Graphics

Plotting Tools -- Interactive Plotting

MATLAB provides a collection of plotting tools that form an interactive plotting environment. This environment enables you to

• Create various type of graphs
• Select variables to plot directly from a workspace browser
• Easily create and manipulate subplots in the figure
• Add annotations such as arrows, lines, and text
• Set properties on graphics objects

Starting the Plotting Tools

To create a figure with the plotting tools attached, use the plottools command. You can also start the plotting tools from the figure toolbar by clicking the Show Plot Tools icon .

Remove the plotting tools from a figure using the Hide Plot Tools icon .

You can display the three basic plotting tools from the View menu by selecting Figure Palette, Plot Browser, or Property Editor.

The next section describes the individual components making up the plotting tools.

Plotting Tools Interface Overview

The Plotting Tools interface includes three panels that are associated with a figure.

• Figure Palette -- Use to create and arrange subplot axes, view and plot workspace variables, and add annotations. Display the Figure Palette using the figurepalette command.
• Plot Browser -- Use to select and control the visibility of the axes or graphic objects plotted in the figure. You can also add data to any selected axes by clicking the Add Data button. Display the Plot Browser using the plotbrowser command.
• Property Editor -- Use to set common properties of the selected object. You can also click the Inspector button to display the Property Inspector, which provides access to all object properties. Display the Property Editor using the propertyeditor command.

Plotting Tools

This picture shows the plotting tools attached to a figure that contains two subplots.

Anatomy of a Graph

The Figure Palette

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