What is the command to change the size of the tick marks on the axes of a graph?
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I'm trying to make a graph larger, but using the magnifying glass zoom icon just changes the size of the axes, rather than making the graph itself larger and easier to read. Is there a command or procedure that can be used to zoom in on the graph so that it becomes bigger and clearer, or one that will make the graph become bigger relative to the measurements of the axes?
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dpb
on 31 Dec 2015
If you save it, it then is limited by whatever resolution you used when saving. Do the zooming on the graph itself by using zoom or physically setting the axis limits -- looks here like
xlim([0.17 0.19]), ylim([0.70 0.72])
would get you started by centering the area and expanding the range drastically...
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Image Analyst
on 31 Dec 2015
If you want your tick to be longer and thicker, you can increase both the length AND thickness of the tick marks with the TickLength and LineWidth properties of the axes.
plot(1:10);
ax = gca;
properties(ax)
for k = .01 : 0.01 : .15
ax.TickLength = [k, k]; % Make tick marks longer.
ax.LineWidth = 100*k; % Make tick marks thicker.
message = sprintf('This tick length = %.2f', k);
uiwait(helpdlg(message));
end
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Image Analyst
on 31 Dec 2015
It's the TickLength property. Run this demo:
plot(1:10);
ax = gca;
properties(ax)
for k = .01 : 0.01 : .15
ax.TickLength = [k, k];
message = sprintf('This tick length = %.2f', k);
uiwait(helpdlg(message));
end
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