1. A computer-implemented method of creating a recipe for a manufacturing tool, the method comprising: obtaining design data comprising basic elements and hierarchical levels corresponding to the basic elements; selecting one or more basic elements of interest; generating one or more sets of simple array cells corresponding to a level of interest; and identifying, using said one or more sets of simple array cells, a plurality of periodical areas in level-of-interest coordinates to enable automated recipe creation, said periodical areas identified with respect to one or more basic elements.