left
or right.
 Another Way Things Get Off-the-Grid…
When multiple items are selected, the bounding box is the smallest box that
contains the bounding boxes of all the selected items. When moving groups of
selected items, your components can get moved off the grid. A work-around is
shown on the next slide.
Invisible PowerPoint Bounding box Terminal not
Grid (Enlarged) aligns with grid aligned with grid

R1 R1

Move Left

The joint bounding box of Because PowerPoint snaps the

the component and the text
label is shown here.
location so an edge of the bounding
box lines up with the grid, when the
component is moved to the right, the
terminals become misaligned with
the grid.
 How to Move Several Selected Items and Still
Stay on the Grid
1) Draw a box that is bounds all of the objects that you need to move (including their
complete bounding boxes).
2) Select all the objects to be moved and the the newly created box.
3) Jointly move the selected objects to the desired location.
4) Delete the box made in step 1.

R1 R1 R1

Move

The newly created box Because the joint bounding box is Delete the extra box. The
contains the objects to be an integral number of grid units, component terminals
moved. Its size is an when the selected components are should remain on the
integer number of grid moved, the terminals remain grid.
units. aligned with the grid.
 Golden Rule

To ensure things stay on the grid when they are moved, the bounding box of the
object(s) being moved should be an integral number of grid units in size.