From 92699a7398323b6d306bfcf8388bf932d2ccc906 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Doty Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:16:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] updated IDT Excel export API documentation to discuss rebalancing among last two plates to ensure minimum strand count --- scadnano/scadnano.py | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/scadnano/scadnano.py b/scadnano/scadnano.py index 3387e987..453a88d1 100644 --- a/scadnano/scadnano.py +++ b/scadnano/scadnano.py @@ -5515,6 +5515,11 @@ def write_idt_plate_excel_file(self, *, directory: str = '.', filename: str = No For instance, if the script is named ``my_origami.py``, then the sequences will be written to ``my_origami.xls``. + If the last plate as fewer than 24 strands for a 96-well plate, or fewer than 96 strands for a + 384-well plate, then the last two plates are rebalanced to ensure that each plate has at least + that number of strands, because IDT charges extra for a plate with too few strands: + https://www.idtdna.com/pages/products/custom-dna-rna/dna-oligos/custom-dna-oligos + :param directory: specifies a directory in which to place the file, either absolute or relative to the current working directory. Default is the current working directory.