Tip for replicating routing?

[paulvdh]

@SembazuruCDE

Not only do I re-use the same schematic file twice in the root schematic, but there are two levels. A total of 7 pages with 4 schematic files. Yes, it is an over-use of hierarchical sheets, but that was done for example reasons.

That does not seem optimal for a beginner with Hierarchical sheets.
This thread has:

1. PDF with tutorial for Replicate Layout. (Written by Dave Thomas).
2. Example Project (Made by me)
3. Write up of experiment of making that example project.

Unfortunately It’s gotten quite long, with 45 posts.

Need help using replicate_layout plugin

This evening I’ve experimented with this replicate layout script. I have never used, nor even installed any script in KiCad before, and therefore I consider myself an excellent newbie for commenting on the usability of the draft of this PDF tutorial. So I used the pdf as a guide to replicate some simple circuit and typed notes here as I went along, and afterwards read through these notes again for a bit of a cleanup. I’m using Linux Mint 19.3, so if it also works there, you can add it to your…