SkyPlotChart Properties

Azimuth angles for visible satellite positions, specified as an n-element vector of angles or t-by-n matrix of angles. n is the number of visible satellite positions in the plot, and t is the number of time steps of the satellites. Azimuth angles are measured in degrees, clockwise-positive from the north direction.

If you specify AzimuthData as a matrix, the last row indicates the current azimuth angles of the satellites.

Example: [25 45 182 356] specifies azimuth angles for four satellites at one time step

Data Types: double

Elevation angles for visible satellite positions, specified as an n-element vector of angles or t-by-n matrix of angles. n is the number of visible satellite positions in the plot, and t is the number of time steps of the satellites. Elevation angles are measured from the horizon line with 90 degrees being directly up.

If you specify ElevationData as a matrix, the last row indicates the current elevation angles of the satellites.

Example: [45 90 27 74] specifies elevation angles for four satellites at one time step

Data Types: double

Labels for visible satellite positions, specified as an n-element string array. n is the number of visible satellite positions in the plot.

Example: ["G1" "G11" "G7" "G3"]

Data Types: string

Group for each satellite position, specified as a categorical array. Each group has a different color label defined by the ColorOrder property.

Example: [GPS GPS Galileo Galileo]

Data Types: double

Color order, specified as a three-column matrix of RGB triplets. This property defines the palette of colors MATLAB^® uses to create plot objects such as Line, Scatter, and Bar objects. Each row of the array is an RGB triplet. An RGB triplet is a three-element vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of a color. The intensities must be in the range [0, 1]. This table lists the default colors.

    [    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]

MATLAB assigns colors to objects according to their order of creation. For example, when plotting lines, the first line uses the first color, the second line uses the second color, and so on. If there are more lines than colors, then the cycle repeats.

You can also set the color order using the colororder function.

Font size of labels, specified as a scalar numeric value. The default font depends on the specific operating system and locale.

Example: h = skyplot(__,'LabelFontSize',12)

Example: h.LabelFontSize = 12

Selection mode for the font size of labels, specified as one of these values:

Elevation angle of mask, specified as a nonnegative scalar or N-element vector of nonnegative values, in degrees. N is m + 1, where m is the number of elements in MaskAzimuthEdges..

Example: h = skyplot(__,MaskElevation=25)

Data Types: double

Mask transparency, specified as a scalar in the range [0, 1]. A transparency value of 1 is opaque, 0 is completely transparent, and values between 0 and 1 are semitransparent.

Example: h = skyplot(__,MaskAlpha=0.1)

Data Types: double

Mask color, specified as an RGB triplet, a hexadecimal color code, a color name, or a short color name.

For a custom color, specify an RGB triplet or a hexadecimal color code.

Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and the hexadecimal color codes.

This table shows the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB uses in many types of plots.

Example: h = skyplot(__,MaskColor="r")

Data Types: double | string | char

Mask angle azimuth edges, specified as an m-element row vector, where m is the total number of azimuth edges.

Example: h = skyplot(__,MaskAzimuthEdges=0:45:360)

Data Types: double

Mask angle azimuth edges mode, specified as "auto" or "manual".

Example: h = skyplot(__,MaskAzimuthEdgesMode="manual")

Data Types: string | char

Visibility of the SkyPlotChart object handle in the Children property of the parent, specified as one of these values:

If the object is not listed in the Children property of the parent, then functions that obtain object handles by searching the object hierarchy or querying handle properties cannot return it. This includes get, findobj, gca, gcf, gco, newplot, cla, clf, and close.

Hidden object handles are still valid. Set the root ShowHiddenHandles property to 'on' to list all object handles, regardless of their HandleVisibility property setting.

Layout options, specified as a TiledChartLayoutOptions or GridLayoutOptions object. This property is useful when the chart is either in a tiled chart layout or a grid layout.

To position the chart within the grid of a tiled chart layout, set the Tile and TileSpan properties on the TiledChartLayoutOptions object. For example, consider a 3-by-3 tiled chart layout. The layout has a grid of tiles in the center, and four tiles along the outer edges. In practice, the grid is invisible and the outer tiles do not take up space until you populate them with axes or charts.

This code places the chart c in the third tile of the grid.

c.Layout.Tile = 3;

To make the chart span multiple tiles, specify the TileSpan property as a two-element vector. For example, this chart spans 2 rows and 3 columns of tiles.

c.Layout.TileSpan = [2 3];

To place the chart in one of the surrounding tiles, specify the Tile property as "north", "south", "east", or "west". For example, setting the value to "east" places the chart in the tile to the right of the grid.

c.Layout.Tile = "east";

To place the chart into a layout within an app, specify this property as a GridLayoutOptions object. For more information about working with grid layouts in apps, see uigridlayout.

If the chart is not a child of either a tiled chart layout or a grid layout (for example, if it is a child of a figure or panel) then this property is empty and has no effect.

Parent container, specified as a Figure, Panel, Tab, TiledChartLayout, or GridLayout object.

Marker edge transparency, specified as a scalar in the range [0,1] or 'flat'. A value of 1 is opaque and 0 is completely transparent. Values between 0 and 1 are semitransparent.

To set the edge transparency to a different value for each point in the plot, set the AlphaData property to a vector the same size as the XData property, and set the MarkerEdgeAlpha property to 'flat'.

Marker outline color, specified as 'auto', an RGB triplet, a hexadecimal color code, a color name, or a short name. The value of 'auto' uses the same color as the Color property.

For a custom color, specify an RGB triplet or a hexadecimal color code.

Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and the hexadecimal color codes.

This table shows the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB uses in many types of plots.

Marker face transparency, specified as a scalar in the range [0,1] or 'flat'. A value of 1 is opaque and 0 is completely transparent. Values between 0 and 1 are partially transparent.

To set the marker face transparency to a different value for each point, set the AlphaData property to a vector the same size as the XData property, and set the MarkerFaceAlpha property to 'flat'.

Marker fill color, specified as 'flat', 'auto', an RGB triplet, a hexadecimal color code, a color name, or a short name. The 'flat' option uses the CData values. The 'auto' option uses the same color as the Color property for the axes.

For a custom color, specify an RGB triplet or a hexadecimal color code.

Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and hexadecimal color codes.

Here are the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB uses in many types of plots.

Example: [0.3 0.2 0.1]

Example: 'green'

Example: '#D2F9A7'

Marker size, specified as a positive scalar or vector of positive values in points, where one point = 1/72 of an inch. If specified as a vector, the vector must be of the same length as AzimuthData.

Position property to hold constant when adding, removing, or changing decorations, specified as one of the following values:

Outer size and location of the skyplot within the parent container (typically a figure, panel, or tab), specified as a four-element vector of the form [left bottom width height]. The outer position includes the colorbar, title, and axis labels.

The default value of [0 0 1 1] covers the whole interior of the container. The units are normalized relative to the size of the container. To change the units, set the Units property.

Inner size and location of the skyplot within the parent container (typically a figure, panel, or tab), specified as a four-element vector of the form [left bottom width height]. The inner position does not include the colorbar, title, or axis labels.

Inner size and location of the skyplot within the parent container (typically a figure, panel, or tab), specified as a four-element vector of the form [left bottom width height]. This property is equivalent to the InnerPosition property.

Position units, specified as one of these values.

When specifying the units as a name-value argument during object creation, you must set the Units property before specifying the properties that you want to use these units, such as OuterPosition.

State of visibility, specified as 'on' or 'off', or as numeric or logical 1 (true) or 0 (false). A value of 'on' is equivalent to true, and 'off' is equivalent to false. Thus, you can use the value of this property as a logical value. The value is stored as an on/off logical value of type matlab.lang.OnOffSwitchState.