I agree, ask why, because I would like to know. FYI, I have been routing traces out of the corner of SMT lands since 1984 when Rockwell (Wescom Telecom Div) began SMT designs with no problems at all. Best regards, Mario Irigoyen 630-759-5505 Phone 630-759-8437 Fax [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> -----Original Message----- From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Denis Lefebvre Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 1:10 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [DC] PREFERED TRACE DIRECTION INTO PAD Did you ask them WHY? It's fine for a vendor to take a position such as this - but they really need to justify it when they do. We do it all the time without any problem. -----Original Message----- From: john wheeler [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 10:22 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [DC] PREFERED TRACE DIRECTION INTO PAD We had a board reviewed by an assembly company that said traces should not come out the corner of chip resistors and capacitors (45 degrees). I thought that this was I good way to keep trace lengths shorter. What problems does this cause coming out of the corner? Is a side or end the preferred way? Thanks, __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------