figs2subplots

Combine axes in many figures into subplots in one figure.

Description

This function allows the user to select figures and axes within figures and copy them as subplots into a new figure.

A list of handles is the only mandatory argument. If a handle to an axes object is found, the corresponding axes are copied to the new figure; if a handle to a figure object is found, figs2subplots automatically finds its children axes and copy them to the new figure.

Optional arguments allows specifying the subplot arrangement in the new figure.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 6.5 (R13)

[Kent Conover]

Worked the first time! (in release 14) Just what I wanted.

[Nick Koch]

Works great! Only bug is that the figure legends in a figure is copied over as a separate subplot, despite the intended design of the function. A work around is to go back and assign the legends after this command is used.

[Ben Michell]

Would get a higher rating if the legend bug was fixed. Otherwise useful.

[François Bouffard]

I submitted a quick workaround for the legend problem on 2005-07-26: the legends are simply ignored now. Legends still have to be rebuilt in the new figure though: copying legend objects is not straightforward. At least the function is more useable now.

[Sergei K]

Does not work for in Matlab r14(SP3). Persist on putting all figures into first subplot window, regardless of handle, optional arguments etc..
2) Help section is absolutely unclear what to do with input arguments. Few practical examples could be very helpful there
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[B A]

Seems to work fine on Ver7.3.0.267 for figures with one plot. But, does not handle figures that already have subplots in them.

[Janus Wesenberg]

Works like a charm (Matlab v7.3) -- and just what I was looking for.

[Wang Win]

Just what i am looking for, many thanks!!!

[Shalin Mehta]

Threw up this error when there was no legend present in any of the axes:

??? Undefined function or variable "hLegParAxes".

Error in ==> figs2subplots at 96
    [ii jj] = ismember(av(k),hLegParAxes);

Easily fixed by initialization:
@Line 67: hLegParAxes=NaN;

Otherwise, very useful piece of code.
Thanks!

[gn gn]

Excellent feature, but a little hard to understand in handling figures with subplots in it...