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When I use the figure environment to set an image as a float in a separate page ([p] specifier), I want to be able to use up the full text height, so that the image and its caption are precisely alligned with text on the adjacent page. I want to have captions at the bottom. This means I need to set the image height to \textheight MINUS the height of the caption that comes after.

I am aware of question: How to define a figure size so that it consumes the rest of a page? and the solution offered there works in continuous text, but not in the figure environment.

I was also made aware of question Height of figure + caption textheight, which comes very close to what I need, except I think that having to set the number of lines in a caption manually is a little awkward, and I am looking for a completely automatic way of computing the caption height.

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Frigo
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If you are using tikz you could use the "scale" option. Here is an example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[htbp]

\begin{tikzpicture}[auto,node distance=8mm,>=latex,font=\small]

    \draw[thick,black] circle[radius=1] node[right=1]{normal size};

\end{tikzpicture}

\begin{tikzpicture}[auto,node distance=8mm,>=latex,font=\small,scale=1.5, every node/.style={transform shape}]

    \draw[thick,black] circle[radius=1] node[right=1]{scaled 1.5 of normal size};

\end{tikzpicture}

\caption{this is the caption}


\end{figure}

\end{document}

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Paolo Izzo
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  • Sorry, but this only shows how to scale the graphics, but does not calculate by how much. – Frigo Nov 11 '15 at 16:38
  • I know, I thought to give you a workaround in case you where in a hurry, with a bit of tweaking you could use it for your purpose. Sorry you didn't find it useful. – Paolo Izzo Nov 12 '15 at 17:27