Matlab Scripts

Create Array of SubPlots

This script allows tilings of subplots with user controlled padding and margins (includes an optional colorbar)

figure(1)
clf
% All measurements are scaled to window width or height
lbuffer=.075;  %left margin
rbuffer=.075;  %right margin
tbuffer=.075;  %top margin
bbuffer=.075;  %bottom margin
colorbarwidth=.03; %colorbar width - Set to 0 for no colorbar
paddingx=.05;  % x padding between subplots
paddingy=.05;  % y padding between subplots
nx=4;          % number of subplots in x
ny=3;          % number of subplots in y (not counting colorbar)
if (colorbarwidth==0) % no color bar
  figure_width=(1-lbuffer-rbuffer-(nx-1)*paddingx)/nx;
else
  figure_width=(1-lbuffer-rbuffer-colorbarwidth-(nx)*paddingx)/nx;
end
figure_height=(1-tbuffer-bbuffer-(ny-1)*paddingy)/ny;
deltax=figure_width+paddingx;
deltay=figure_height+paddingy;

y=bbuffer;
for j=1:ny
  x=lbuffer;
  for i=1:nx
    subplot('position',[x,y,figure_width,figure_height])

%---------------------------------------------------------
    %replace this plotting code with your plot routine
      imagesc(rand(20))                                                    
%--------------------------------------------------------

    x=x+deltax;
  end
  y=y+deltay;
end

if (colorbarwidth > 0)
  colorbar('position',[lbuffer+nx*deltax,bbuffer,colorbarwidth,ny*deltay-paddingy])
  colormap(gray)
end