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I'm using the trying to use the tikzpicture package to place blockB below and to the left of blockA. I also want to specify both the horizontal and vertical distance between the two blocks. 

\node [block, below left of=blockA, node distance=2.5cm] (blockB) {block B text};

The node distance parameter seems to set both the horizontal and vertical distance simultaneously. Is there any way I can decouple them?

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    Is this what you are looking for:\node [block] at ([shift={(<xhift>,<yshift>)}]blockA) (blockB) {block B text}; where <xhift> and <yshift> is the x and y distance?
    – Peter Grill
    Commented Feb 9, 2017 at 11:10

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Use the below left = <specify below> and <specify left> of <specify node> syntax. This requires loading the positioning library.

\documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [draw] (blockA) {block A text};
\node [draw, below left = 3cm and 1cm of blockA] (blockB) {block B text};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}
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