How can the set Figure properties for the whole script?

Hi,

I would like to have all my plots in the script to have the same appearance and to be saved as pdf with minimal whitespace, so I can insert them in a Latex document. I took the commands from https://de.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/save-figure-with-minimal-white-space.html :

ax = gca;
outerpos = ax.OuterPosition;
ti = ax.TightInset; 
left = outerpos(1) + ti(1);
bottom = outerpos(2) + ti(2);
ax_width = outerpos(3) - ti(1) - ti(3);
ax_height = outerpos(4) - ti(2) - ti(4);
ax.Position = [left bottom ax_width ax_height];

fig = gcf;
fig.PaperPositionMode = 'auto';
fig_pos = fig.PaperPosition;
fig.PaperSize = [fig_pos(3) fig_pos(4)];

They do exactly what I want but the settings always apply to gca and gcf so I would have to copy/paste these commands below every plot. I would like to know how to save them as default. For example it works with

set(0,'defaulttextinterpreter','latex');

and other similar commands.

Thank you!

Answer 1

[Tim Berk]

https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/default-property-values.html

You can set almost all Figure values as default. For example:

set(0,'DefaultFigurePaperPositionMode','auto')

Or

set(0,'DefaultAxesPosition',[0 0 1 1])

[Friedrich Maack]

I kind of answered myself in the meantime. The only solution I found was to create a function that contains all the settings and apply it to gcf below every figure. That way the properties are still set every time, but at least in a condensed form.

Thank you for your Answer!

[Shoaib Ayjaz Mohammed]

Hi Friedrich,

It woud be great if you could post an example for the function you created for the figure properties?

Thanks