How to avoid objects from function "arrow3" to be plotted on top?

Hi! When using the Matlab function "arrow3", the resulting objects always come on top, no mather what I do. In the script below I want the blue and green marker on top of the red arrows. Is there anything I can do to achieve this? Thank you!

x1 = 0; x2 = 2; xs = 0.2;

y1 = 0; y2 = 6; ys = 0.5;

[x,y] = meshgrid(x1:xs:x2,y1:ys:y2);

dy = y; dx = ones(size(dy));

L = sqrt(1+dy.^2);

dy = dy./L; dx = dx./L;

p1 = [x(:) y(:)];

figure(1); clf;

arrow3(p1,p1+0.001*[dx(:),dy(:)],'r',0.5,2);

hold on

plot(1,2,'b.','Markersize',100)

plot(1,3,'g.','Markersize',100)

h=get(gca,'Children');

set(gca,'Children',flipud(h))

[Dyuman Joshi]

Which arrow3 function are you using?

[Orjan Kristensen]

Hi! Version 5.18.1 downloaded from

https://mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/14056-arrow3

Answer 1

[Yash]

Hi Orjan,

I understand that you want to bring the blue and green marker on top of the red arrows. To do so you must set the “SortMethod” property of the “axes” from “depth” to “childorder”. This ensures that an object which is near the beginning of the “Children” list always covers an object which is later in the “Children” list.

Here is the updated code:

x1 = 0; x2 = 2; xs = 0.2;
y1 = 0; y2 = 6; ys = 0.5;
[x,y] = meshgrid(x1:xs:x2,y1:ys:y2);
dy = y; dx = ones(size(dy));
L = sqrt(1+dy.^2);
dy = dy./L; dx = dx./L;
p1 = [x(:) y(:)]; 
figure(1); clf;
arrow3(p1,p1+0.001*[dx(:),dy(:)],'r',0.5,2); 
hold on
plot(1,2,'b.','Markersize',100)
plot(1,3,'g.','Markersize',100)
ax = gca;
ax.SortMethod = "childorder";

Refer here for more information:

• https://blogs.mathworks.com/graphics/2014/11/04/sortmethod/
• https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/30212-how-to-bring-a-plot-to-the-front-or-back-among-multiple-plots

I hope this helps!

[Orjan Kristensen]

Hi Yash.

This helps a lot, your method works perfectly, thank you so much! Also many thanks for the additional links, lots of useful reading here.

Best regards, Orjan.