Open fig file but not with Matlab

Hello,

are there any other programms than Matlab that can open the figure files (*.fig)? Something like Irfanview, Paint.NET...

Cheers, Frank

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Not that I have ever heard of.

.fig files are actually .mat files that happen to store variables that are standard MATLAB graphic objects such as uicontrol, surface, line plots, and so on. .fig files do not store any rendered image. A program outside of MATLAB that was able to interpret them would have to understand the graphics objects and be able to render them.

.fig files not intended as static images: they are intended to store the full graphics hierarchy for recalling and working with further.

Answer 2

[Aeen Eftekhari]

Hey all, following the last question, can I use .fig file which is produced in MATLAB in Arcgis? thanks in advance, Aeen

[Walter Roberson]

No, you cannot.

You should perhaps look at geotiffwrite()