| MATLAB Function Reference | ![]() |
Finding and Identifying Graphics Objects
| allchild | Find all children of specified objects |
| ancestor | Find ancestor of graphics object |
| copyobj | Make copy of graphics object and its children |
| delete | Delete files or graphics objects |
| findall | Find all graphics objects (including hidden handles) |
| figflag | Test if figure is on screen |
| findfigs | Display off-screen visible figure windows |
| findobj | Find objects with specified property values |
| gca | Get current Axes handle |
| gcbo | Return object whose callback is currently executing |
| gcbf | Return handle of figure containing callback object |
| gco | Return handle of current object |
| get | Get object properties |
| ishandle | True if value is valid object handle |
| set | Set object properties |
| axes | Create axes object |
| figure | Create figure (graph) windows |
| hggroup | Create a group object |
| hgtransform | Create a group to transform |
| image | Create image (2-D matrix) |
| light | Create light object (illuminates Patch and Surface) |
| line | Create line object (3-D polylines) |
| patch | Create patch object (polygons) |
| rectangle | Create rectangle object (2-D rectangle) |
| rootobject | List of root properties |
| surface | Create surface (quadrilaterals) |
| text | Create text object (character strings) |
| uicontextmenu | Create context menu (popup associated with object) |
Plot Objects
| areaseries | Property list |
| barseries | Property list |
| contourgroup | Property list |
| errorbarseries | Property list |
| lineseries | Property list |
| quivergroup | Property list |
| scattergroup | Property list |
| stairseries | Property list |
| stemseries | Property list |
| surfaceplot | Property list |
| clc | Clear figure window |
| clf | Clear figure |
| close | Close specified window |
| closereq | Default close request function |
| drawnow | Complete any pending drawing |
| figflag | Test if figure is on screen |
| gcf | Get current figure handle |
| hgload | Load graphics object hierarchy from a FIG-file |
| hgsave | Save graphics object hierarchy to a FIG-file |
| newplot | Graphics M-file preamble for NextPlot property |
| opengl | Change automatic selection mode of OpenGL rendering |
| refresh | Refresh figure |
| saveas | Save figure or model to desired output format |
| axis | Plot axis scaling and appearance |
| box | Display axes border |
| cla | Clear Axes |
| gca | Get current Axes handle |
| grid | Grid lines for 2-D and 3-D plots |
| ishold | Get the current hold state |
| makehgtform | Create a transform matrix |
Operating on Object Properties
| get | Get object properties |
| linkaxes | Synchronize limits of specified axes |
| linkprop | Maintain same value for corresponding properties |
| set | Set object properties |
| Printing | 3-D Visualization | ![]() |
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