how to fix the scale in the output window

I have created a plot in matlab but don't know how to fix the scale on the axes. I want to scale axes in centimeters and attahced picture for reference. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

[Aquatris]

You need to be more specific for a better answer but here is my attempt:

• If you just want to see x axis from -0.1 to 0.1 then you can call xlim([-0.1 0.1]) function for instance. similarly yaxis can be ylim([-0.1 0.1])
• If your data is in micrometer and you want to plot in cm, you should just scale your data to the units and then call the plotting function. For instance instead of plot(x,y) you would call plot(x*1e-4,y*1e-4)
• If you want your Droplet Diameter colorbar to go from 30 to 70 for instance, then you can call caxis([30 70]), which will remove the difference for points below 30 and points above 70 though.

[VBBV]

For instance instead of plot(x,y) you would call plot(x*1e-4,y*1e-4)

I doubt that. Instead you should multiply by to get x, y values in cm

plot(x*1e4,y*1e4)

[Aquatris]

So you are saying 1 mikrometer = 1e4 cm? :D

[VBBV]

No, when x and y are in micrometres , you need to multiply with 1e4 which results in 1e-2 m i.e 1 cm, because 1 micron is 1e-6 m

[Aquatris]

I dont get your point. Using your example, if x has a value of 1 mikrometer, and you want to show it in cm, if you multiply it with 1e4, you end up with 1e4 cm, which seems quite interesting.

Well, OP got his answer so no need to discuss further :)