Keepout exits and rule areas

A route may not leave a cell inside a wire keepout as a wire, nor reach
a pin there by one: it changes layer instead, and the via goes in the
pad. A pin whose every stub enters a keepout is reached by a via only.

A structure keepout named rule_area... (mckicad names KiCad rule areas
so) is checked for overlap only, as KiCad's DRC does, with the free ends
of each wire tested for their round caps.
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@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ class ObstacleArea(Item):
#: tracks" rule area, where vias are allowed), via_keepout only vias
blocks_wires: bool = True
blocks_vias: bool = True
#: False for a KiCad rule area: copper may not overlap it but may touch
#: it, since KiCad's DRC applies no clearance to a rule area. Every other
#: keepout may stand for copper (a net tie, a track kept as it is), so it
#: keeps the clearance unless named as a rule area.
clearance: bool = True
def is_obstacle(self) -> bool:
return True