Coloring patches in GUI

Hello Matlabers

I am trying to plot a 3d object with patch command on an axis embedded in a gui. If I use a figure everything is fine but when I plot it inside the gui axis the patch surfaces show up all in white with black edges.

for example:

function pushbutton_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles) axes(handles.axes3);

% Here I specify P1X,P1Y,P1Z,CData

patch(P1X,P1Y,P1Z,CData)

guidata(hObject,handles)

the surfaces of the polygons show up in white

however if I use this code:

figure

% Here I specify P1X,P1Y,P1Z,CData

patch(P1X,P1Y,P1Z,CData)

The surfaces are colored based on the CData that I specified earlier

Any help would be highly appreciated.