Hi,
the top part is an original circuit that I have put in a sub sheet or hierarchical sheet, dont know how you call it. then I duplicated it
in the pcb editor, the second layout is similar so I duplicated it from the top one
but now the new tracks are linked to the net of the first sheet
not sure I do it the right way
The Replicate Layout plugin is designed specifically for this. It can make duplicates of the track layout, and place the footprints on it too.
If you want to do it the manual way…
This is not a problem. If you make a copy of some tracks, then they keep the old net name, for as long they are not connected to any pad of a footprint, As soon as you place a footprint on such a track, the net names will change to the new net, specified by the pads of that footprint.
Ok the repo was archived, so I used the other repo
MitjaNemec/ReplicateLayout (github.com)
but I get an error and the log says
No module named ‘replicate_layout.replicate_layout_GUI’
any alternative to that plugin ?
It’s not hard doing it manually. List the files in the original project directory and I’ll show you how it’s done
I had not used the Replicate Layout in KiCad V8 yet, so I installed it via the Plugin and Content Manager and verified it still works.
I also agree with ML9104 here though. with such a simple setup, it is not such a big deal to do it manually and the benefit of the Replicate Layout plugin is not very significant.
I have to duplicate it 30 times so if there is a plugin, yes I am interested 
I managed to install it and make it work
thx for your help
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