graph - fix annotation so that they dont move when converted to .tif/.eps/.pdf

Hi,

maybe someone can halp me out with my problem: I want to generate a plot in Matlab with the code below and then convert it to .tif/.eps/.pdf - format (via "export" or "save as . . ." ). However when converting the format the positions of the annotations change (same happens when the plot editor is started).

Is there any command to fix the relative position annotations or to avoid the scaling of the graph when converted to .tif/.eps/.pdf - format?

cheers Patrick

%M-File to create  PLOT_.xls 

del= [30,100,200,300,400,500,570];

y_I= [60, 60,60,60,60,60,60];

y_II=[60.94, 63.048,65.860,68.464,70.880,73.129,74.613];

%Definition der Achsenabstände und Längen

x0 = 0;

xe = 600;

xint = 4;

y0 = 55;  

ye = 75;

yint = 4;

figure ('color','w','un','pix','pos',[360 150 500 390],             'PaperPositionM','auto','Invert','off','rend','Painters'); 

axes('un','pix','pos',[100,90,350,260],...
    'box','on',...
    'LineWidth',2,...
    'FontName','times',...
    'FontSize',22,...
    'ylim',[y0 ye],... 
    'YTick', y0:(ye-y0)/yint:ye,...
    'xlim',[x0 xe],...
    'XTick', x0:(xe-x0)/xint:xe);

hold on

plot(del, y_I, 'b', 'LineWidth', 4)

plot(del, y_II, 'r', 'LineWidth', 4)

% Create arrow: x-Achsenpfeil

annotation('arrow',[0.76 0.84],[0.043 0.043]);

% Create arrow: y-Achsenpfeil

annotation('arrow',[0.045 0.045],[0.86 0.94]);

% Create textbox: Einheiten Beschriftung an der
% x-Achse%'HorizontalAlignment','center',...

annotation('textbox',[0.79 0.105 0.05 0.1],...
    'String',{'x'},...
    'FontSize',22,...
    'FontName','times',...
    'LineStyle','none');

% Create textbox: Einheiten Beschriftung an der y-Achse %
% 'HorizontalAlignment','center',...

annotation('textbox',[0.118 0.79 0.05 0.1],'String',{'%'},...
    'FontSize',22,...
    'FontName','times',...
    'LineStyle','none');

xlabel('labelx \Delta x','FontName','times','FontSize',25);

ylabel('labely \eta_{y}','FontName','times','FontSize',25);

hold off

print(gcf, '-dpdf', '-r150','-painters', '-loose', 'figure.pdf')

[Oleg Komarov]

Can you format the code please: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/7885-tutorial-how-to-format-your-question

Answer 1

[Oleg Komarov]

Explicitly define the dimensions of figure and axes with some additional properties:

h.f = figure('color','w','un','pix','pos',[360 150 500 390],...
             'PaperPositionM','auto','Invert','off','rend','Painters');
h.a = axes('un','pix','pos',[100,90,350,260],...
           'Ylim',[y0,ye],'Ytick',y0:(ye-y0)/yint:ye,...
           'Xlim',[x0 xe],'Xtick', x0:(xe-x0)/xint:xe,...
           'box','on','fonts',22,'LineW',2,'FontN','times');

hold on
plot(del, y_I , 'b', 'LineWidth', 4) 
plot(del, y_II, 'r', 'LineWidth', 4)

% Then to export:

print(gcf, '-depsc2', '-r150','-painters', '-loose', 'figure.eps')

EDIT

Try export_fig to save (on FEX) in pdf.

Answer 2

[Patrick]

Thanks Oleg,

i updated the the code and tried to format it, however it doesn't work out. The vector-image contains 2 or more layers (at least that is what infer) which are scaled independently to each other, does anyone know how to fix/pin them together?

Thanks once more Patrick ps: using Version 7.8.0 on Mac

[Oleg Komarov]

Yes, but you didn't explicitly declare the dimensions of both figure and axes as I wrote on my example.

[Patrick]

i did, sorry code is now properly updated.

[Oleg Komarov]

So, you just have to reposition your annotations in the new layout (which I didn't do for you) but when you print the figure is the same as in Matlab, isn't it?

[Patrick]

no, unfortunately not, if i open the .eps/.pdf-file outside matlab it moves around again. i could add the annotations in PowerPoint and print as .pdf-file, but i actually thought i could avoid that extra step.

[Oleg Komarov]

Try then to use export_fig. I put the link in my edited answer.

[Patrick]

seams to work for .tif that should do the job. Great thanks!