how to constrain a 3d plot within a panel

Hi,

how to constrain a plot (associated to an axes) within a panel?

If I try to zoom-in the plot extends over the whole figure.

Here's the simple code.

Thanks in advance

Salvatore

h = figure('Units', 'normalized', 'Color', [.9 .9 .9], 'Position', [.15 .15 .7 .6],...
    'menubar','figure','toolbar','figure');

fp3d=uipanel('Parent', h, 'Position', [.4 .32 .6 .68]);
fp2d=uipanel('Parent', h, 'Position', [.4 .001 .6 .3]);
ha3d = axes('Parent', fp3d,'Units', 'normalized','Position', [0.1 0.1 .8 .8]);
ha2d = axes('Parent', fp2d,'Units', 'normalized','Position', [0.1 0.2 .8 .7]);

set(h,'CurrentAxes',ha3d)
% axes(ha3d)
[x,y] = meshgrid([-2:.2:2]);
Z = x.*exp(-x.^2-y.^2);
surf(x,y,Z,gradient(Z)) 
colorbar 

set(h,'CurrentAxes',ha2d)
% axes(ha2d)
xx=0:.1:pi;
yy=sin(xx);
plot(xx,yy)

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Set the 'Clipping' property of the uipanel to be 'on'.

Answer 2

[Salvatore]

Thanks Walter

but the problem still remains.

fp3d=uipanel('Parent', h, 'Position', [.4 .32 .6 .68],'Clipping', 'on');
fp2d=uipanel('Parent', h, 'Position', [.4 .001 .6 .3],'Clipping', 'on');

Look at the attached pictures.

Any suggestion?

Regards

Salvatore

Answer 3

[Rony]

Hey Salvatore,

It seems that this is a popular problem with uipanel.

Were you able to solve it?

Regards, Rony

Answer 4

[Salvatore]

Hi Rony unfortunately, this issue is a known bug and I know developers are working on it, so it will be fixed in a future release.

A possible workaround (suggested by mathworks support) is to change the axes limits instead of zooming. The following example shows you how to zoom the peaks surface within 0 and 25 on x and y axes:

ax2=subplot(2,1,2); surf(peaks)

ax1=subplot(2,1,1); surf(peaks)

set(ax1,'xlim',[0 25],'ylim',[0 25],'zlim',[-5 5])

My suggestion is to work with separate figures for each plot you need to handle.

Regards

Salvatore