Why am I unable to save my plot correctly in MATLAB 7.0 (R14)?

When I save a contour plot in MATLAB 7.0 (R14), the axes does not maintain its XLim and YLim settings when the FIG-file is reloaded. For example, if I run the following code:

%create contour

contour(peaks)

% set XLim and YLim

set(gca,'XLim',[-5 55],'YLim',[-5 55])

% save the figure

saveas(gcf,'test')

% open the figure

openfig('test')

Then the XLim and YLim have the automatically set limits, rather than the limits I set manually.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 2 (R14SP2). For previous releases, please read below for any possible workarounds:

We have verified that there is a bug in MATLAB 7.0 (R14) in the way that MATLAB saves the axes limits.

Currently, to work around this issue, try setting the 'NextPlot' property of the axes to 'Add' until after the figure is saved:

%create contour

contour(peaks)

% set XLim, YLim properties

set(gca,'XLim',[-5 55],'YLim',[-5 55]);

% set the NextPlot property and save the figure

npp = get(gca,'NextPlot')

set(gca,'NextPlot','add')

saveas(gcf,'test')

% restore the old NextPlot value

set(gca,'NextPlot', npp);

% open the figure

openfig('test')