plotting circles
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How can I plot circles, same radius and different centers, all in one graph. I used the following command to draw +,o,diamond: plot (x,y,'ro',u,v,'gd',A,B,'b+'); where x,y,u,v,A,B are all row vectors. And I want to add circles to that plot where the o will be the center.
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fatima ibrahim
on 29 Feb 2020
function draw_circle1(x,y,R,c)
t =0:0.05:6.28;
x1 = (x +R*cos(t))';
y1= (x +R*sin(t))';
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Paulo Silva
on 12 Mar 2011
Here's a function to draw circles:
function circle(x,y,r)
%x and y are the coordinates of the center of the circle
%r is the radius of the circle
%0.01 is the angle step, bigger values will draw the circle faster but
%you might notice imperfections (not very smooth)
ang=0:0.01:2*pi;
xp=r*cos(ang);
yp=r*sin(ang);
plot(x+xp,y+yp);
end
If you want to add circles you must insert the command
hold on
before the circles being added.
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Michelle Hirsch
on 29 Jan 2016
It's counter-intuitive, but this is actually really easy with the rectangle function. From the rectangle documentation :
pos = [2 4 2 2];
rectangle('Position',pos,'Curvature',[1 1])
axis equal
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Image Analyst
on 14 Apr 2016
rectangle() is one of several methods listed in the FAQ: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_create_a_circle.3F> You'll have lots of other nice improvements that they've made over the last 5 years if you upgrade.
numCircles = 15;
x = 5 + randi(95, numCircles, 1);
y = 5 + randi(95, numCircles, 1);
radius = 2 * ones(numCircles, 1);
viscircles([x, y], radius);
grid on;
axis equal
Image Analyst
on 20 Jan 2016
Edited: Image Analyst
on 15 Apr 2022
There is now a function called viscircles(): http://www.mathworks.com/help/images/ref/viscircles.html?s_tid=srchtitle
numCircles = 15;
x = 5 + randi(95, numCircles, 1);
y = 5 + randi(95, numCircles, 1);
radius = 2 * ones(numCircles, 1);
viscircles([x, y], radius);
grid on;
axis equal
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