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D65 — Rule areas block tracks and vias by own flags

Decision

A rule area blocks tracks when it forbids tracks and vias when it forbids vias (the obstacle model read only areas forbidding tracks, and they blocked vias too)

Alternatives

Keep the old reading

Reason

KiCad's meaning; a full-board "no tracks" area on a plane layer is the usual way to keep a plane whole, and it made every via through that layer illegal. A "no vias" area blocked nothing before