Replicate plates

Make copies of a plate, optionally with a different randomized layout on each copy. This is the standard way to make biological replicates position-independent.

Right-click a plate tab → Replicate / randomize…, or click Replicate plates in the left panel.

Plain copies.

Each copy randomized with its own seed.

Option	Meaning
Copies	How many new plates (1–50)
Randomize positions	Shuffle each copy. Copy n uses seed base + n
Keep controls fixed	Controls stay in the same wells on every replicate
Base seed	Starting seed, for reproducibility

Copies are named <plate>_rep2, <plate>_rep3, …

Only filled wells are shuffled, so empty and edge wells stay empty. See the worked example Randomized replicate plates.