freehanddraw

Draw smooth lines freehand on images or plots; return the handle and xy data of the line object.
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Updated 6 Oct 2005

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[LINEOBJ,XS,YS] = FREEHANDDRAW(ax_handle,line_options)

Draw a smooth freehand line object on the current axis (default),or on the axis specified by handle in the first input argument. Left-click once to begin drawing, right-click to terminate, or double-click to close contour and terminate.

INPUT ARGUMENTS: First: axis handle (optional)
Additional: valid line property/value pairs

OUTPUT ARGUMENTS: 1) Handle to line object
2) x-data
3) y-data
(Note that output args 2 & 3 can also be extracted from the first output argument.)

Ex: [myobj,xs,ys] = freehanddraw(gca,'color','r','linewidth',3);
freehanddraw('linestyle','--');

Written by Brett Shoelson, PhD
shoelson@helix.nih.gov
3/29/05. Modified 10/05/06 to allow double-click contour closure.

Cite As

Brett Shoelson (2024). freehanddraw (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/7347-freehanddraw), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R14SP1
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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0

Now allows double-click closure of contours.