LAYOUT FROM STRIPBOARD TO PCB QUESTION

[djmiyta]

I Hope I word this to be understandable to anyone who is kind enough to read this
So I have several sheets of copper clad board and am going to drill and etch my own (done many this way for years) but not my own layouts except for 4-5 small circuits that so far all worked as they should.
  The layouts are from any stripboard I find then I use DIYLC do the same layout then try to get rid of the jumpers/links and if I can shrink the board size to make a PCB
So my question to any one who does their own layouts is.... Example-- On line 2 there is a resistor a jumper then a capacitor so on line 2 there are 3 solder pads next to each other and connected. Do I have to start my trace from between the  cap and resistor like where the link's origial hole is or can I come off after the resistor and cap in other words resistor hole is #1 link hole is # 2 cap  hole is #3. instead of hole  2 using hole 3 for new  trace or would that change the circuit? i dont want to do all that work and it be for nothing
i havent done bread boarding and not into all that R&D just like building working pedals

[matmosphere]

If I'm understanding your question correctly then the answer is no, the order of the pads does not matter. What matters is that you keep the same legs and jumper ends from a given segment of the strip board remain connected to each other.