Hi Brian, I think that specifying plated holes or any other plated features at the edge of the board is rather safe. The tricky step comes in the final routing step - here you cannot go with your router bit straight near the plated hole since it will most likely rip the plating off. Regards, Yehuda Weisz ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Gaynor <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 9:29 AM Subject: [TN] half-a-hole > Hello all, > > Anybody out there specifying plated holes at the PCB edge? This technology can > be found commonly in cyrstals. What's the fab. process steps involved (for > multi-layer)? Is there any related IPC documentation? > > Brian. > J > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ############################################################## > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > ############################################################## > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > ############################################################## > ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################