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Basic Electrical Clip Art

Basic Electrical Clip Art

Basic Electrical Clip Art

(OP)
Are there any packages of electrical clip art that you can use with PowerPoint?  I don't use AutoCad, that's why PowerPoint is my preference.

In analyzing distribution circuits, I find it's helpful to prepare sketches of the one-line equivalent circuits.  With these I need symbols like transformers (both 2-winding and autotransformers), capacitors, resistors, inductors and fuses.  The standard boxes in PowerPoint can represent breakers and circles represent reclosers so they aren't a big deal.

I've gotten by with sketches of my own and they are OK, but I just wondered if any of you had suggestions on commercial products.

RE: Basic Electrical Clip Art

Visio is probably a better choice for what you are doing. PowerPoint, although an easy tool because it is drag-and-drop, is for marketing and communication. So it's doubtful that anyone will have standard packages of electrical artwork which is meaningful and professional. Visio operates similarly to PowerPoint but has standard electrical packages available and lots of people use it as a simplistic CAD tool.

There used to be a Visio forum here at Eng-Tips as well, but must have been dropped; I can't seem to locate it. But there are plenty of others available for help and suggestions.

RE: Basic Electrical Clip Art

Visio is very good tool.
See example.
Regards.
Slava

RE: Basic Electrical Clip Art

(OP)
Thank you both.  I have Visio, but I've only used it for block diagrams and process flow charts.  I don't think I have the electrical library that you showed, but that's worth checking out.

I also do some training classes, so I'll probably wind up pasting the result back into PowerPoint.

RE: Basic Electrical Clip Art

Visio objects paste nicely into PowerPoint slides, no conversion necessary.

RE: Basic Electrical Clip Art

(OP)
My Visio 202 does not have any electrical stencils.  What you showed, Slava, has some of what I want.  Do you have a website that you could reference with that?  I Googled Visio, electrical stencils - but all I've seen were mostly electronics, not power-related.

I'd still like to have some transformers too.

RE: Basic Electrical Clip Art

Hi Magoo2.
It's Visio2003 SP3, folder Shapes.
I will check with our Sys Admin additional data and will back to you.
Regards.
Slava

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