--- In [email protected], "Mithat Konar" <mithat_ko...@...> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "hvontres" <hvontres@> wrote: > > > > I am trying to add some keepout regions to my board to route it in the > > Awesome freerouter. > > Bump. > > Adding keepouts in Freerouter is a little awkward, and the Freerouter > developer himself says, "I assume that the keepouts are created in the > host Cad software, because that seems to belong to the standard > functionality of any PCB design software" > (http://www.freerouting.net/fen/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5&p=34&hilit=keepout\ > #p7). > > If it's not possible to specify keepouts in KiCad right now, that would > be good to know as well.
It is not possible to specify keepouts in PCBNEW. However, if you must have them, you could manually add them to the exported DSN file with a text editor before importing it to Freerouter. The file format is the specctra.pdf in the yahoo kicad-user files area: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/files/ I do this manual editing to add "net classes" before I route one of my more complex boards. I have a text fragment that I keep and each time I have to inject it into the exported DSN file before I load that into freerouter. Its a pain, and but will serve as motivation some day to add this capability to PCBNEW. At that point it would be worthwhile to add some documentation on the export to DSN also. Dick
