What's the Default Light from Figure Toolbar > Insert Light
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When I plot something and create a surface object, and then I go to figure > Insert > Light, it adds like the best lighting ever. I want to replicate the lighting that is added without obviously going through the menu bar. I am assuming this is something simple, but even copying the light object position and color properties exactly can't seem to replicate it.
Any advice would be appreciated!
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Sean de Wolski
on 23 Apr 2013
surf(peaks)
Interactively add light
hLight = findobj(gcf,'type','light');
get(hLight)
And of course for more info:
doc light
BTW, while looking for this, I just learned about material: learn something new every day.
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Sean de Wolski
on 23 Apr 2013
How it determines it appears to be undocumented. You can dig into the figure uimenu properties to figure out the callbacks:
surf(peaks)
h = findall(gcf,'Type','uimenu')
get(h,'Callback')
The easiest way to replicate this would be to call the same thing in one of the callbacks of the GUI. I'll update tomorrow or the next day with more thoughts on this.
Sean de Wolski
on 23 Apr 2013
Edited: Sean de Wolski
on 23 Apr 2013
figure('WindowButtonDownFcn','insertmenufcn Light;plottools off');
surf(peaks);
Now click down on the figure. As far as doing this automatically, I have a few other things on my mind. Will update tomorrow.
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