On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Bob Blick wrote: > > > On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:50 -0400, "V G" wrote: > > > What's the worst that could happen by submitting the board like that? > > If you have silkscreen overlapping pads or holes they (all the "theys" I > have ever used) trim the ink away so it doesn't interfere. But your nice > lettering is harder to read with cuts out of it. > > No Biggie. You can leave it the way it is. It's fine. > > My experience is the PCB house makes the screen directly from the Gerber layer file and then just screen whatever is there onto the finished boards. I've received boards with the lettering on solder pads. Now, generally, if the pad is not completely covered with silkscreen ink, i= t will take solder OK. But, the ink /can/ contaminate the solder joint so it's a no-no for aerospace work (I know you're not doing aerospace work). A pad mostly covered in ink will likely have soldering problems. The biggest problem, as Bob mentioned, is you can't read the reference designator. This isn't a problem in your situation but, if you were building a quantity of larger, more populated boards, you'd want the reference designators, especially for troubleshooting. But, bottom line is, as Bob said, your layout should work OK for your circumstance. Carey --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .