diff --git a/lambdapdk/asap7/base/apr/asap7_tech.lef b/lambdapdk/asap7/base/apr/asap7_tech.lef
index 729e3106..7b0fee6f 100644
--- a/lambdapdk/asap7/base/apr/asap7_tech.lef
+++ b/lambdapdk/asap7/base/apr/asap7_tech.lef
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ VERSION 5.8 ;
 BUSBITCHARS "[]" ;
 DIVIDERCHAR "/" ;
 CLEARANCEMEASURE EUCLIDEAN ;
+USEMINSPACING OBS OFF ;
 
 UNITS
- DATABASE MICRONS 1000.0 ;
+ DATABASE MICRONS 1000 ;
 END UNITS
  MANUFACTURINGGRID 0.001 ;
 
@@ -54,10 +55,10 @@ PROPERTYDEFINITIONS
   LAYER LEF58_RECTONLY STRING ;
 END PROPERTYDEFINITIONS
 
-LAYER OVERLAP
-  TYPE OVERLAP ;
-END OVERLAP
-
+#LAYER OVERLAP
+#  TYPE OVERLAP ;
+#END OVERLAP
+#
 LAYER nwell
   TYPE MASTERSLICE ;
  PROPERTY LEF58_TYPE "TYPE NWELL ;" ;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ LAYER M1
  PITCH 0.036 ;
  WIDTH 0.018 ;
  SPACING 0.018 ;
- AREA 0.002664 ; # Min Area # This should ideally be 16x not 4x as each dimension is scaled up by 4.0
+ AREA 0.000666 ; # Min Area
                                     # we only allow landing on pins (set in router) so area should not matter
  SPACING 0.018 RANGE 0.036 1.0 ; # This rule is redundant with the SPACING rule
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ LAYER M2
   #  MINSIZE 0.112 0.072 ; 
   # area is adjusted to match this (Nanoroute requires both AREA and MINSIZE)
 
- AREA 0.002664 ;
+ AREA 0.000666 ;
  MINSIZE 0.037 0.018 ;
 
  PITCH 0.045 0.036 ;
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ LAYER M3
   #  MINSIZE 0.112 0.072 ; 
   # area is adjusted to match this (Nanoroute requires both AREA and MINSIZE)
 
- AREA 0.002664 ;
+ AREA 0.000666 ;
  MINSIZE 0.037 0.018 ;
 
  PROPERTY LEF58_SPACING
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ LAYER M4
 
  OFFSET 0.003 ;
 
- AREA 0.008 ;
+ AREA 0.002 ;
 
  PROPERTY LEF58_SPACING "
  SPACING 0.024 ENDOFLINE 0.025 WITHIN 0.04 ENDTOEND 0.04 ; " ;
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ LAYER M5
  SPACING 0.024 ;
  OFFSET 0.0 ;
 
- AREA 0.008 ;
+ AREA 0.002 ;
 
  PROPERTY LEF58_SPACING "
  SPACING 0.024 ENDOFLINE 0.025 WITHIN 0.04 ENDTOEND 0.04 ; " ;
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ LAYER M6
  WIDTH 0.032 ;
  SPACING 0.032 ;
 
- AREA 0.00875 ; # Areas still need tweaking
+ AREA 0.0021875 ; # Areas still need tweaking
 
  PROPERTY LEF58_SPACING
  " SPACING 0.032 ENDOFLINE 0.0375 WITHIN 0.04 ENDTOEND 0.04 ; " ;
@@ -448,8 +449,8 @@ LAYER M6
 
   SPACINGTABLE
  PARALLELRUNLENGTH 0.0
- WIDTH 0.0 0.024
- WIDTH 0.025 0.072 ;
+ WIDTH 0.0 0.032
+ WIDTH 0.033 0.072 ;
 
  PROPERTY LEF58_RIGHTWAYONGRIDONLY "
       RIGHTWAYONGRIDONLY ;
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ LAYER M7
  WIDTH 0.032 ;
  SPACING 0.032 ;
 
- AREA 0.00875 ; # Areas still need tweaking
+ AREA 0.0021875 ; # Areas still need tweaking
 
  PROPERTY LEF58_SPACING
  " SPACING 0.03 ENDOFLINE 0.0375 WITHIN 0.04 ENDTOEND 0.04 ; " ;
@@ -524,8 +525,8 @@ LAYER M7
 
   SPACINGTABLE
  PARALLELRUNLENGTH 0.0
- WIDTH 0.0 0.024
- WIDTH 0.025 0.072 ;
+ WIDTH 0.0 0.032
+ WIDTH 0.033 0.072 ;
 
  PROPERTY LEF58_RIGHTWAYONGRIDONLY "
       RIGHTWAYONGRIDONLY ;
@@ -548,7 +549,7 @@ LAYER M8
   DIRECTION HORIZONTAL ;
  PITCH 0.08 0.08 ;
  WIDTH 0.04 ;
- AREA 7.52 ;
+ AREA 0.00752 ;
 
   SPACINGTABLE
  PARALLELRUNLENGTH 0.0 0.39975 1.19975 1.79975
@@ -577,7 +578,7 @@ LAYER M9
   DIRECTION VERTICAL ;
  PITCH 0.08 0.08 ;
  WIDTH 0.04 ;
- AREA 7.52 ;
+ AREA 0.00752 ;
 
   SPACINGTABLE
  PARALLELRUNLENGTH 0.0 0.39975 1.19975 1.79975
@@ -640,7 +641,7 @@ VIA VIA78 Default
   LAYER M7 ;
  RECT -0.016 -0.027 0.016 0.027 ;
   LAYER M8 ;
- RECT -0.027 -0.016 0.027 0.016 ;
+ RECT -0.027 -0.020 0.027 0.020 ;
   LAYER V7 ;
  RECT -0.016 -0.016 0.016 0.016 ;
 END VIA78