plot3 - How to "automate" desired plot settings?

Warning: New to matlab so it's a basic question

Given 3 vectors x, y and z how can I set box appearence without having to write:

>> plot3(x,y,z)
>> ax=gca;
>> box on
>> ax.BoxStyle='full';

Thanks

[Geoff Hayes]

rbarata - I think that if you want to specify the box style and ensure that it is on, then you will always need to write the code to do that. You could perhaps replace the last three lines of code with

 set(gca,'box','on','BoxStyle','full');

but I do not know if that will work with R2014b or greater. (It doesn't in R2014a because of the BoxStyle property.)

[rbarata]

It worked but I would need to write it everytime I plot. My intention is to make it the default.

[Matthew Crema]

One way is to add the following to startup.m

set(0, 'DefaultAxesBox', 'on')

There may be some similar code to set the default 'BoxStyle' property, but I am unable to test (also running an older version of MATLAB).

[rbarata]

I've found this in the help: Default Properties Values but I'm having some difficulties in its application.

Could you post an example?

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

rbarata - to be clear, I don't know if the below will work or if this is the intended manner in which the groot object is to be used. It didn't work for me but that could be because I am using R2014a. So this answer may be completely incorrect.

Anyway, using the link you provided, I can query the factory property values for the axes object as

 get(groot,'factoryAxes')

which will return a list of all axes properties (prefixed with factoryAxes) and their assigned (default) value. You can then replace those "factory" settings with default setting of your own choice by doing something like

 set(groot,'DefaultAxesBox','on','DefaultAxesBoxStyle','full')

Note how the factory prefix from the properties listed in the first function call has been removed when I want to set the property. For example, factoryAxesBox becomes DefaultAxesBox.

Now, to see the list of default values assigned for the current MATLAB session, type

 get(groot,'Default')

and you should see something similar to

 ans = 
             defaultFigurePosition: [680 678 560 420]
    defaultFigurePaperPositionMode: 'manual'
                    defaultAxesBox: 'on'
               defaultAxesBoxStyle: 'full'

So now if you were to create an axes object, the Box property should be on, and the BoxStyle should be full. And I'm saying should because that is my understanding of how it should work but it didn't for me. :(

Perhaps someone else can clarify the intent of the default vs factory settings.

[KAE]

Jan Simon's answer here makes it sound like it is not possible to permanently turn off the axes box: the moment you make a plot the box will reappear.