Can you create frames in Figure?

Hi guys,

I have two questions:

1. I have created the following diagram and would like to put 4 diagrams in a frame so that it is easier to see which ones belong together. Is it possible to create a frame for all 4 areas, as I have done in red?

2. is it possible to automatically save the figure as a PDF in landscape format and in A3, so that the size is automatically adjusted correctly?

Many thanks in advance!

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/uipanel.html

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

This demo uses uigridlayout and uipanel to create 4 panels. Using tiledlayout, it creates 4 axes within each panel. You can set the panal background color or border color.

To create a tighter fit of the axes, set TileSpacing and Padding properties of the TiledChartLayout.

fig = uifigure(); 
gd = uigridlayout(fig,[2,2]);

panelHandles = gobjects(4,1); 
tclHandles = gobjects(4,1); 
ax = gobjects(4,4); 
for i = 1:4
    panelHandles(i) = uipanel(gd); 
    tclHandles(i) = tiledlayout(panelHandles(i),2,3);
    ax(i,1) = nexttile(tclHandles(i),[1,2]);
    ax(i,2) = nexttile(tclHandles(i));
    ax(i,3) = nexttile(tclHandles(i),[1,2]);
    ax(i,4) = nexttile(tclHandles(i));
end

Set border color of panels

set(panelHandles,'BorderColor','r','BorderWidth',2)

Or, set border color background

set(panelHandles(1),'BackgroundColor',[.9 .5 .5])
set(panelHandles(2),'BackgroundColor',[.5 1 .8])
set(panelHandles(3),'BackgroundColor',[.8 .7 .8])
set(panelHandles(4),'BackgroundColor',[.5 .8 .9])