diff --git a/js/fea/DmaCell.js b/js/fea/DmaCell.js
index bdfaae56cf175c0f9f4b80a09f2c2af6d44a37ca..8a23021ff38ae657005ad2e9b427cce3eb4bc720 100644
--- a/js/fea/DmaCell.js
+++ b/js/fea/DmaCell.js
@@ -120,19 +120,20 @@ DMACell.prototype.destroy = function(){
     DMASideOctaCell.prototype = Object.create(DMACell.prototype);
 
     DMASideOctaCell.prototype._calcPosition = function(scale, indices){
+        var latticeScale = this.getLatticeScale();
         var position = {};
         var octHeight = 2*scale/Math.sqrt(6);
-        var triHeight = scale/2*Math.sqrt(3);
-        position.x = indices.x*scale;
+        var triHeight = latticeScale/2*Math.sqrt(3);
+        position.x = indices.x*latticeScale;
         position.y = indices.y*triHeight;
         position.z = indices.z*octHeight;
-        if (Math.abs(indices.y%2) == 1) position.x -= scale/2;
+        if (Math.abs(indices.y%2) == 1) position.x -= latticeScale/2;
         if (Math.abs(indices.z%2) == 1) position.y -= triHeight*4/3;
         return position;
     };
 
-    DMACell.prototype.getScale = function(){
-        return this.lattice.get("scale")*(1-this.lattice.get("columnSeparation"));
+    DMACell.prototype.getLatticeScale = function(){
+        return this.lattice.get("scale")*(1.0+2*this.lattice.get("columnSeparation"));
     };
 
     DMASideOctaCell.prototype._initParts = function(zIndex){
diff --git a/js/models/BasePlane.js b/js/models/BasePlane.js
index ec0ba7c5e4be9b9bc592c11a504c99ecec5ae564..d57e79a95dd4cc3ea640206ad9e3e1e88d0ce5a1 100644
--- a/js/models/BasePlane.js
+++ b/js/models/BasePlane.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ BasePlane = Backbone.Model.extend({
 
      _createOctaFaceMesh: function(colSep){
 
-        colSep = colSep || 0;
+        colSep = colSep || 0.2;
         var geometry = new THREE.Geometry();
         geometry.dynamic = true;
         geometry.vertices = this._calcOctaFaceVertices(colSep);
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ BasePlane = Backbone.Model.extend({
     _calcOctaFaceVertices: function(colSep){
 
         var vertices = [];
-        var triangleHeight = 1/2*Math.sqrt(3);
+        var latticeScale = 1+2*colSep;
+        var triangleHeight = latticeScale/2*Math.sqrt(3);
         var dimX = this.get("dimX");
         var dimY = this.get("dimY");
 
@@ -120,15 +121,12 @@ BasePlane = Backbone.Model.extend({
                 var xOffset = 0;
                 if (Math.abs(j)%2==0) {
                 } else {
-                    xOffset = 1/2;
-
+                    xOffset = 1/2*latticeScale;
                 }
 
-                vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(i + xOffset - horizontalOffset, j*triangleHeight + baseVertOffset, 0));
-                vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(i + xOffset + horizontalOffset, j*triangleHeight + baseVertOffset, 0));
-                vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(i + xOffset, j*triangleHeight - pointVertOffset, 0));
-//                vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(i + xOffset, j*triangleHeight - pointVertOffset, 0));
-
+                vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(i*latticeScale + xOffset - horizontalOffset, j*triangleHeight + baseVertOffset, 0));
+                vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(i*latticeScale + xOffset + horizontalOffset, j*triangleHeight + baseVertOffset, 0));
+                vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(i*latticeScale + xOffset, j*triangleHeight - pointVertOffset, 0));
 
             }
 
diff --git a/js/models/Lattice.js b/js/models/Lattice.js
index b4b77df75c3decf3da77fb92adae0edb8678f3ca..9ddfb7271fe54c4dc7f6d6ec1fcce29a4738c719 100644
--- a/js/models/Lattice.js
+++ b/js/models/Lattice.js
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ OctaFaceLattice = Lattice.extend({
     },
 
     _makeCellForLatticeType: function(indices, scale){
-        return new DMASideOctaCell(this.get("cellMode"), indices, scale*(1.0-this.get("columnSeparation")), this);
+        return new DMASideOctaCell(this.get("cellMode"), indices, scale*(1.0-2*this.get("columnSeparation")), this);
     }
 
 });