arrange and resize figures

The script resizes the MATLAB figures and arranges them in a grid on the monitor.

arrange and resize figures

This MATLAB function script arranges and resizes figures on the grid to fit your monitor.

It has the following features.

• Arrange figures on the grid according to the given vertical and horizontal numbers.
• Excess figures are stacked slightly off from the last figure position.
• The font size, line width, and marker size are resized according to the figure's width.
• These figures can be exported into PDF format.
• The exported figures conforms to IEEE format as default.

Installation

There are two ways.

• Open Add-On Explorer on your MATLAB and Search arrange and resize figures, then Add -> Add to MATLAB.
• Download from , then copy arrangeResizeFigures.mlx into your workspace or addpath in your MATLAB.

Usage

There are no arguments that must be set. The command is only >> arrangeResizeFigures or >> arrangeResizeFigures().

Option settings

It can be executed with the following options (default values in parentheses).

• FigureNumbers (All figures) : List of figure Numbers to be applied this function to.
• Division ([3, 2]) : Number of horizontal and vertical divisions.
• PositionMargin ([0, 50, 0, 25]) : Margins of a set of figures and between each figure.
• Monitor (1) : Monitor number to display.
• ExportDir ("Display only") : Save figures into ExportDir, if ExportDir is not "Display only".
• ExportParams : Parameters of exported figures. The currently supported parameters are as follows. Default value conforms to IEEE two-column format.
  • WidthInches (3.5)
  • FontSize (10.0)
  • FontName ("Times New Roman")
  • LineWidth (1.5)
  • MarkerSize (10)

If you have any requests, please contact us via GitHub issues.

Command examples

After preparing some figures, run the following command or script. A sample script including preparation is sampleScriptOfArrangeResizeFigures.m.

Basic

arrangeResizeFigures
% or
% arrangeResizeFigures()

Only the specified figures; see Tips

arrangeResizeFigures(FigureNumbers=[2, 4, 6])

Numbers of screen divisions : [horizontal, vertical]

arrangeResizeFigures(Division=[4,3])

Margins of a set of figures and between each figure : [left bottom width height]

arrangeResizeFigures(PositionMargin=[50, 100, 25, 50])

Monitor to be displayed

arrangeResizeFigures(Monitor=2)

Directory name of the export destination; see Tips

arrangeResizeFigures(ExportDir='fig')

Set Parameters of exported figures

params.LineWidth = 5;
params.MarkerSize = 30;
arrangeResizeFigures(ExportParams=params)

Multiple of the above settings are made at the same time. It is also possible to give some of them.

arrangeResizeFigures(FigureNumbers=figNums, Division=[4,3], PositionMargin=[50, 100, 25, 50], Monitor=2, ExportDir='fig', ExportParams=params)

Tips

• If you add a figure name, the file name will be used when the figure is exported to PDF format.

  figure(Name='liner')
  

  Otherwise, the file name will be "Figure" + figure.Number.
• To expose LiveScript figures outside, set the 'Visible' parameter to 'on'.

  figure(Name='liner', Visible='on')
  

• The following command helps us to find figure numbers.

  findall(0,'Type','figure')
  % arrangeResizeFigures(FigureNumbers=[2, 4, 6])
  

License

The MIT License