Why can't I open this saved .fig file in MATLAB live script?

In the live scipt editor, I have the following command:

open("smoothedprebasemodel.fig")

The live script appears to run, but does not display the saved figure.

I can include

set(gcf,'Visible','on')

and this creates an external figure window along with a badly-rendered in-line Figure.

I've tried loading other figures with just the open command and nothing else, and those seem to work fine. Why?

Version: 9.10.0.1649659 (R2021a) Update 1

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

1. Open the figure in Matlab, set visible = 'on', then save it.
2. Use openfig(filename) in live editor.

Note that the second input in openfig(filename, visibility) can be used to force the visibility property of the figure upon opening but that won't fix the behavior you're describing since the embedded and the external figures will appear upon setting the visibility property whether it is already 'on' or 'off'. But if the visibile property is already set to 'on', then opening in it live editor should fix the issue.