Electronic – Place via for BGA component in Kicad

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While layouting in Kicad I've encountered a problem to place a via for BGA component. I design 4 layers board, I have 20-pin BGA component on the front, and I want to place vias for it on the back side. The problem is, that the tool doesn't allow to place via inside the BGA component rectangle. In the attached picture you can see the BGA footprint in the center and the via is from the left side. There it placed without problems, but I cannot drag it into the area between the BGA component pads.

Thank you in advance.
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Best Answer

As @JRE pointed out, these red circles are a keepout area for signals not belonging to the pad's net.

You will need to use a footprint where the pads have less "security margin" around the pads. You can adjust that under Tools->Design Rules by reducing the "Clearance".

Which brings me to the question: What kind of footprint is that? It doesn't have a component outline...