Nigel King wrote:

I apologize in advance for asking what I am sure is a repeated question but I cannot find the answer in manuals and archives.

In Metafun externalfigure "file.pdf" xyscale(x,y) ; how does one find the size of a graphic in order to scale it appropriately

texexec --pdf --fig=d pattern will generate a file with dimensions that can be read in by MP undocumented indeed -) Hans