Dennis Ward said: >Hope everyone had a great New years. Quick >question. On a 18 X 24 panel what is the maximum >size of an individual board and still get TWO boards >per panel? Please no "contact your board vendor" >replies. I have documentation for four different >vendors and each has something different. And I >understand that each will be different. I am curious >how these vendors stack up with the rest of the >industry. I've seen sizes from 16.00 X 10.90 >(the smallest) to 16.50 X 11.20 (the largest). Our vendor (and my DFM rules) would say 16.3 x 11.1 inches, assuming there are no gold finger contact busses. Those would require space outside the board outline in the window of a panel. regards, Jerry Cupples Interphase Corporation Dallas, TX USA http://www.iphase.com ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################