Somewhere in the fabrication rules within the IPC specs is a .050" minimum requirement from all unfinished edges. This is to prevent exposed copper smears during routing of the PCB. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Bush Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 7:25 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] IPC Standard Rule was a .010" sealed edge distance - I believe this comes from a defunct MIL Spec - but I cannot recall the document #. Also - this is after the processing tolerances of the Fab house - you must add these to the .010" design rule. Jeffrey Bush Director, Quality Assurance and Technical Support VERMONT CIRCUITS INCORPORATED 76 Technology Drive - POB 1890 Brattleboro, Vermont 05302 Voice - 802.257.4571 ext 21 Fax - 802.257.0011 <http://www.vtcircuits.com/> -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Victor G. Hernandez Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:46 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] IPC Standard Fellow TechNetters Where can I locate a related guideline of how close a copper plane and/or trace can come to the router edge of a PWB. Victor, --------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------