Combining multiple existing plots

Hi,

I have generated multiple MATLAB figures using a code that I have to manually edit each time. Just wondering if there is a way I can combine these pre-existing figures into one figure that shows the data overlapped from each figure.

Answer 1

[Voss]

You can try doing something like what follows. This assumes each figure has one axes and you want to put all graphics objects from every figure's axes into a single axes in a new figure. Axes properties such as labels and titles - as well as any legends - will not be preserved, but see if this is at least a step in the right direction. (If the figures you have are saved as .fig files you can use the same approach - just open() each one and subsequently delete() it inside the for loop.)

% first, I create a couple of figures containing some lines
fig_1 = figure();
plot(1:10);

fig_2 = figure();
plot(2:11);

drawnow();

% now combine the figures' contents into a new figure

% specify which "old" figures to use
figs = [fig_1 fig_2];
% make a "new" figure
f = figure();
% get the new figure's axes
ax = gca();
% for each old figure
for ii = 1:numel(figs)
    % find all the graphics objects in the figure's axes
    obj = findall(get(figs(ii),'CurrentAxes'));
    % remove the axes itself
    obj(strcmp(get(obj,'Type'),'axes')) = [];
    % copy the objects to the new figure's axes
    copyobj(obj,ax);
end