On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Curious Learn <curiousle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Taco Hoekwater <taco <at> elvenkind.com> writes: > > >> >> (2) Is there a command to scale the whole picture...not the components? >> >> Parse error. In my view, the whole picture *is* the components. >> >> Best wishes, >> Taco > > Hi Taco, > > Sorry for the typo and for not being clear. I meant the following. I know that > "scaled" command can be used to scale any particular component. To scale the > whole picture does one have to scale each and every component individually, or > is there one command that scales every component. > > One way is perhaps to define a variable, say u=1cm and express all > measurements > in terms of "u". Then by changing just "u" one can scale the whole picture > (and > all the components) up or down. Is there another way? For example, in TikZ > there > is a command "scale" which scales the entire picture if put as an option to > \begin{tikzpicture}. I was wondering if something like that is available in > Metapost too. >
Hi, I use the method of u=1mm; in the beginning and then use u as the "unit". I think "currentpicture" is what you are after otherwise, but not sure. Mikael ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________