IT APPEARS THAT I HAVE SET-UP THE AUTO-ROUTER CORRECTLY, YET THE ROUTER WILL NOT ROUTE THESE TWO KEEP-OUT ZONES. HOWEVER, I AM SURE THAT I AM JUST MISSING A SETTING. KICAD IS AN AMAZING WELL DONE SET OF PROGRAMS … SO GRATEFUL TO UTILIZE THIS SOFTWARE )
I don’t use autorouter, but it looks like it routed correctly for you. The problem is that your keep out zone on the right is way to big. The footprint actually shows you the required keep-out zone. If this is ESP32 I think they advise to have it extended left and right for another 15 mm. For obvious reasons the a keep-out zone cannot overlap with any solder pads.
And I would generally move the ESP32 up (roughly levelled with the other RF device on the left), but it’s wasn’t your question.
PS. And no CAPS please.
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Firstly no need to shout ! but there isn’t much love for Autorouters here, however in this case doesn’t it say that it won’t route keepout zones ?
Every design needs CAPACITORS!!!
Well you did ask for a keep-out zone. I think when you set it up you can be more specific about what you want to keep out, like tracks and vias, copper fills, wabbits, etc.
Thank you for all the very helpful and much appreciated reply’s. My very successful grandfather always printed his notes to others in all caps so they were easier to read. I have long done the same. However, I can see how online that might appear like shouting )
The most important take away was that the auto-router was not my solution, hand routing was the way to go. Thank you kindly )
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With all respect, I’ll take Harvard University as better authority on readability.
Avoid using all caps. Readability is reduced with all caps because all words have a uniform rectangular shape, meaning readers can’t identify words by their shape.
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I don’t even read such posts anymore.