copyobj

Copy a surface object to new axes in a different figure to view the plot from two angles simultaneously.

Create a surface object.

obj = surf(peaks);

Create a new figure and axes. Then, create a copy of the surface object and assign it to the new axes. Change the view of the new plot by setting the line of sight of the camera to an azimuth of 60 degrees and an elevation of 30 degrees. Turn the grid on to match the original figure configuration, which is not copied with the surface object.

fig = figure;
ax = axes;
newobj = copyobj(obj,ax);
view(ax,60,30)
grid(ax,"on")

Create a set of similar plots, and label the same data point on each plot by copying a text object and a line marker object from the first plot to each of the other plots.

Create the first plot, and label it using a text object and a line marker object.

x = 0:.1:2*pi;
y = sin(x);
plot(x,y)
title("Sine Plot")
t = text(5*pi/4, -sqrt(2)/2, "\{5*pi/4,-sqrt(2)/2\}\rightarrow", ...
   "HorizontalAlignment","right");
lm = xline(5*pi/4);

Create a second plot without labels, and copy the text and line marker objects (t and lm) to the plot by assigning them to the new axes. Return the text and line marker object copies.

figure
x = pi/4:.1:9*pi/4;
plot(x,cos(x))
title("Cosine Plot")
ax2 = gca;
ax2.Color = [0.902 0.902 0.902]; % light gray
lbl2 = copyobj([t,lm],ax2);

Copy the objects from several figures into one figure that uses a tiled chart layout.

Create the first figure containing a sine plot.

f1 = figure;
ax1 = axes(f1);
plot(ax1,sin(1:10))

Create the second figure containing four plotted lines and a legend.

f2 = figure;
ax2 = axes(f2);
plot(ax2,magic(4));
lgd = legend(ax2);

Create a third figure with a tiled chart layout, and copy the plots and legend from the first and second figures into the tiles in the third figure.

f3 = figure;
t = tiledlayout(f3,2,1);

ax1c = copyobj(ax1,t);
ax2c = copyobj([ax2,lgd],t);
ax1c(1).Layout.Tile = 1;
ax2c(1).Layout.Tile = 2;

Copy the objects from different tiles in a tiled chart layout into multiple figures.

Create a figure containing a 2-by-1 tiled chart layout with two plots. The first tile contains a sine plot, and the second tile contains four plotted lines.

f = figure;
t = tiledlayout(f,2,1);

ax1 = nexttile(t);
plot(ax1,sin(1:10))

ax2 = nexttile(t);
plot(ax2,magic(4))

Create a new figure, and copy the axes from the first tile into the new figure. To allow the axes to fill the entire figure, reset the position of the axes back to the default value.

f1 = figure;
ax1c = copyobj(ax1,f1);
set(ax1c,"OuterPosition","default");

Create another new figure, and copy the axes from the second tile into the new figure. To allow the axes to fill the entire figure, reset the position of the axes back to the default value.

f2 = figure;
ax2c = copyobj(ax2,f2);
set(ax2c,"OuterPosition","default")

Copy a panel containing multiple user interface controls from one figure to another.

Create a figure and a panel positioned within it. Then, create two radio buttons within the panel and set their values.

f1 = figure;
p1 = uipanel(f1,"Position",[0.1 0.1 0.35 0.65]);
rb1 = uicontrol(p1,"Style","radiobutton","String","Option 1", ...
    "Position",[10 50 100 22]);
rb2 = uicontrol(p1,"Style","radiobutton","String","Option 2", ...
    "Position",[10 28 100 22]);
p1.Children(1).Value = 0;
p1.Children(2).Value = 1;

Create a new figure with a darker background, and copy the panel from the first figure into the second figure. Then, change the values of the radio buttons in the second figure.

f2 = figure;
f2.Color = [0.902 0.902 0.902];
p2 = copyobj(p1,f2);
p2.Children(1).Value = 1;
p2.Children(2).Value = 0;