Any schematic to stripboard layout tips?

[benallison]

In this thread I'm asking if a layout I put together was correct and actually matched the schematic I'm working from.

Now, even if it works, it's still sloppy. I'm trying to literally translate the schem to a layout. I've noticed though that many well-done stripboard layouts I see don't look like the schematic at all!

I'm still thinking very linearly and in-the-box. Does anyone have tips for going from schem to stripboard layout in an efficient way, without having to do things like make a million track cuts?

Also, I notice that if on a schematic there's a junction from one component to, say, three components, that on a stripboard layout the order might be a little different. I was off the impression that electricity was on a "first come first serve basis", and that having a resistor lead before capacitor lead would do something different than having a capacitor lead before a resistor lead. Clearly I'm wrong... but I don't know why.

[Jered]

  Electricity likes the path of least resistance. See my post on your other thread.
  Jered