I’m new to KiCad and routing in general and I’m working on my first PCB. I am trying to connect two components whose footprints I have imported. No matter where I try to start the track and no matter what the end point is (pin, via, other component…), the created track does not want to connect.
If I start from the left component, I get the message “The routing start point violates DRC” but I have not found which DRC I violate specifically.
Since I can’t connect other components to these, I guess there must be a different error on each one. But I haven’t been able to find any solutions on other similar topics in this forum.
I would be really grateful if you could help me. Thanking you in advance.
Pads at left component looks like you have two footprints one on another. May be their pads don’t belong to the same net. So when you start from there the text: “start point violated DRC” can be true as there are shorted pads that can’t be shorted.
Also when you are going toward this pad that second one (different net) blocks finishing your track.
Thank you ! it helps me for right coponenent. But do you have an idea why the coponent U5 at the right can’t connect to via for example or anything else ?
You can’t connect to the via because it isn’t on the correct net.
Draw a connection, then select the “add via” tool. That will add a via on the correct net automatically. Also, the trace tool only wants to connect two endpoints. It won’t connect to something that isn’t one of the endpoints.
From what I can see, Protr’s answer is the closest.
There is a ratsnest line going to pad 5 / GPIO2, and KiCad wants to connect to the highlighted “oval” pad, but the dark yellow round pad is in the same location, and therefore KiCad can’t connect.
Where does this footprint come from? Why not just use one of the footprints from KiCad’s default libraries?
