Classes API

class schemdraw.elements.Element(d=None, **kwargs)

Parent class for a single circuit element.

Keyword Arguments

  • d (string) – Drawing direction [‘down’, ‘up’, ‘left’, ‘right’] or abbreviated [‘d’, ‘u’, ‘l’, ‘r’]

  • at (float list [x, y]) – Starting coordinate of element, defaults to current drawing position. OR xy can be tuple of (Element, anchorname) to be resolved after the Element has been placed (see Walrus mode in documentation)

  • xy (float list [x, y]) – Alias for at keyword

  • theta (float) – Angle (degrees) of element. Overrides the d parameter.

  • flip (bool) – Flip the element up/down

  • reverse (bool) – Reverse the element (for example a DIODE)

  • zoom (float) – Zoom/magnification factor for element. Default = 1.

  • anchor (string) – Name of the “pin” in the element to place at xy in the Drawing. Typically used for elements with more than two terminals. For example, an OPAMP element has in1, in2, and out anchors.

  • toplabel, botlabel, lftlabel, rgtlabel (label,) – Add a string to label the element on the given side. Can be a string or list of strings that will be evenly- spaced along the element ([‘-‘, ‘V1’, ‘+’]). Use $ for latex formatting, for example $R_1 = 100 Omega$. See also: add_label method.

  • lblofst (float) – Offset between label and element

  • lblsize (float) – Font size of labels, overrides Drawing.fontsize for this element

  • lblrotate (bool) – Rotate the label text to align with the element, for example vertical text with an element having d=”up”.

  • lblloc (['top', 'bot', 'lft', 'rgt', 'center']) – Location for drawing the label specified by label parameter.

  • zorder (int) – Z-order parameter for placing element in front or behind others.

  • color (string) – Color for the element

  • ls (string) – Line style for the element ‘-‘, ‘–’, ‘:’, etc.

  • lw (float) – Line width for the element

  • fill (string) – Fill color for elements with closed paths or shapes

  • move_cur (bool) – Move the Drawing cursor to the endpoint of the element

add_label(label, loc='top', ofst=None, align=None, rotation=0, **kwargs)

Add a label to the element

Parameters

  • label (string or list) – Text to add. If list, list items will be evenly spaced along the element.

  • loc (['top', 'bot', 'lft', 'rgt']) – Location for text relative to element

  • ofst (float or list) – Offset between text and element. Defaults to Element.lblofst. Can be list of [x, y] offets.

  • align (tuple) – Tuple of (horizontal, vertical) alignment where horizontal is [‘center’, ‘left’, ‘right’] and vertical is [‘center’, ‘top’, ‘bottom’]

  • rotation (float) – Rotation angle (degrees)

Keyword Arguments

  • fontsize (float) – Font size

  • font –

  • color (string) – Label text color

get_bbox(transform=False)

Get element bounding box, including path and shapes.

Parameters

transform (bool) – Apply the element transform to the bbox

Returns

Corners of the bounding box

Return type

xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax

class schemdraw.elements.Element2Term(d=None, **kwargs)
Two terminal element, with automatic lead extensions to result in the

desired length. Anchors: start, center, end.

to[x, y] float array

The end coordinate of the element

toxfloat

x-value of end coordinate. y-value will be same as start

toyfloat

y-value of end coordinate. x-value will be same as start

lfloat

Total length of element

endpts: tuple of 2 [x, y] float arrays

The start and end points of the element. Overrides other 2-terminal placement parameters.

Parent class for a single circuit element.

dstring

Drawing direction [‘down’, ‘up’, ‘left’, ‘right’] or abbreviated [‘d’, ‘u’, ‘l’, ‘r’]

atfloat list [x, y]

Starting coordinate of element, defaults to current drawing position. OR xy can be tuple of (Element, anchorname) to be resolved after the Element has been placed (see Walrus mode in documentation)

xyfloat list [x, y]

Alias for at keyword

thetafloat

Angle (degrees) of element. Overrides the d parameter.

flipbool

Flip the element up/down

reversebool

Reverse the element (for example a DIODE)

zoomfloat

Zoom/magnification factor for element. Default = 1.

anchorstring

Name of the “pin” in the element to place at xy in the Drawing. Typically used for elements with more than two terminals. For example, an OPAMP element has in1, in2, and out anchors.

label, toplabel, botlabel, lftlabel, rgtlabelstring or list

Add a string to label the element on the given side. Can be a string or list of strings that will be evenly- spaced along the element ([‘-‘, ‘V1’, ‘+’]). Use $ for latex formatting, for example $R_1 = 100 Omega$. See also: add_label method.

lblofstfloat

Offset between label and element

lblsizefloat

Font size of labels, overrides Drawing.fontsize for this element

lblrotatebool

Rotate the label text to align with the element, for example vertical text with an element having d=”up”.

lblloc[‘top’, ‘bot’, ‘lft’, ‘rgt’, ‘center’]

Location for drawing the label specified by label parameter.

zorderint

Z-order parameter for placing element in front or behind others.

colorstring

Color for the element

lsstring

Line style for the element ‘-‘, ‘–’, ‘:’, etc.

lwfloat

Line width for the element

fillstring

Fill color for elements with closed paths or shapes

move_curbool

Move the Drawing cursor to the endpoint of the element

class schemdraw.Drawing(*elements, unit=3.0, inches_per_unit=0.5, lblofst=0.1, fontsize=16, font='sans-serif', color='black', lw=2, ls='-', fill=None)

Create a schematic drawing

Parameters

  • *elements (Element) – List of Element instances to add to the drawing

  • unit (float) – Full length of a 2-terminal element. Inner zig-zag portion of a resistor is 1.0 units.

  • inches_per_unit (float) – Inches per drawing unit for setting drawing scale

  • lblofst (float) – Offset between element and its label

  • fontsize (float) – Default font size for text labels

  • font (string) – Default font family for text labels

  • color (string or tuple) – Default color name or RGB (0-1) tuple

  • lw (float) – Default line width for elements

  • ls (string) – Default line style ‘-‘, ‘:’, ‘–’, etc.

  • fill (string or tuple) – Deault fill color for closed elements

add(element, **kwargs)

Add an element to the drawing.

Parameters

  • element (schemdraw.elements.Element) – The element class to add.

  • **kwargs (passed to element instantiation if element is a class) –

add_elements(*elements)

Add multiple elements to the drawing

draw(showframe=False)

Draw the schematic

Parameters

showframe (bool) – Show axis frame. Useful for debugging a drawing.

get_bbox()

Get drawing bounding box

get_segments()

Get flattened list of all segments in the drawing

labelI(elm, label='', arrowofst=0.4, arrowlen=2, reverse=False, top=True)

Add an arrow element along side another element

Parameters

  • elm (Element instance) – Element to add arrow to

  • label (string or list) – String or list of strings to evenly space along arrow

  • arrowofst (float) – Distance from element to arrow

  • arrowlen (float) – Length of arrow as multiple of Drawing.unit

  • reverse (bool) – Reverse the arrow direction

  • top (bool) – Draw arrow on top (True) or bottom (False) of element

labelI_inline(elm, label='', botlabel='', d='in', start=True, ofst=0.8)

Add an arrowhead for labeling current inline with leads. Works on Element2Term elements.

Parameters

  • elm (Element instance) – Element to add arrow to

  • label (string) – Text to draw above the arrowhead

  • botlabel (string) – Text to draw below the arrowhead

  • d (['in', 'out']) – Arrowhead direction, into or out of the element

  • start (bool) – Place arrowhead near start (True) or end (False) of element

  • ofst (float) – Offset from center of element

loopI(elm_list, label='', d='cw', theta1=35, theta2=- 35, pad=0.2)

Draw an arc to indicate a loop current bordered by elements in list

Parameters

  • elm_list (list of Element instances) – Boundary elements in order of top, right, bot, left

  • label (string) – Text label to draw in center of loop

  • d (['cw', 'ccw']) – Arc/arrow direction

  • theta1 (float) – Start angle of arrow arc (degrees)

  • theta2 (float) – End angle of arrow arc (degrees)

  • pad (float) – Distance between elements and arc

pop()

Pop/load the drawing state. Location and angle are returned to previously pushed state.

push()

Push/save the drawing state. Drawing.here and Drawing.theta are saved.

save(fname, transparent=True, dpi=72)

Save figure to a file

Parameters

  • fname (string) – Filename to save. File type automatically determined from extension (png, svg, jpg)

  • transparent (bool) – Save as transparent background, if available

  • dpi (float) – Dots-per-inch for raster formats