How to plot too many graph in a figure?

I am trying to plot 18 graph in a figure in 3 X 6 manner. But they are comming as too small. I want to increase length of the canvas but unable to do that properly. Please give me solutions.

I have prepared the code in this way:

figure(1)
subplot(6,3,1)
plot(0:24, DE(1,:),':o', 'MarkerSize', 4, 'MarkerFaceColor', [0.75 0 0.75],'color',[0.75 0 0.75],'LineWidth',2),legend('BES1 DE', 'Location','southeast')
set(gca,'FontSize',18)
xlabel('Hour')
ylabel('Stored Energy (kWh)')
xlim([0 24])
% ylim([2085 2105])
set(gca,'XTick',(0:6:24));

subplot(6,3,2)
plot(0:24, DE(2,:),':o', 'MarkerSize', 4, 'MarkerFaceColor',[0 0.5 0],'color',[0 0.5 0],'LineWidth',2),legend('BES2 DE', 'Location','southeast')
set(gca,'FontSize',18)
xlabel('Hour')
ylabel('Stored Energy (kWh)')
xlim([0 24])
% ylim([1000 3500])
set(gca,'XTick',(0:6:24));

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

It looks like all your plots share the same x axis values. Have you considered using stackedplot?

[Arnab Pal]

Thank you sir, but that would require more length of canvas, the problem will be still there.

[Cris LaPierre]

To make a bigger figure window, use the figure function and set the position properties. Here is an example of how you could make the figure window full screen.

figure('Units','normalized','Position',[0,0,1,1])

[Adam Danz]

The problem I see in the figure is the tiny axes and the large amount of space that labels and legends consume. I don't see a problem with the figure size.

stackedplot would greatly reduce that problem, especially if you have 3 stacked plots on the same figure.

Answer 2

[Adam Danz]

• Does each line really need its own axis? Why not plot all lines together on 1 axis and just different colors or marker symbols to indicate their meaning, along with a legend?
• Remove the legends; you don't need legends if there's only 1 line per axis.
• You also don't need xlabel and ylabel for each plot. Instead, only label the x axis on the bottom axes and 1 y axis for each column of axes.
• Instead of subplot() use TiledLayout and set TileSpacing and/or Padding to 'compact' or 'none'.
• Lastly, try out stackedplot() since all of your x-axes are the same scale. See how to add more than 1 stacked plot per figure and how to link the x-axes.