I thought this might be the case.

At 12:46 PM 7/23/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Dee-
>These days - you really need not bother with it, unless you have some
>special requirements. The board shop will add it themselves according to
>their preferences and processes.
>Denis
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dee Stover [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:43 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [DC] plating bar - where in IPC
>
>
>I have looked up every word I can think of in the IPC stuff.
>
>Where in IPC standards does it tell you how wide the main bar should be
>and how wide the connection between the bar and the fingers should be?
>If it doesn't specify this data shouldn't it be added?
>
>I found where they define plating bar in the terms - (hoping for a
>pointer to the info I was looking for)
>
>I used to just use what was in the CAE Libs but this current lib the
>edge fingers don't have the plating bar.  I thought I should know how
>should actually be done and tried to look it up.  Surely there are some
>sort of do's and don'ts on this topic?
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
>Dee Stover  [log in to unmask]
>Associate Technician Design
>National Optical Astronomy Observatories
>www.noao.edu
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