Display figure from .m file to MATLAB GUI

Hello,

I have a 3Dpoint cloud that is mapped in a figure.I am using the following code

figure, showPointCloud(pointCloudDisp, J1, 'VerticalAxis', 'Y',...
    'VerticalAxisDir', 'Down' );
xlabel('X'); 
ylabel('Y');
zlabel('Z');

to get a figure with PointCloud plotted on three axes.

I am sending here the screen shot of the figure.

I need to take this figure and display it on the GUI axes. Is there a function which can directly take the fig from .m file and display on axes.

Please let me know about this.

Looking forward to hear from you at the earliest.

Thanks Pankaja

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

thisax = handles.UseAppropriateAxesNameHere;

showPointCloud(pointCloudDisp, J1, 'VerticalAxis', 'Y',...
  'VerticalAxisDir', 'Down', 'Parent', thisax );
xlabel(thisax, 'X'); 
ylabel(thisax, 'Y');
zlabel(thisax, 'Z');

That is, write the point cloud directly into the axes where you want it to go.

Answer 2

[Joep]

You need to find the axes of your figure in your Gui. sometime gca will work but in the most of case you need to use your handles. The axes will only update if you have a update/create function for your figure. You should recall that function. Example are given by Doug Hull.

http://blogs.mathworks.com/videos/2013/02/13/gui-building-in-matlab/