How to repeat multiple layout blocks?

[paulvdh]

I just posted a quite long mini tutorial on manually replicating layout features.
I thought it deserves it’s own thread, and moved the text and screendumps to:

Replicating Layout features manually with arrays & blocks [Tutorial]

I just made a little mini tutial on how I would use array and block functions to create copies of features in a repetitive design. By using copies and arrays a lot of tracks can be layed out quite fast this way if your schematic / PCB structure is suitable for it. For other, more advanced ways, scripts such as the “replicate layout” script are much more suitable. Using arrays and block moves is very intuitive and easy to learn and it seems a worthwhile technique to have in your toolbox. Makin…