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Dear Thomas,

> I'm using the latest revision (rev 56) of version 7.2. I noticed that 
> if I use 'scalegrid 1 9' in a layout using .18um tech file that fet
> dimensions scale nicely, but capacitances do not (using extract do all;

Bad typo in the source code (my fault, I'm afraid).  If you did
"scalegrid 1 9; scalegrid 9 1" several times, you'd see the capcitance
go completely out of control.  The fix is that extract/ExtTech.c, line
1738, should be:

	style->exts_overlapCap[i][j] /= sqd;

 *NOT*

	style->exts_overlapCap[i][j] *= sqd;

(everywhere else capacitances multiply by the numerator, divide by the
denominator; obviously a very unfortunate typo!).  Apparently the test
cases I used did not have significant overlap capacitance, so the error
was buried in the (correctly scaled) area capacitance.  The error will
be fixed in the 7.2 distribution immediately.  Thanks for finding it
and bringing it to my attention!

					Regards,
					Tim

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