On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Geo <buggiesmith@gmail.com> wrote:

>  You do need need any extra spacing - 8 thou is enough.
> What we used to do (on mainly TTL boards) was to route the power rails
> first so they took up the obvious direct routes.
> I don't know your CAD program but the power/ground thicker tracks should
> go just past an SMD pad then neck down to say 10 thou to the pad to
> prevent uneven soldering. With the CAD package we used this was often a
> manual operation.
>

So you're saying, instead of making the entire power net 0.05", branch off
of it to the pads with shorter traces?

And Diptrace seriously rocks in every way. I can specify net routing
priority.
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