(Can someone who uses / has used keepouts on another package describe for me how they work, or how you use them?)
In Protel there is a keep-out layer. A object, square, polygon etc, on that layer prevents traces from being run through that area, either manually or by the auto-router (which sucks so bad I never use it). More than anything it serves as documentation, which the DRC enforces. Sometimes I've wanted to run traces through the 'keep-out' and wanted it to serve as documentation, which can't be done. The reason is for 3D clearance issues of external objects. Lets not forget to add Blind and Buried Visa to the Wishlist. There already is a patch in the tracker, going into a year or more, for this, and a rebased version someplace.
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