Align layers CS5

Hi, It might be too easy for many of you. But i am struggling aligning few layers altogether. I have set of different scan 2D images (artwork). I like to either auto or any other neat way to align them. Currently I am using move tool with transform to do the job. But at times it become laymen / work. Any help is appericiated.

I don't think Auto Align Layers is going to be able to bite on this since there's very little that's common between layers. You're probably stuck with lining them up by hand.
You say you're having to transform them... These scans seem quite inaccurate, since the size from one side of the image you posted to the other seems several pixels off. For printed circuit layouts I should think accuracy would be paramount. If the sizing/spacing was accurate from scan to scan, and additionally the vertical/horizontal registration was good, your job would just boil down to alignment, no?
I guess I'm just not getting a good mental picture of what you're doing here.
-Noel

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