Hi Bob, Good attitude!! My suggestion is that you have a visit to my webpages on http://www.smtinfo.net and click on the link to "DFM". From there you can view and download several DFM guides, with all the design rules to ease the manufacturing process. Best regards, Daan Terstegge PCB Assembly Department Thales Land & Joint Systems Tel +31(0)35 524 8297 Fax +31(0)35 524 8181 [log in to unmask] Unclassified Email >>> [log in to unmask] 10/30/04 08:03pm >>> Hi All, I'm a board designer and I'm looking for as much info as I can find about the differences/methods/similarities to IR reflow, wave-solder, convection et al. What can I do at the design stage to make things easier? Is the method used figured out AFTER the board gets to you for assembly? What board finishes give the least headaches? I'm thinking of component orientation and I'd be glad to listen to anything that I could do to smooth things out. (I never did like the chuck it over the wall method of sending a board to fab and assembly). Regards, Bob Wilson www.cstone-design.com --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------