Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Data Import and Export

• Mathematics

• Data Analysis

• Programming Fundamentals

• Object-Oriented Programming

• Plots and Plotting Tools

• Figures, Plots, and Graphs

• Plotting Tools - Interactive Plotting

• Example - Working with Plotting Tools

• Example - Plotting from the Figure Palette

• Example - Specifying a Data Source

• Example - Generating MATLAB Code to Reproduce a Graph

• Editing Plots

• Working in Plot Edit Mode

• Saving Your Work

• Data Exploration Tools

• Ways to Explore Graphical Data

• Data Cursor - Displaying Data Values Interactively

• Enlarging the View

Panning - Shifting Your View of the Graph

• Rotate 3D - Interactive Rotation of 3-D Views

• Annotating Graphs

• How to Annotate Graphs

• Alignment Tool - Aligning and Distributing Objects

• Adding Titles to Graphs

• Adding Axis Labels to Graphs

• Adding Text Annotations to Graphs

• Adding Arrows and Lines to Graphs

• Positioning Annotations in Data Space

• Basic Plotting Commands

• Setting Up Figures

• Using High-Level Plotting Functions

Line Plots of Matrix Data

Plotting Imaginary and Complex Data

• Plotting with Two Y-Axes

• Setting Axis Parameters

• Creating Specialized Plots

• Bar and Area Graphs

• Discrete Data Graphs

• Direction and Velocity Vector Graphs

• Contour Plots

• Interactive Plotting

• Displaying Bit-Mapped Images

• Working with Images in MATLAB Graphics

• Image Types

• Working with 8-Bit and 16-Bit Images

• Reading, Writing, and Querying Graphics Image Files

• Displaying Graphics Images

• The Image Object and Its Properties

Printing Images

Converting the Data or Graphic Type of Images

• Printing and Exporting

• Overview of Printing and Exporting

• How to Print or Export

• Examples of Printing and Exporting

• Changing a Figure's Settings

• Choosing a Graphics Format

• Choosing a Printer Driver

• Troubleshooting

• Handle Graphics Objects

Organization of Graphics Objects

• Types of Graphics Objects

• Graphics Windows - the Figure

• Core Graphics Objects

• Plot Objects

• Linking Graphs to Variables - Data Source Properties

• Annotation Objects

• Group Objects

Example - Transforming a Hierarchy of Objects

• Object Properties

• Setting and Querying Property Values

Factory-Defined Property Values

• Setting Default Property Values

• Accessing Object Handles

• Controlling Graphics Output

• The Figure Close Request Function

• Saving Handles in Files

Properties Changed by Built-In Functions

Objects That Can Contain Other Objects

• Using Panel Containers in Figures - Uipanels

• Grouping Objects Within Axes - hgtransform

• Controlling Legends

• Callback Properties for Graphics Objects

• Function Handle Callbacks

• Optimizing Graphics Performance

• Figure Properties

• Figure Objects

• Docking Figures in the Desktop

• Positioning Figures

• Figure Colormaps - The Colormap Property

• Selecting Drawing Methods

• Specifying the Figure Pointer

• Axes Properties

Axes Objects - Defining Coordinate Systems for Graphs

• Labeling and Appearance Properties

• Positioning Axes

• Automatic Axes Resize

• Multiple Axes per Figure

• Individual Axis Control

• Using Multiple X- and Y-Axes

Automatic-Mode Properties

• Colors Controlled by Axes

• Axes Color Limits - the CLim Property

• Defining the Color of Lines for Plotting

• 3-D Visualization

• Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Handle Graphics Property Browser

• External Interfaces

• C/C++ and Fortran API Reference

• Release Notes

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Graphics

This section discusses techniques for plotting data and provides examples showing how to plot, annotate, and print graphs.

Plots and Plotting Tools	How to create and customize data plots using GUI tools
Data Exploration Tools	Tools to extract information from graphs interactively
Annotating Graphs	How to enhance data plots with labels, text, and shapes
Basic Plotting Commands	Plotting vector and matrix data in 2-D representations
Creating Specialized Plots	Creating bar graphs, histograms, contour plots, and other specialized plots
Displaying Bit-Mapped Images	Displaying and modifying bit-mapped images with MATLAB
Printing and Exporting	Printing graphs on paper and exporting graphs to standard graphic file formats
Handle Graphics Objects	MATLAB graphics objects and properties
Figure Properties	How to use figure properties
Axes Properties	How to use axes properties

Related Information. These other sections provide additional information about plotting.

3-D Visualization
Using viewing and lighting techniques to achieve complex graphic effects
Creating Graphical User Interfaces
How to include menus, push buttons, text boxes, and other user interface objects in MATLAB^® applications

Plots and Plotting Tools

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