You're right. In fact, I just figured out a decent routing in my head. Not as pretty as 4 straight lines, but then again, pretty is subjective right? :) Thanks, Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Olin Lathrop wrote: > That will hardly be a "huge copper spider web". This sort of thing goes > on all the time during routing. Unless they are partcularly sensitive > signals (and it doesn't seem that way from your description), don't worry > about it. Just let the auto router do whatever it does. Most likely the > signals will get routed via even more convoluted paths than what you > envision. Big deal. It's all handled by computer. It might make a > ratsnest, but it won't mess up the connections. Spend the extra time > worrying about good grounds instead. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body