Assuming the tiles *are* seamless patterns which do *not* require any rotating and merely need to be duplicated and aligned..... I would actually use `Place` and `Effects` with linked files.... A couple minutes of set up to make any future pattern change take only a few seconds. ---------------------------- So you have 1 file, and you know the size is 100x100px.... [![enter image description here][1]][1] Open a new AI file and choose `File > Place` and select your file. This **links** to the single file. [![enter image description here][2]][2] Select the Linked image and choose `Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform`. Enter a value in the **Move - Horizontal** area which correlates to the width of your tile, in my case I used 100pts/px. And enter 2 in the **Copies** field since you want 2 copies to appear.... [![enter image description here][3]][3] Click `OKAY` and you'll see the effect in the **Appearance Panel** (Window > Appearance). [![enter image description here][4]][4] Click-drag that `Transform` Effect to the "New" icon at the bottom of the Appearance Panel to duplicate it: [![enter image description here][5]][5] Now click one the `Transform` effects in the panel, either one, it doesn't matter which. The Transform Effect Options window will appear again. This time enter the **Vertical** distance in the Move area, and set the Horizontal back to zero. Copies should still be set at 2, leave that as it is. [![enter image description here][6]][6] And Click `OKAY`. You now have a 3x3 grid based on a single placed link. Save this as a "Master" working file if you'd like. To change patterns, use the **Links Panel** (Window > Links) to merely relink the image, and all the subsequent duplicates will update as well.... [![enter image description here][7]][7] Then simply save as whatever you need. ------------------ <sub>**Note I really don't know the native tiles size for these patterns so numbers are rounded for general clarity. Tiles won't line up correctly due to this.**</sub> [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/9j3JJ.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/WAx3R.jpg [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/K9HmH.jpg [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/gGBEw.jpg [5]: https://i.sstatic.net/RSIkz.gif [6]: https://i.sstatic.net/fp0D2.jpg [7]: https://i.sstatic.net/VADDi.gif