Sorry about this. I'm laying out a fairly tight board, containing
through hole and surface mount parts. Because there are two quad flat
packs on the board, there are a fair number of vias and traces running
on the back. This is a two sided board. If I put in a ground plane
polygon, there really isn't a whole lot of space for it to go. It fills
in nicely around the outside edges of the board, but in the center,
directly under the two main chips, it can't really fill in due to
isolation distances. Is it worth having the plane if it is just a
surround? It does go in slighly in some areas, but the center parts are
just too dense.

Thanks,
Josh
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