xsized was the solution. I wonder why xscaled worked for me for years. Thanks for the fast help.
Lutz Am 2. Oktober 2018 11:10:04 MESZ schrieb Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl>: >On 10/2/2018 7:03 AM, Lutz Haseloff wrote: >> Hi Hans, hi all, >> >> I think, that recent context has a problem with scaling included pdf >files. >> My minimal file: >> >> \startMPpage >> draw externalfigure "cow.pdf" ; >> \stopMPpage >> >> The resulting pdf is, as the original, 97x70.6 mm, all ok. >> >> If I try to scale to the original size, i get arithmetic overflow >error. >> >> \startMPpage >> draw externalfigure "cow.pdf" xscaled 97mm yscaled 70.6mm ; >> \stopMPpage >don't use xscaled, use xsized > >if you have > >path p ; p := fullcircls scaled 1cm ; > >and then do > >draw p xscaled 97pt ; > >you multiply with a number and only get 97pt width when your p has 1 bp > >width > >externalfigure has the original dimensions (so no width 1 bp here) > >Hans > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl >-----------------------------------------------------------------
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