Cuboid
Cuboidal region of interest
Description
A Cuboid
object specifies the shape and position of a 3-D
cuboidal region of interest (ROI). You can customize the appearance and interactive behavior
of the ROI.
For more information about using this ROI, including keyboard shortcuts and a right-click context menu, see Tips.
Creation
There are two ways to create a Cuboid
object. For more information, see
Create ROI Shapes.
Use the
drawcuboid
function. Use this function when you want to create the ROI and set the appearance in a single command. You can specify the shape and position of the ROI interactively by drawing the ROI over an image using the mouse, or programmatically by using name-value arguments.Use the
images.roi.Cuboid
function described here. Use this function when you want to specify the appearance and behavior of the ROI before you specify the shape and position of the ROI. After creating the object, you can specify the shape and position interactively by using thedraw
function or programmatically by modifying properties of the object.
Description
creates a
roi
= images.roi.CuboidCuboid
object with default properties.
creates an ROI in the axes specified by roi
= images.roi.Cuboid(ax
)ax
.
sets properties using
name-value arguments. You can specify multiple name-value arguments.roi
= images.roi.Cuboid(___,Name,Value
)
Example: images.roi.Cuboid("Color","y")
creates a yellow colored
Cuboid
object.
Input Arguments
ax
— Parent of ROI
gca
(default) | Axes
object | UIAxes
object
Parent of ROI, specified as an Axes
object or a
UIAxes
object. For information about using an ROI in a UIAxes,
including important limitations, see Using ROIs in Apps Created with App Designer.
Properties
Color
— ROI color
[0 0.4470 0.7410]
(default) | RGB triplet | color name | short color name
ROI color, specified as an RGB triplet, a color name, or a short color name.
You can specify any color using an RGB triplet. An RGB triplet is a 3-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0, 1].
You can specify some common colors by name as a string scalar or character vector. This table lists the named color options and the equivalent RGB triplets.
Color Name | Short Name | RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|
"red" | "r" | [1 0 0] |
|
"green" | "g" | [0 1 0] |
|
"blue" | "b" | [0 0 1] |
|
"cyan"
| "c" | [0 1 1] |
|
"magenta" | "m" | [1 0 1] |
|
"yellow" | "y" | [1 1 0] |
|
"black" | "k" | [0 0 0] |
|
"white" | "w" | [1 1 1] |
|
Here are the RGB triplets for the default colors that MATLAB® uses in many types of plots.
RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|
[0 0.4470 0.7410] |
|
[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980] |
|
[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250] |
|
[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560] |
|
[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] |
|
[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330] |
|
[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840] |
|
Example: "Color","r"
Example: "Color","green"
Example: "Color",[0 0.4470 0.7410]
ContextMenu
— Context menu
ContextMenu
object
Context menu that displays when you right-click the ROI, specified as a
ContextMenu
object. You can create a custom context menu by using
the uicontextmenu
function and then
configuring context menu properties.
Deletable
— Context menu provides option to delete the ROI
true
or 1
(default) | false
or 0
Context menu provides an option to delete the ROI, specified as a numeric or
logical 1
(true
) or 0
(false
). When the value is true
, you can delete the ROI
interactively using the context menu. When the value is false
, the
context menu option to delete the ROI is disabled.
In both cases, you can delete the ROI outside of the context menu by using the
delete
function.
DrawingArea
— Area of axes in which you can interactively place ROI
'auto'
(default) | 'unlimited'
| 1-by-6 numeric array
Area of the axes in which you can interactively place the ROI, specified as one of the values in this table.
Value | Description |
---|---|
'auto' | The drawing area is a superset of the current axes limits and a bounding box that surrounds the ROI (default). |
'unlimited' | The drawing area has no boundary and ROIs can be drawn or dragged to extend beyond the axes limits. |
[x,y,z,w,h,d] | The drawing area is restricted to a region beginning at (x,y,z), with width w, height h, and depth d. |
EdgeAlpha
— Transparency of ROI edge
1
(default) | number in the range [0, 1]
Transparency of ROI edge, specified as a number in the range [0, 1]. When set to
1
, the ROI edge is completely opaque. When set to
0
, the ROI edge is completely transparent.
FaceAlpha
— Transparency of ROI faces
0.2
(default) | number in the range [0, 1]
Transparency of the ROI faces, specified as a number in the range [0, 1]. When the
value is 1
, the ROI faces are completely opaque. When the value is
0
, the ROI faces are completely transparent.
FaceAlphaOnHover
— Transparency of ROI face directly underneath mouse pointer
0.4
(default) | number in the range [0, 1] | 'none'
Transparency of ROI face directly underneath the mouse pointer, specified as a
number in the range [0, 1] or 'none'
, to indicate no change to face
transparency. When set to 1
, the face under the mouse pointer is
completely opaque. When set to 0
, the face is completely
transparent.
FaceColorOnHover
— Color of ROI face directly underneath mouse pointer
'none'
(default) | RGB triplet | color name | short color name
Color of the ROI face directly underneath the mouse pointer, specified as an RGB
triplet, a color name, a short color name, or 'none'
. If you specify
'none'
, then the face color does not when the mouse hovers over the
face. When you are not hovering over a face of the ROI, the value of the ROI
Color
property determines the face color.
You can specify any color using an RGB triplet. An RGB triplet is a 3-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0, 1].
You can specify some common colors by name as a string scalar or character vector. This table lists the named color options and the equivalent RGB triplets.
Color Name | Short Name | RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|
"red" | "r" | [1 0 0] |
|
"green" | "g" | [0 1 0] |
|
"blue" | "b" | [0 0 1] |
|
"cyan"
| "c" | [0 1 1] |
|
"magenta" | "m" | [1 0 1] |
|
"yellow" | "y" | [1 1 0] |
|
"black" | "k" | [0 0 0] |
|
"white" | "w" | [1 1 1] |
|
Here are the RGB triplets for the default colors that MATLAB uses in many types of plots.
RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|
[0 0.4470 0.7410] |
|
[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980] |
|
[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250] |
|
[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560] |
|
[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] |
|
[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330] |
|
[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840] |
|
Example: 'FaceColorOnHover','r'
Example: 'FaceColorOnHover','green'
Example: 'FaceColorOnHover',[0 0.4470 0.7410]
HandleVisibility
— Visibility of ROI handle in Children
property of parent
"on"
(default) | "off"
| "callback"
Visibility of the ROI handle in the Children
property of the parent,
specified as one of the values in this table.
Value | Description |
---|---|
"on" | The object handle is always visible (default). |
"off" | The object handle is hidden at all times. |
"callback" | The object handle is visible from within callbacks or functions invoked by callbacks, but not from within functions invoked from the command line. |
InteractionsAllowed
— Interactivity of ROI
"all"
(default) | "none"
| "translate"
Interactivity of the ROI, specified as one of the values in this table.
Value | Description |
---|---|
"all" | The ROI is fully interactable. |
"none" | The ROI is not interactable, and no drag points are visible. |
"translate" | The ROI can be translated (moved) within the drawing area. |
Label
— ROI label
''
(default) | character vector | string scalar
ROI label, specified as a character vector or string scalar. By default, the ROI has no label
(''
).
LabelAlpha
— Transparency of text background
1
(default) | number in the range [0, 1]
Transparency of the text background, specified as a number in the range [0, 1]. When
set to 1
, the text background is completely opaque. When set to
0
, the text background is completely transparent.
LabelTextColor
— Label text color
"black"
(default) | RGB triplet | color name | short color name
Label text color, specified as an RGB triplet, a color name, or a short color name.
You can specify any color using an RGB triplet. An RGB triplet is a 3-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0, 1].
You can specify some common colors by name as a string scalar or character vector. This table lists the named color options and the equivalent RGB triplets.
Color Name | Short Name | RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|
"red" | "r" | [1 0 0] |
|
"green" | "g" | [0 1 0] |
|
"blue" | "b" | [0 0 1] |
|
"cyan"
| "c" | [0 1 1] |
|
"magenta" | "m" | [1 0 1] |
|
"yellow" | "y" | [1 1 0] |
|
"black" | "k" | [0 0 0] |
|
"white" | "w" | [1 1 1] |
|
Here are the RGB triplets for the default colors that MATLAB uses in many types of plots.
RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|
[0 0.4470 0.7410] |
|
[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980] |
|
[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250] |
|
[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560] |
|
[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] |
|
[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330] |
|
[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840] |
|
Example: "LabelTextColor","r"
Example: "LabelTextColor","green"
Example: "LabelTextColor",[0 0.4470 0.7410]
LabelVisible
— Label visibility
"on"
(default) | "off"
| "hover"
Label visibility, specified as one of these values.
Value | Description |
---|---|
"on" | Label is visible when the ROI is visible. |
"hover" | Label is visible only when the mouse is hovering over the ROI. |
"off" | Label is not visible. |
LineWidth
— Width of ROI edge
1
(default) | positive number
Width of the ROI edge, specified as a positive number in points.
Parent
— ROI parent
Axes
object | UIAxes
object
ROI parent, specified as an Axes
or UIAxes
object. For
information about using an ROI in a UIAxes, including important limitations,
see Using ROIs in Apps Created with App Designer.
Position
— Position of cuboid
1-by-6 numeric vector
Position of the cuboid, specified as a 1-by-6 numeric vector of the form
[xmin, ymin, zmin, width, height, depth]
. This property updates
automatically when you draw or move the cuboid.
Rotatable
— Ability of cuboid to be rotated
'none'
(default) | 'x'
| 'y'
| 'z'
| 'all'
Ability of the cuboid to be rotated, specified as one of these values.
Value | Description |
---|---|
'all' | ROI is fully rotatable. |
'x' | ROI can only be rotated about the x axis. |
'y' | ROI can only be rotated about the y axis. |
'z' | ROI can only be rotated about the z axis. |
'none' | ROI is not rotatable. |
RotationAngle
— Angle of ROI rotation
[0 0 0]
(default) | 1-by-3 numeric vector
Angle of ROI rotation, specified as a 1-by-3 numeric vector of rotation angles,
measured in degrees. The rotation angles array is of the form [x_angle y_angle
z_angle]
, measured about the x-, y-,
and z-axis, respectively. Rotation is applied about the ROI centroid
in order z, then y, then
x.
The value of RotationAngle
does not impact the values in the
Position
property. Position
represents the
cuboid prior to any rotation. When you rotate the cuboid, use the
Vertices
property to determine the location of the rotated
cuboid.
ScrollWheelDuringDraw
— Ability of scroll wheel to adjust size
'all'
(default) | xresize
| yresize
| zresize
| 'none'
Ability of the scroll wheel to adjust the size of the cuboid during interactive placement, specified as one of these values.
Value | Description |
---|---|
'allresize' | Scroll wheel impacts all ROI dimensions. |
'xresize' | Scroll wheel impacts only the x dimension. |
'yresize' | Scroll wheel impacts only the y dimension. |
'zresize' | Scroll wheel impacts only the z dimension. |
'none' | Scroll wheel has no effect. |
Selected
— Selection state of ROI
false
or 0
(default) | true
or 1
Selection state of the ROI, specified as a numeric or
logical 0
(false
) or 1
(true
). You can also set this property interactively. For example, clicking on
the ROI selects the ROI and sets this property to true
. Similarly,
pressing the Ctrl key and clicking the ROI deselects the ROI and sets
the value of this property to false
.
SelectedColor
— Color of ROI when selected
"none"
(default) | RGB triplet | color name | short color name
Color of the ROI when selected, specified as an RGB triplet, a color name, a short
color name, or "none"
. If you specify "none"
, then
the value of Color
defines the color of the ROI for all states,
selected or not.
You can specify any color using an RGB triplet. An RGB triplet is a 3-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0, 1].
You can specify some common colors by name as a string scalar or character vector. This table lists the named color options and the equivalent RGB triplets.
Color Name | Short Name | RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|
"red" | "r" | [1 0 0] |
|
"green" | "g" | [0 1 0] |
|
"blue" | "b" | [0 0 1] |
|
"cyan"
| "c" | [0 1 1] |
|
"magenta" | "m" | [1 0 1] |
|
"yellow" | "y" | [1 1 0] |
|
"black" | "k" | [0 0 0] |
|
"white" | "w" | [1 1 1] |
|
Here are the RGB triplets for the default colors that MATLAB uses in many types of plots.
RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|
[0 0.4470 0.7410] |
|
[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980] |
|
[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250] |
|
[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560] |
|
[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] |
|
[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330] |
|
[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840] |
|
Example: "SelectedColor","r"
Example: "SelectedColor","green"
Example: "SelectedColor",[0 0.4470 0.7410]
StripeColor
— Color of ROI stripe
"none"
(default) | RGB triplet | color name | short color name
Color of the ROI stripe, specified as an RGB triplet, a color name, a short color
name, or "none"
. If you specify "none"
, then the
ROI edge is a solid color specified by Color
. Otherwise, the edge
of the ROI is striped, with colors alternating between the colors specified by
Color
and StripeColor
.
You can specify any color using an RGB triplet. An RGB triplet is a 3-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0, 1].
You can specify some common colors by name as a string scalar or character vector. This table lists the named color options and the equivalent RGB triplets.
Color Name | Short Name | RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|
"red" | "r" | [1 0 0] |
|
"green" | "g" | [0 1 0] |
|
"blue" | "b" | [0 0 1] |
|
"cyan"
| "c" | [0 1 1] |
|
"magenta" | "m" | [1 0 1] |
|
"yellow" | "y" | [1 1 0] |
|
"black" | "k" | [0 0 0] |
|
"white" | "w" | [1 1 1] |
|
Here are the RGB triplets for the default colors that MATLAB uses in many types of plots.
RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|
[0 0.4470 0.7410] |
|
[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980] |
|
[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250] |
|
[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560] |
|
[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] |
|
[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330] |
|
[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840] |
|
Example: "StripeColor","r"
Example: "StripeColor","green"
Example: "StripeColor",[0 0.4470 0.7410]
Tag
— Tag to associate with ROI
''
(default) | character vector | string scalar
Tag to associate with the ROI, specified as a character vector or
string scalar. Use the tag value to find the ROI object in a
hierarchy of objects using the findobj
function.
UserData
— Data to associate with ROI
any MATLAB data
Data to associate with the ROI, specified as any MATLAB data. For example, you can specify a scalar, vector, matrix, cell array,
string, character array, table, or structure. The Cuboid
object
does not use this data.
Vertices
— Locations of corners of cuboid
8-by-3 numeric matrix
This property is read-only.
Locations of the corners of the cuboid, returned as an 8-by-3 numeric matrix.
Visible
— ROI visibility
"on"
(default) | "off"
| on/off logical value
ROI visibility, specified as "on"
or "off"
, or as a
numeric or logical 1
(true
) or
0
(false
). A value of "on"
is equivalent to true, and "off"
is equivalent to false. The value is
stored as an on/off logical value of type OnOffSwitchState
.
Value | Description |
---|---|
"on" | Display the ROI. |
"off" | Hide the ROI without deleting it. You still can access the properties of an invisible ROI. |
Object Functions
addlistener | Create event listener bound to event source |
beginDrawingFromPoint | Begin drawing ROI from specified point |
bringToFront | Bring ROI to front of Axes stacking order |
draw | Begin drawing ROI interactively |
inROI | Query if points are located in ROI |
wait | Block MATLAB command line until ROI operation is finished |
Examples
Create Cuboid ROI on Scatter Plot
Define vectors for 3-D scatter data.
[x,y,z] = sphere(16); X = [x(:)*.5 x(:)*.75 x(:)]; Y = [y(:)*.5 y(:)*.75 y(:)]; Z = [z(:)*.5 z(:)*.75 z(:)];
Specify the size and color of each marker.
S = repmat([1 .75 .5]*10,numel(x),1); C = repmat([1 2 3],numel(x),1);
Create a 3-D scatter plot and use view to the change the angle of the axes in the figure.
figure
hScatter = scatter3(X(:),Y(:),Z(:),S(:),C(:),'filled');
view(-60,60);
Begin placing a cuboid in the axes that snaps to the nearest point from the scatter plot. Adjust the size of the cuboid during interactive placement by using the scroll wheel.
ax = gca; h = images.roi.Cuboid(ax); draw(h)
Set Up Listeners for Cuboid ROI Events
Define vectors for 3-D scattered data.
[x,y,z] = sphere(16); X = [x(:)*.5 x(:)*.75 x(:)]; Y = [y(:)*.5 y(:)*.75 y(:)]; Z = [z(:)*.5 z(:)*.75 z(:)];
Specify the size and color of each marker.
S = repmat([1 .75 .5]*10,numel(x),1); C = repmat([1 2 3],numel(x),1);
Create a 3-D scatter plot and use view to change the angle of the axes in the figure.
figure
hScatter = scatter3(X(:),Y(:),Z(:),S(:),C(:),'filled');
view(-60,60);
Create a Cuboid ROI object, specifying the color. Call the draw
object function to enable interactive drawing of the cuboid shape.
roi = images.roi.Cuboid(gca,'Color','r'); draw(roi)
Set up listeners for ROI moving events. When you move it, the ROI sends notifications of these events and executes the callback function you specify.
addlistener(roi,'MovingROI',@allevents); addlistener(roi,'ROIMoved',@allevents);
The allevents
callback function displays the previous position and the current position of the ROI.
function allevents(src,evt) evname = evt.EventName; switch(evname) case{'MovingROI'} disp(['ROI moving previous position: ' mat2str(evt.PreviousPosition)]); disp(['ROI moving current position: ' mat2str(evt.CurrentPosition)]); case{'ROIMoved'} disp(['ROI moved previous position: ' mat2str(evt.PreviousPosition)]); disp(['ROI moved current position: ' mat2str(evt.CurrentPosition)]); end end
More About
Events
To receive notification from the ROI when certain events happen, set up listeners for these events. You can specify a callback function that executes when one of these events occurs. When the ROI notifies your application through the listener, it returns data specific to the event. Look at the event class for the specific event to see what is returned.
For an example, see Set Up Listeners for Cuboid ROI Events.
Event Name | Trigger | Event Data | Event Attributes |
---|---|---|---|
DeletingROI | ROI is about to be interactively deleted. | event.EventData |
|
DrawingStarted | ROI is about to be interactively drawn. | event.EventData |
|
DrawingFinished | ROI has been interactively drawn. | event.EventData |
|
MovingROI | ROI shape or location is being interactively changed. | images.roi.CuboidMovingEventData |
|
ROIMoved | ROI shape or location has been interactively changed. | images.roi.CuboidMovingEventData |
|
ROIClicked | ROI has been clicked. | images.roi.ROIClickedEventData |
|
Tips
To draw the ROI interactively using the
draw
ordrawcuboid
function, position the cursor on the ROI and click and drag to move or change the size of the shape. To finish the ROI, release the mouse button.The ROI supports the following interactivity, including keyboard shortcuts.
Behavior Keyboard shortcut Cancel drawing the ROI. Press Esc. The function returns a valid ROI object with an empty Position
property.Fine-tune size of ROI as you are drawing. As you draw the ROI, use the scroll wheel to make small changes to its size. Resize (reshape) the ROI. Position the pointer over a surface of the ROI that is visible from your point of view and then click and drag.
Move the ROI. Position the pointer over a surface of the ROI that is visible from your point of view. Press Shift as you click and drag to move the ROI. Delete the ROI. Position the pointer over the ROI, right-click, and select Delete Cuboid from the context menu. You can also delete the ROI programmatically using the delete
function.For information about using an ROI in an app created with App Designer, see Using ROIs in Apps Created with App Designer.
Version History
Introduced in R2019aR2020a: UIContextMenu
property is not recommended
Starting in R2020a, using the UIContextMenu
property to assign a
context menu to a graphics object or UI component is not recommended. Use the
ContextMenu
property instead. The property values are the
same.
There are no plans to remove support for the UIContextMenu
property at this time. However, the UIContextMenu
property no
longer appears in the list returned by calling the get
function on a
graphics object or UI component.
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