Compiler error for the same designators in different sheets

[hkBattousai]

My project consists of multiple sheets. They all combine in a single top level sheet. I designed each sheet independent of the others. Therefore, sheets contain circuit elements with the same designators very often (e.g.; R1, C2, IC1 etc). This causes a compiler error for each duplicating designator as seen in the image below.

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Duplicate Component Designators Q2 at 154.37mm,141mm and 203.63mm,161mm

I have already selected "Strict Hierarchical" from:
Menu > Project > Project Options... > Options > Net Identifier Scope
But it looks like to be only related to the relations of nets.

Is there anyway I can make contents of my sheets completely independent of each other?

[T3sl4co1l]

Hierarchical settings do nothing in a flat project.

Think of a flat project as a single sheet, where each sheet in the project is looking at a different section of that overall sheet.  There is full visibility between pages.  As such, you must annotate the project, because you have duplicate designators on the same single project sheet.

If you're trying to reuse sheets simultaneously in different projects, you will have to make an independent copy for each project, or use hierarchical design.

Sheets called out with hierarchical subsheet symbols can be automatically assigned physical pre/postfix designators, so that R103 becomes R1103, etc.  Sheets can also be REPEAT'd for multichannel design, where each channel gets the same prefix, which can be handy for identifying parts on the PCB.

Tim