HOWZITGOIN? [log in to unmask] wrote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also, if we remove the thermal apertures from our pwr/gnd via padstacks, should we replace them with a small aperture to "show" something there, or just leave it empty? Seems like it would be hard to track down connections looking at "direct-connected" film, any problems there? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ask your board vendors, their gerber s/w may require a pad to extract a netlist for continuity checking the finished boards. From a human perspective, if you put some pad at all (smaller than the finished hole size) then you won't get a phone call from the EE (check plots) or the board fabricator (gerbers) accusing you of forgetting the connections. Thank you and have a FANTASTIC day! Kevin L. Seaman (714) 221-4752 P.S. If your "reply" bounces back, then "send" to: [log in to unmask] **************************************************************************** * The mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * **************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ****************************************************************************