Merging 2 plots that are already saved as .fig files

I have a script that reads data from an s2p file with data = read(rddata.data,name) where 'name is the name of the s2p file. I am then setting certain parameters for the plot like axis, legend, titles, and save the file as .fig file which i can open on its own. Is there a way to take 2 such files and put them on the same graph easily with just the info from the .fig file directly? I tried doing the following:

% Load saved .fig files
fig1 = openfig('File1.fig');
fig2 = openfig('File2.fig');



% Create new figure with tiled layout
figure(100);
tiledlayout(1,2);

%title('Figure 1');

% Plot axes contents from figure 1
nexttile;
ax1 = copyobj(fig1.Children, gcf);
%copyobj(axes1, gca);

% Plot axes contents from figure 2
nexttile;
ax2 = copyobj(fig2.Children, gcf);

saveas(gcf, 'combined_plot.png');

when I run this I get a weird overlay of just one of the plots and behind the one plot there seems to be 2 blank graph windows that are being blocked by the one graph showing.

Answer 1

[Voss]

Something like this might work, assuming each figure has one axes:

fig1 = openfig('File1.fig','invisible');
fig2 = openfig('File2.fig','invisible');

f = figure();
tl = tiledlayout(f,1,2);
ax = copyobj([fig1.CurrentAxes, fig1.CurrentAxes.Legend],tl);
ax(1).Layout.Tile = 1;
ax = copyobj([fig2.CurrentAxes, fig2.CurrentAxes.Legend],tl);
ax(1).Layout.Tile = 2;

delete([fig1 fig2]) % delete the invisible figures

[Zachery]

This works great but for some reason when trying to set the title for the graphs I would like to get rid of the title and replace it with a new one for each graph. I use the code below simillar to what you gave me.

% Load saved .fig files
fig1 = openfig('file1.fig', 'invisible');
fig2 = openfig('file2.fig', 'invisible');



%f = figure();
figure();
tl = tiledlayout(1,2);
ax = copyobj([fig1.CurrentAxes, fig1.CurrentAxes.Legend],tl);
title('New Title 1' , 'FontSize', 30);
ax(1).Layout.Tile = 1;
nexttile;
ax = copyobj([fig2.CurrentAxes, fig2.CurrentAxes.Legend],tl);
ax(1).Layout.Tile = 2;
title('New Title 2' , 'FontSize', 30);


delete([fig1 fig2]) % delete the invisible figures

disp('done');

However when running the plots it correctly displays the new titles for both graphs but for the 2nd one the original title is still there, Awkwardly overlapping with my new title.

Also the 2nd plot has an simillar overlay with the x and y axis labels. It ends up with the correct numbers in the correct font size but still visable there are some default numbers on the x and y axis thatare not at the scale of my plot. Is there a way to fix these issues? Also for both graphs the legend from the original graphs do not appear and ideally I would like to carry over the original legends

Thank you so much for the help.

[Walter Roberson]

% Load saved .fig files
fig1 = openfig('file1.fig', 'invisible');
fig2 = openfig('file2.fig', 'invisible');

%f = figure();
figure();
tl = tiledlayout(1,2);
ax = copyobj([fig1.CurrentAxes, fig1.CurrentAxes.Legend],tl);
title(ax(1), 'New Title 1' , 'FontSize', 30);
ax(1).Layout.Tile = 1;
nexttile;
ax = copyobj([fig2.CurrentAxes, fig2.CurrentAxes.Legend],tl);
ax(1).Layout.Tile = 2;
title(ax(1), 'New Title 2' , 'FontSize', 30);

delete([fig1 fig2]) % delete the invisible figures

disp('done');

[Voss]

You're welcome!

As Walter points out, you need to specify the axes in the title call.

The overlay with the x and y axis tick labels is because of your use of nexttile. Notice it's not in my answer; remove it.

As for the legends not carrying over, they do with the fig files I'm using here. I guess I would need to have your actual fig files to see what the problem is. Please upload them using the paperclip button.

% Load saved .fig files
fig1 = openfig('File1.fig', 'invisible');
fig2 = openfig('File2.fig', 'invisible');

figure();
tl = tiledlayout(1,2);

ax = copyobj([fig1.CurrentAxes, fig1.CurrentAxes.Legend],tl);
title(ax(1),'New Title 1' , 'FontSize', 30);
ax(1).Layout.Tile = 1;

ax = copyobj([fig2.CurrentAxes, fig2.CurrentAxes.Legend],tl);
ax(1).Layout.Tile = 2;
title(ax(1),'New Title 2' , 'FontSize', 30);

delete([fig1 fig2]) % delete the invisible figures

disp('done');

done