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A fairly simple blueprint tiling system.
You put down registry points (a flag or something, using lights as an example here)



Then when you're placing down a blueprint it'll automatically snap to those registry points
Horizontal:

Vertical:


If a blueprint doesn't have registry points or the registry points aren't on a proper grid then it'll work as they do now.
It could also work so if there's only 2 on a line the blueprint is only tileable in that direction.

Nice.

This brings me to think about, that this kind of tiling is just one way to do it.
Tessalation is the keyword. (other words: Ornamentik, Parketierung (German))

Some links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation
http://www2.clarku.edu/~djoyce/wallpaper/
http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/tess.intro.html
http://www.schoenleber.org/penrose/f-d-penrose.html
...

I think not all of the 17 possible tessalation groups are possible, those with rotations of 120° for example could not be used in Factorio.

If someone is interested in such things: I really can recommend to play around with iOrnament App.


There is another suggestion: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3369 Symmetry mode
No wonder: It's by myself...