panelize.py is a tool I created to panelize one of my kicad PCBs. Copying all components, moving them to the right place and then duplicating the traces is too cumbersome. With this tool it is very easy. Just specify a source are and then let the tool copy the contents of this area to the destination, optionally rotating or flipping them. The latest version also supports merging files.
Download it from here, or get it directly from the subversion repository:
svn cat http://repos.borg.ch/projects/kicad/trunk/tools/panelize-2.3.py > panelize-2.3.py
The latest version is V2.3 (r488).
Important: panelize.py only supports kicad brd files version 1 and 2. Version 3 files are not supported (yet).
Coordinates can be specified in the following units:
1/10000 inch 29566/33346 inch 2.9566/3.3346i micrometer 75100/84700um nanometer 75100000/84700000nm millimeter 75.1/84.7mm
Important: The source-area has to be specified first. Only parts completely inside this area are copied. The only exception is merge which copies everything from the specified file.
copy <destination>
Copy source to destination.
destination Coordinate of top-left corner (X/Y).
fliprot <destination> <source-corner> <angle>
Copy source to destination, flip side and rotate it.
destination Coordinate of destination top-left corner (X/Y).
source-corner Corner of source area which maps to destination corner.
(top-left|top-right|bottom-left|bottom-right)
angle Rotation angle (0|90|180|270).
flipx <destination>
Copy source to destination and flip side (mirror at X axis).
destination Coordinate of destination top-left corner (X/Y).
flipy <destination>
Copy source to destination and flip side (mirror at Y axis).
destination Coordinate of destination top-left corner (X/Y).
help
Print this help text.
merge <filename> <source> <destination>
Merge a file into the current PCB.
filename Name of the file to merge.
source Coordinate of source top-left corner (X/Y).
destination Coordinate of destination top-left corner (X/Y).
rotate <destination> <source-corner> <angle>
Copy source to destination and rotate it.
destination Coordinate of destination top-left corner (X/Y).
source-corner Corner of source area which maps to destination corner.
(top-left|top-right|bottom-left|bottom-right)
angle Rotation angle (0|90|180|270).
source-area <top-left> <bottom-right>
Set the source area to copy.
top-left Coordinate of corner (X/Y).
bottom-right Coordinate of corner (X/Y).