Plates#
Microplates are modelled by the Plate class consisting of equally spaced wells. Wells are children of the Plate and are modelled by the Well class. The relative positioning of a Well is what determines its location. Plate is a subclass of ItemizedResource, allowing convenient integer and string indexing.
There is some standardization on plate dimensions by SLAS, which you can read more about in the ANSI SLAS 1-2004 (R2012): Footprint Dimensions doc. Note that PLR fully supports all plate dimensions, sizes, relative well spacings, etc.
Special Plate Tutorials#
Lids#
Plates can optionally have a lid, which will also be a child of the Plate class. The lid is modelled by the Lid class.
Measuring nesting_z_height#
The nesting_z_height is the overlap between the lid and the plate when the lid is placed on the plate. This property can be measured using a caliper.
