Hi, Wouldn't the best thing to do is to ask the engineer that gave JoAnn these rules why these rules are important to him? His intentions for this conformity may be completely different from what every one is trying to guess. just a thought mike NCR > >JoAnn Amerson wrote: >> I was told that it is best to limit the number of tracks leading >> to/from a pad to one. Two at the most and three is highly >> discouraged. Can anyone verify this for me? Are there any specs >> that apply? I asked a fellow designer and he'd never heard it >> before either. >