diff --git a/src/pynanomapper/datamodel/templates/blueprint.py b/src/pynanomapper/datamodel/templates/blueprint.py
index 84e1d48..6153c72 100644
--- a/src/pynanomapper/datamodel/templates/blueprint.py
+++ b/src/pynanomapper/datamodel/templates/blueprint.py
@@ -117,6 +117,21 @@ def get_nmparser_config(json_blueprint):
         config = json.load(json_file)
     return config
 
+def add_plate_layout(file_path_xlsx,json_blueprint):
+    print(json_blueprint.get("data_sheets"))
+    if "data_platelayout" in json_blueprint.get("data_sheets",[]):
+        platexlsx = "platelayout_{}well.xlsx".format(json_blueprint.get("data_platelayout",96) )
+        current_script_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        resource_file = os.path.join(current_script_directory, "../../resource/nmparser",platexlsx)
+        # Open the existing Excel file for appending
+        with pd.ExcelWriter(file_path_xlsx, engine='openpyxl', mode='a') as writer:
+            # Load sheets from the second Excel file
+            with pd.ExcelFile(resource_file) as another_xls:
+                for sheet_name in another_xls.sheet_names:
+                    df = pd.read_excel(resource_file, sheet_name=sheet_name)
+                    df.to_excel(writer, sheet_name=sheet_name, index=False)       
+
+
 def get_template_frame(json_blueprint):
     if "METADATA_SAMPLE_INFO" in json_blueprint:
         df_sample = pd.DataFrame(list(get_materials_metadata(json_blueprint).items()), columns=['param_name', 'value'])
diff --git a/tests/test_blueprint.py b/tests/test_blueprint.py
index 20f8e32..fae79f9 100644
--- a/tests/test_blueprint.py
+++ b/tests/test_blueprint.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def test_doseresponse_template():
 def test_doseresponse_rawonly_template():
     with open(TEST_JSON_PATH, "r") as file:
         json_blueprint = json.load(file)
-        json_blueprint["data_sheets"] = ["data_raw"]
+        json_blueprint["data_sheets"] = ["data_raw","data_platelayout"]
         _path = get_template_xlsx(TEMPLATE_UUID,json_blueprint)
         assert(Path(_path).exists())
         xls = pd.ExcelFile(_path)
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ def test_doseresponse_rawonly_template():
         assert not "Results_TABLE" in xls.sheet_names  
         assert "Test_conditions" in xls.sheet_names
         assert "Materials" in xls.sheet_names
+        assert "plate_table" in xls.sheet_names
+        assert "plate_metadata" in xls.sheet_names
+        assert "plate_readout" in xls.sheet_names
+        assert "plate_materials" in xls.sheet_names
 
 def test_doseresponse_error_template():
     with open(TEST_EXCEL_ERROR, "r") as file:
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ def get_template_xlsx(uuid,json_blueprint):
         file_path_xlsx = os.path.join(TEMPLATE_DIR, f"{uuid}.xlsx")   
         df_info,df_result,df_raw, df_conditions =bp.get_template_frame(json_blueprint)
         bp.iom_format_2excel(file_path_xlsx,df_info,df_result,df_raw,df_conditions)
+        bp.add_plate_layout(file_path_xlsx,json_blueprint)
         return file_path_xlsx  
     except Exception as err:
         raise err