How to create a new figure in MATLAB

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Usually when I plot in MATLAB  it always draws on the same figure  How do I make it draw in a new figure    I know it is pretty elementary  but I m not finding it using Google Search

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While doing  figure 1   figure 2       will solve the problem in most cases  it will not solve them in all cases  Suppose you have a bunch of MATLAB figures on your desktop and how many you have open varies from time to time before you run your code  Using the answers provided  you will overwrite these figures  which you may not want  The easy workaround is to just use the command  figure  before you plot   Example  you have five figures on your desktop from a previous script you ran and you use  figure 1   plot       figure 2   plot        You just plotted over the figures on your desktop  However the code  figure  plot       figure  plot        just created figures 6 and 7 with your desired plots and left your previous plots 1-5 alone

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The other thing to be careful about  is to use the clf  clear figure  command when you are starting a fresh plot  Otherwise you may be plotting on a pre-existing figure  not possible with the figure command by itself  but if you do figure 2  there may already be a figure  2   with more than one axis  or an axis that is placed kinda funny  Use clf to ensure that you re starting from scratch   figure N   clf  plot something

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While doing  figure 1   figure 2       will solve the problem in most cases  it will not solve them in all cases  Suppose you have a bunch of MATLAB figures on your desktop and how many you have open varies from time to time before you run your code  Using the answers provided  you will overwrite these figures  which you may not want  The easy workaround is to just use the command  figure  before you plot   Example  you have five figures on your desktop from a previous script you ran and you use  figure 1   plot       figure 2   plot        You just plotted over the figures on your desktop  However the code  figure  plot       figure  plot        just created figures 6 and 7 with your desired plots and left your previous plots 1-5 alone

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As has already been said  figure will create a new figure for your next plots  While calling figure you can also configure it  Example   figHandle   figure  Name    Name of Figure    OuterPosition   1  1  scrsz 3   scrsz 4       The example sets the name for the window and the outer size of it in relation to the used screen  Here figHandle is the handle to the resulting figure and can be used later to change appearance and content  Examples     Dot notation     figHandle PaperOrientation    portrait   figHandle PaperUnits    centimeters     Old Style     set figHandle   PaperOrientation    portrait    PaperUnits    centimeters      Using the handle with dot notation or set  options for printing are configured here   By keeping the handles for the figures with distinc names you can interact with multiple active figures  To set a existing figure as your active  call figure figHandle   New plots will go there now

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As has already been said  figure will create a new figure for your next plots  While calling figure you can also configure it  Example   figHandle   figure  Name    Name of Figure    OuterPosition   1  1  scrsz 3   scrsz 4       The example sets the name for the window and the outer size of it in relation to the used screen  Here figHandle is the handle to the resulting figure and can be used later to change appearance and content  Examples     Dot notation     figHandle PaperOrientation    portrait   figHandle PaperUnits    centimeters     Old Style     set figHandle   PaperOrientation    portrait    PaperUnits    centimeters      Using the handle with dot notation or set  options for printing are configured here   By keeping the handles for the figures with distinc names you can interact with multiple active figures  To set a existing figure as your active  call figure figHandle   New plots will go there now

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figure  plot something     or  figure 2   plot something       figure 3   plot something else         etc

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Another common option is when you do want multiple plots in a single window  f   figure  hold on plot x1 y1  plot x2 y2        plots multiple data sets on the same  new  figure

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As simple as this-  figure  plot yourfigure

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The other thing to be careful about  is to use the clf  clear figure  command when you are starting a fresh plot  Otherwise you may be plotting on a pre-existing figure  not possible with the figure command by itself  but if you do figure 2  there may already be a figure  2   with more than one axis  or an axis that is placed kinda funny  Use clf to ensure that you re starting from scratch   figure N   clf  plot something

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As simple as this-  figure  plot yourfigure

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figure  plot something     or  figure 2   plot something       figure 3   plot something else         etc

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The other thing to be careful about  is to use the clf  clear figure  command when you are starting a fresh plot  Otherwise you may be plotting on a pre-existing figure  not possible with the figure command by itself  but if you do figure 2  there may already be a figure  2   with more than one axis  or an axis that is placed kinda funny  Use clf to ensure that you re starting from scratch   figure N   clf  plot something

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Another common option is when you do want multiple plots in a single window  f   figure  hold on plot x1 y1  plot x2 y2        plots multiple data sets on the same  new  figure

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figure  plot something     or  figure 2   plot something       figure 3   plot something else         etc

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figure  plot something     or  figure 2   plot something       figure 3   plot something else         etc

User · Answer

The other thing to be careful about  is to use the clf  clear figure  command when you are starting a fresh plot  Otherwise you may be plotting on a pre-existing figure  not possible with the figure command by itself  but if you do figure 2  there may already be a figure  2   with more than one axis  or an axis that is placed kinda funny  Use clf to ensure that you re starting from scratch   figure N   clf  plot something

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