@Tim Edwards Is there a way to array a cell instance but have the individual instances after the array method individually selectible/deletable?

It could be done with a double-loop in Tcl. But it does seem like there should be an option to

array

that treats instances like it treats paint, just copying in X and Y rather than making an actual instance array.

well i want to put down a ton of via instances but remove only a select few where there are routing contrraints

Something like this:

box position 0 0
for {set i 0; $i < 100; incr i} {
    for {set j 0; $j < 100; incr j} {
        getcell my_via_inst
        box move e 2.5um
    }
    box move n 2.5um
    box move w 250.0um
}

which will place a 100 x 100 array of vias separated by 2.5um in X and Y.

noted