Graphics and GUIs with MATLAB

By: O. Thomas Holland, Patrick Marchand

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Paperback | 25 November 2002 | Edition Number 3

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MATLAB®, now the industry-standard engineering language for computation, analysis, and visualization, continues to evolve in its capabilities. Version 6.x incorporated several major improvements, including significant enhancements to its graphics features, such as transparencies, increased 3-D visualization, and an improved rendering engine.

The bestselling Graphics and GUIs with MATLAB has been fully revised to reflect MATLAB version 6. The third edition also features a number of improvements in both content and organization that ensure its readers get the optimum level of detail and best possible instruction.

New in the Third Edition:

Full updates that reflect MATLAB 6.x enhancements

Expanded discussions on 2-D and 3-D graphics

New chapters on good GUI design and data visualization techniques

Volume visualizations

Updated language commands

Deeper coverage of programming techniques, such as data structures and callback techniques

Exercises in each chapter

Additional examples and updated illustrations

Graphics and GUIs with MATLAB, Third Edition retains the comprehensible, almost conversational tutorial style that made its predecessors so popular but offers a streamlined organization and deeper coverage that make this edition an even better way to acquire or increase proficiency in using MATLAB to its fullest graphics capabilities.

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Introduction	p. 1
Overview	p. 1
Organization of This Book	p. 2
Terminology and the MATLAB Programming Language	p. 4
Getting Started	p. 5
Getting Help	p. 6
Other References	p. 9
Visualization Considerations	p. 11
Why Visualize?	p. 11
Characteristics of Good Data Visualization	p. 12
Data Quantity and Dimension	p. 13
Color, Light, and Shading	p. 14
Motion	p. 17
Interaction	p. 17
Plotting in Two Dimensions	p. 19
Sources of Data	p. 19
Function Data	p. 19
Measured Data	p. 20
Importing Data	p. 21
MATLAB Data Formats	p. 21
Importing High-Level Data	p. 22
Importing Low-Level Data	p. 24
Elementary 2-D Plots	p. 25
A General Overview of the Plot Command	p. 26
Logarithmic Plots	p. 35
Simple 2-D Plot Manipulation	p. 37
Generating Plots with Multiple Data Sets	p. 37
Using Axis to Customize Plots	p. 41
Creating Supporting Text and Legends	p. 51
Text Placement	p. 57
Special Text Character Formats	p. 60
Using Subplot to Create Multiple Axes	p. 63
Specialized 2-D Plotting	p. 67
Bar Graphs	p. 67
Histograms	p. 72
Stairstep Graphs	p. 74
Stem Plots	p. 75
Plots with Error Bars	p. 77
Pie Charts	p. 78
Area Plots	p. 83
Working with Complex Data	p. 84
Using the Polar Coordinate System	p. 87
Plotting Functions with MATLAB	p. 91
Creating Filled Plots and Shapes	p. 93
Plot Editing in the MATLAB Figure Window	p. 95
Plot Editing Mode	p. 96
The Property Editor	p. 97
Zooming and Rotating	p. 98
Exporting, Copying, and Pasting	p. 99
Illustrative Problems	p. 100
Plotting in Three Dimensions	p. 101
Elementary 3-D Plotting	p. 101
Using Plot3	p. 101
Creating 3-D Meshes and Surfaces	p. 104
Waterfall Plots	p. 109
3-D Plots of Non-Uniformly Sampled Data	p. 110
Creating Shaded Surface Plots	p. 112
Removing Hidden Lines	p. 113
Contour Plots	p. 115
Quiver Plots	p. 121
Combination Plots	p. 122
3-D Stem Plots	p. 127
Generating Surfaces with Triangles	p. 129
Polygons in a 3-D Space	p. 131
Built-In Surface Functions	p. 132
Simple 3-D Plot Manipulation	p. 136
The Camera Toolbar	p. 136
Generalizing the Axis for 3 Dimensions	p. 138
3-D Plot Rotation	p. 140
Using the View Command	p. 142
Volume Visualization	p. 145
Scalar Volume Data	p. 145
Slice Planes	p. 147
Contour Slices	p. 149
Isosurfaces and Isocaps	p. 151
Vector Volume Data	p. 153
Stream Plots	p. 156
Stream Lines	p. 157
Stream Particles	p. 159
Stream Ribbons	p. 160
Stream Tubes	p. 161
Cone Plots	p. 162
A Word About Annotating 3-D Plots	p. 164
Illustrative Problems	p. 165
Image Graphics	p. 167
Image Files and Formats	p. 167
Common Image File Types	p. 168
Image I/O	p. 170
Reading a Graphics Image	p. 172
Displaying a Graphics Image	p. 173
Writing a Graphics Image	p. 175
Image Types and Properties	p. 176
Indexed Images	p. 176
Intensity Level Images	p. 178
Truecolor Images	p. 181
Generating Output	p. 183
The Quickest Way to Paper	p. 183
Page Setup	p. 184
Printing Colored Lines to Black & White Printers	p. 185
Electronic Output	p. 186
Using File Export	p. 186
Using the Windows Clipboard	p. 186
Using the Print Command	p. 187
Creating Hardcopy with PRINT	p. 187
Creating Graphics Files Using Print	p. 187
Adding Additional Figures to a File	p. 188
Publishing Using 4-Color Separation	p. 188
EPS with a Preview Image	p. 188
Rendering Method with -zbuffer or -painters	p. 189
Indicating Which Figure Window to Print	p. 189
Saving Figures for Future Use	p. 190
Handle Graphics	p. 191
Graphics Objects	p. 191
Graphics Objects Hierarchy	p. 193
Graphics Objects Handles	p. 198
Determining Handles at Creation	p. 199
Getting Handles of Current Objects	p. 200
Properties	p. 202
The Property Editor	p. 203
Manipulating Properties	p. 204
Universal Object Properties	p. 206
ButtonDownFcn, BusyAction, and Interruptible	p. 207
Children and Parent	p. 208
Clipping	p. 208
CreateFCN and DeleteFCN	p. 210
HandleVisibility	p. 211
HitTest	p. 212
Selected and SelectionHighlight	p. 212
Tag and Type	p. 213
UserData	p. 214
Visible	p. 214
Object Specific Properties	p. 214
Root Properties	p. 215
Display Related Root Properties	p. 216
Root Properties Related to the State of MATLAB	p. 217
Behavior Related Properties of the Root	p. 219
Figure Properties	p. 220
Figure Properties Affecting Position	p. 222
Style and Appearance Properties of the Figure Object	p. 223
Figure Properties that Control the Colormap	p. 224
Figure Properties that Affect Transparency	p. 225
Properties that Affect How Figures are Rendered	p. 225
Properties Related to the Current State of a Figure	p. 226
Figure Properties that Affect the Pointer	p. 229
Figure Properties that Affect Callback Execution	p. 230
Figure Properties that Control Access to Objects	p. 234
Figure Properties that Affect Printing	p. 235
Axes Properties	p. 236
Axes Properties Controlling Boxes and Tick Marks	p. 238
Properties Affecting Axes Character Formats	p. 245
Axes Properties Determining Axis Location and Position	p. 245
Axes Properties Affecting Grids, Lines, and Color	p. 248
Properties Affecting Axis Limits	p. 256
Axes Properties Related to Viewing Perspective	p. 265
Line Properties	p. 266
Rectangle Properties	p. 272
Patch Properties	p. 273
Properties Defining Patch Objects	p. 275
Properties Specifying Lines, Color, and Markers	p. 277
Properties Affecting Lighting and Transparency	p. 280
Surface Properties	p. 281
Image Properties	p. 287
Text Properties	p. 289
Setting Default Properties	p. 295
Undocumented Properties	p. 296
Using Findobj	p. 297
Illustrative Problems	p. 300
Using Color, Light, and Transparency	p. 301
Simple Color Specifications	p. 301
Color Maps	p. 301
Effects of Color Maps in General	p. 304
Color Axis Control	p. 305
Color Control with Direct Mapping	p. 305
Color Control with Scaled Mapping	p. 306
Color Maps as they Relate to Graphics Objects	p. 307
Color Maps and the Surface Object	p. 307
Patch Objects and the Color Map	p. 313
Images and the Color Map	p. 315
Color Shading	p. 319
Brightening and Darkening Color Maps	p. 319
Spinning the Color Map	p. 322
Making Use of the Invisible Color with NaN	p. 323
Creating Simple Color Bars	p. 328
The Pseudocolor Plot	p. 329
Texture Mapping	p. 334
Modeling Object Lighting	p. 338
Light Properties	p. 338
Functions that Make Use of Light	p. 339
Lighting Commands	p. 343
Lighting Models	p. 344
The Diffuse Lighting Model	p. 344
The Ambient Lighting Model	p. 346
The Specular Lighting Model	p. 347
Combining Lighting Models	p. 349
A Final Word on Light Objects	p. 350
Creating Color Varying Lines with Surface Objects	p. 350
Object Transparency	p. 352
Alpha Properties	p. 352
AlphaData	p. 353
Alphamap	p. 353
ALim	p. 353
ALimMode	p. 353
AlphaDataMapping	p. 354
FaceAlpha	p. 354
EdgeAlpha	p. 354
FaceVertexAlphaData	p. 354
Alpha Functions	p. 355
alpha	p. 355
alphamap	p. 355
alim	p. 356
Setting a Single Transparency Value	p. 357
Mapping Data to Transparency	p. 357
Illustrative Problems	p. 359
Animation	p. 361
Frame-by-Frame Capture and Playback	p. 361
Taking a Snapshot	p. 363
Playing a Movie	p. 366
Preallocating Memory	p. 367
Practically Speaking	p. 368
Recording the Entire Figure	p. 368
Animating a Portion of the Figure	p. 369
Making an AVI Movie	p. 371
On-the-Fly Graphics Object Manipulation	p. 372
Simple Animation Functions	p. 372
The Wrong and Right Way to Animate Graphics	p. 373
The Need for Speed	p. 376
Animating Lines	p. 376
Animated Rotations	p. 377
Forcing a Graphic to Leave a Trail	p. 382
Choosing the Right Technique	p. 383
Elements of GUI Design	p. 385
What is a MATLAB Graphical User Interface?	p. 385
The Three Phases of Interface Design	p. 386
Analysis	p. 387
Design	p. 387
User Considerations	p. 387
The Reason for the GUI	p. 387
Cognitive Considerations	p. 388
Physical Considerations	p. 389
Paper Prototyping	p. 389
Appearance	p. 389
Construction	p. 390
UI Control Elements	p. 391
The Styles	p. 391
Check Boxes	p. 391
Editable Text	p. 392
Frames	p. 393
Pop-Up Menus	p. 394
List Boxes	p. 395
Push Buttons	p. 395
Toggle Buttons	p. 396
Radio Buttons	p. 396
Sliders	p. 397
Static Text	p. 398
UI Control Properties	p. 398
Uicontrol BackgroundColor	p. 400
Uicontrol ButtonDownFcn	p. 400
Uicontrol CData	p. 400
Uicontrol CallBack	p. 400
Uicontrol Enable	p. 401
Uicontrol Extent	p. 402
Uicontrol ForegroundColor	p. 402
Uicontrol Font Angle, Name, Size, Units, and Weight	p. 402
Uicontrol HorizontalAlignment	p. 403
Uicontrol Min, Max, and Value	p. 404
Uicontrol SliderStep	p. 404
Uicontrol TooltipString	p. 405
Uicontrol Position	p. 405
Uicontrol String	p. 406
Style	p. 406
ListBoxTop	p. 407
Uicontrol Units	p. 408
Uicontrol Interruptible	p. 408
Uicontrol Tag	p. 408
Uicontrol UserData	p. 408
Uicontrol Visible	p. 409
Other UI Control Properties	p. 409
Creating Uicontrol Objects	p. 409
Uicontrol Object Layering	p. 410
Framing Objects	p. 411
A Stretchable GUI	p. 412
Predefined GUIs and Dialog Boxes	p. 414
Uimenu Elements	p. 421
Uimenu Properties	p. 422
Uimenu Accelerator	p. 423
Uimenu CallBack	p. 424
Uimenu Checked	p. 424
Uimenu Children	p. 425
Uimenu Enable	p. 426
Uimenu ForegroundColor	p. 426
Uimenu Label	p. 426
Uimenu Position	p. 427
Uimenu Separator	p. 427
Uimenu Interruptible	p. 428
Uimenu Tag	p. 428
Uimenu UserData	p. 428
Uimenu Visible	p. 429
Other Uimenu Properties	p. 429
Creating Uimenus	p. 429
Top Level Uimenu	p. 429
Menu Items and Submenu Titles	p. 430
Summary	p. 431
Low-Level MATLAB GUI Programming Techniques	p. 433
Strings of MATLAB Statements and Expressions	p. 433
Programming Approaches in MATLAB	p. 435
Creating All Graphics Elements in the Base Workspace	p. 436
Storing Handles as Global Variables	p. 441
Storing Handles in the UserData Properties	p. 445
Utilizing Tags and the FINDOBJ Command	p. 448
High-Level GUI Development - GUIDE	p. 450
The Layout Editor	p. 451
The Property Inspector	p. 452
The Object Browser	p. 454
The Menu Editor	p. 455
Saving the GUI	p. 455
The GUIDE Created FIG-File	p. 455
The GUIDE Created M-File	p. 456
Executing a GUI	p. 459
Editing a Previously Created GUI	p. 460
Common Programming Desires with UI Objects	p. 461
Creating Exclusive Radio Buttons	p. 462
Linking Sliders and Editable Text Objects	p. 464
Editable Text and Pop-Up Menu	p. 466
Windowed Frame and Interruptions	p. 468
Toggling Menu Labels	p. 471
Customizing a Button with Graphics	p. 472
The MATLAB Event Queue	p. 474
Event Scheduling and Execution	p. 474
Execution Order of Events	p. 475
Mouse Button Pressed Down	p. 476
Mouse Button Released	p. 477
Mouse Pointer Moved	p. 477
Interruptible vs. Uninterruptible	p. 478
Common Mouse Action Examples	p. 479
Moving Objects with the Mouse	p. 479
Dynamic Boxes Using the RBBOX Function	p. 483
Creating Custom User Interface Components	p. 484
Simulating Buttons with Image Objects	p. 485
Creating a Dial	p. 489
Quick References	p. 493
Index	p. 513
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