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Types of MATLAB Plots - MATLAB & Simulink

Types of MATLAB Plots

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Two-Dimensional Plotting Functions

Three-Dimensional Plotting Functions

MATLAB offers a variety of data plotting functions plus a set of GUI tools to create and modify graphic
displays. The following two tables classify and illustrate the kinds of plots you can create with MATLAB.
They include line, bar, area, direction and vector field, radial, and scatter graphs.
When you execute a plotting function, MATLAB clears and replaces the current graph, if one exists. The
function resets axis limits and other properties so that each graph is displayed appropriately.

Two-Dimensional Plotting Functions

This table shows MATLAB 2-D plotting functions. Click any icon to see the documentation for that function.
Line Graphs

Bar Graphs

Area Graphs

Direction
Graphs

Radial Graphs

Scatter Graphs

plot

bar (grouped)

area

feather

polar

scatter

plotyy

barh (grouped)

pie

quiver

rose

spy

loglog

bar (stacked)

fill

comet

compass

plotmatrix

semilogx

barh (stacked)

contourf

semilogy

hist

image

stairs

pareto

pcolor

contour

errorbar

ezcontourf

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ezplot

stem

ezcontour

Three-Dimensional Plotting Functions

This table shows MATLAB 3-D and volume plotting functions. Some functions generate 3-D data (cylinder,
ellipsoid, sphere) that you can use to generate geometric shapes on which you can superimpose your
data. Click any picture in the table to see the documentation for that function.
Line Graphs

Mesh Graphs
and Bar Graphs

Area Graphs
and
Constructive
Objects

Surface Graphs

Direction
Graphs

Volumetric
Graphs

plot3

mesh

pie3

surf

quiver3

scatter3

contour3

meshc

fill3

surfl

comet3

coneplot

contourslice

meshz

patch

surfc

streamslice

streamline

ezplot3

ezmesh

cylinder

ezsurf

streamribbon

waterfall

stem3

ellipsoid

ezsurfc

streamtube

bar3

sphere

bar3h

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