MATLAB plots a graph correctly only when the program is stopped after the 'Plot' function. Is this normal?
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Lorenzo Chiaverini
on 28 Feb 2019
Commented: Lorenzo Chiaverini
on 28 Feb 2019
I wanted to plot two curves on the same figure and to block the auto axis limits after the first curve. A strange error occurred, i would like to know wheter is my code's fault or not.
This is the full working code. (I attached all the code so that you can try it on your own)
%---data input----------------------------------------------
%crosssections
A = 20.0;%mm^2
%alluminium
Aforce = [0, 772, 1398, 2772, 4076, 5309, 5919, 6140, 6223, 6291, 6328, 6385, 7017, 7329, 7459];%N
Astrain = [0, 0.0005, 0.001, 0.002, 0.003, 0.004, 0.005, 0.006, 0.007, 0.008, 0.009, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05, 0.07];
%---Alluminium calculations----------------------------------
%stress [Mpa, N/mm^2]
Astress = Aforce./A;
%Tensile Strenght point value and position
[Atsvalue,AtsPositom] = max(Astress);
%young's modulus (mean value)
Lim = find(Astrain == 0.004, 1, 'first');
AE = zeros(0,Lim);
for i = 2:Lim
AE(i) = Astress(i)/Astrain(i);
end
AEavg = mean(AE); % [Mpa]
%---Plotting-------------------------------------------------
figure(2);
plot(Astrain,Astress,'r-')
pause(1);%-------------------------------WHY?
xlim manual;
ylim manual;
hold on;
%offset line
x = linspace(0,0.07);
y = AEavg.*(x - 0.002);
plot(x,y,'k-');
hold off;
%graphic properties
title('Conventional Stress-Strain Diagram of an Alluminium Specimen')
xlabel('Strain [mm/mm]')
ylabel('Stress [MPa]')
grid on;
As you can see the only way i had to make it work was to use the 'stop' function after the (first) plot command, (or by using the debugging tool with a breaking point after the 'plot' function).
The correct graph
If the code is executed without these 'gimmicks' the output graph is totally wrong.
The wrong Graph
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Walter Roberson
on 28 Feb 2019
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 28 Feb 2019
You set ylim manual without having set specific ylim , so you get whatever ylim was active at the time. ylim is not recalculated after every graphics command , only when the graphics is rendered . Which happens for pause or drawnow.
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