Plates & formats

Supported formats

Format	Layout	Rows
6-well	2 × 3	A–B
12-well	3 × 4	A–C
24-well	4 × 6	A–D
48-well	6 × 8	A–F
96-well	8 × 12	A–H
384-well	16 × 24	A–P
1536-well	32 × 48	A–AF
Custom	any rows × columns

You pick the format on the start screen. Click Other formats there for 6-well, 1536-well or a custom size.

Several plates in one project

Each plate gets a tab above the canvas. The badge on the tab shows the well count.

To…	Do this
Add a plate	Click ＋ next to the tabs, or Plate → New plate…
Switch plate	Click its tab
Rename, change format, set barcode	Double-click the tab (Plate settings)
Duplicate, reorder, delete	Right-click the tab

New plate: name and format.

Right-click a tab.

Plate settings

• Name: shown as the figure title and used for the platemap file name (platemap_<name>.csv).
• Barcode: written as Assay_Plate_Barcode in barcode_platemap.csv. If left empty, the plate name is used.
• Format: changing it keeps every well that still fits. If wells would be removed, the dialog warns you first, and you can always undo.

Fields and layers are shared

All plates use the same fields, colors and layers, so a compound has the same color on every plate. Well values are per plate.