[solved] How do I make an X/Y array of blocks.

[TonKuijper]

Windows 10, QCAD Pro v 3.32.4

Hello all,
I installed QCAD Pro a few days ago and am struggling to get off the ground.
My design is a label for an electronic device with 63 channels to be digitally printed on Polycarbonate foil.
I made a contour with an LED window and an input connector (hole).
From this pattern, I made a block.

Now I want to repeat this block in 7x in the X direction (to the right) and 9x in the Y direction downwards.
I want to define X and Y spacing.
If I change the original, I want all other 62 instances to change.

I use Alibre Design for the 3D enclosure design, here it's a snap to do that.
But it's not for making graphics.
I used AI's like Claude (Sonnet 4.5) and Grok for help.
They both insist making arrays is possible but keep giving me menu steps that do not exist.
Or commands that do complete different things.

My question: Is it possible to do what I want?
Further question: if yes, how?

PS
AI gave a script but the menu it gave to run the script did not exist.
The Build-in QCAD Manual does not find Array or Pattern.

[andrew]

The easiest way is probably:
- Insert your block where you want the bottom left item to appear.
- Select the inserted block.
- Adjust the Columns, Rows, Column Spacing and Row Spacing properties using the property editor (View > Property Editor).

You can also set these array properties while inserting a block by clicking the array symbol in the options toolbar.

Thanks for the hint with the user manual. The user manual had been updated accordingly for the next release:
https://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/refere ... nsertBlock

I often find it more flexible to simply copy a block to create a block array (using Modify > Move/Copy).
If you later need to remove or reposition a single block or if the layout is not a simple rectangle, a block array can quickly become too rigid.

[TonKuijper]

Thanks Andrew, I was looking in all menu's but did not think it was this simple.