I hate to interrupt since you guys are working together and you’re getting help, but this is a clear case of using the wrong tool for the job.
A basic schematic/PCB tool would have this done in half an hour.
I have no ego involved here, so feel free to step in and help. I was just offering from what I know.
Oh, I have no skin in the game. I was just wondering from the beginning how Illustrator was going to get it all done, but from the outside it just looks painful. It’s doable: after all, in the old days we used black tape and mylar,
In any event, schematic capture/PCB layout is work as far as I’m concerned.