GUI save axes as fig / picture file

[Markus]

I have a matlab gui running, that outputs a FFT plot on an axes. I want to save this plot for future reference and tried using this following code. How ever it gives me the following error:

??? Error using ==> copyobj
Conversion to double from struct is not possible.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
function uipushtool3_ClickedCallback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to uipushtool3 (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)

plotH = get(handles.axes2);
orignalAxes = gca;
% uicontrol('parent',gcf)

%Create a ne figure
newFig = figure(2);
%Create a copy of the axes
newA = copyobj(orignalAxes,newFig);
%copy the plot across
newPlotH = copyobj(plotH,newA);

%Print the fig with the print function
print(newFig,'-dpng','image.png');
%close the new figure
close(newPlotH)
guidata(hObject,handles);
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Does anyone have an idea to get around this error or help me saving my plot? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks, Markus

[Martin V.]

You can try this code

F=getframe(handles.axes1); %select axes in GUI
figure(); %new figure
image(F.cdata); %show selected axes in new figure
saveas(gcf, 'path', 'fig'); %save figure
close(gcf); %and close it

[Oliver Woodford]

"Markus" wrote:
> I have a matlab gui running, that outputs a FFT plot on an axes. I want to save this [axes] for future reference.

Export_fig allows you to specify the axes in the figure you want to save. E.g.:

export_fig(orignalAxes, 'image.png');

Download export_fig here:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23629-exportfig

[Martin V.]

"Oliver Woodford" wrote in message <ikdnp4$2j$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

> Download export_fig here:
> http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23629-exportfig

I tried to use your code, but exported fig. file didn't have menu bar and toolbar.

[Ali]

you can use getimage instead of getframe

[Brad Porter]

"Markus" wrote in message <i3unho$9ip$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I have a matlab gui running, that outputs a FFT plot on an axes. I want to save this plot for future reference ...

The simplest thing that I know of is to do the following:
%set(handles.figure1, 'CurrentAxes', handles.axes3);
figure(100)

Not very elegant, but gets the job done. You can then save the figure as a .fig file using the drop down menus and not just as an image. You can also copy the figure using the drop down menu for easy inclusion in presentations.

Brad

[plasmageek]

So this is years later of course, but I attempted to do the same thing Markus did with almost identical code. And then spent almost an hour pouring through the forums looking for an answer as to how to make it work....combining various solutions gives:

oldAx=get(handles.axes2,'children');
fig=figure; %new figure
ax=axes; %new axes
copyobj(oldAx,ax) %copies all ur lines to new axes

%%I didn't have any of these on my old axes, so I'm not sure if they're copied to the new one. %%If not you can set it up like normal
grid on
box on
xlabel('Distance (um)')
ylabel('Intensity (A.U.)')
print(fig,['width_' fname '.png'],'-dpng')
close(fig); %and close it

Enjoy!

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