How do I plot multiple views of 3D plot in the same figure?

I have a 3D graphic with several plot objects in it. I want to show this graphic from several different angles, such that each view shows up as a subplot in the same figure. How do I accomplish this?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

You can start by creating a figure with three axes using "subplot". Then, plot each of your objects onto the first axes, while making sure to save each plot object with a function handle.

Next, using "copyobj",

     <https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/copy-and-delete-graphics-objects.html#bt51tv3>

copy the multiple plot objects to a single new parent (i.e. your second axes), and repeat this step for your third axes.

Finally, change the camera angle on each of your axes using the "view" function:

     <https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/view.html>

To see all these steps implemented together, consider the example below:

%% Create figure with 3 subplots

f = figure('Units','normalized','OuterPosition',[0 .5 1 .5]);

ax1 = subplot(1,3,1);

ax2 = subplot(1,3,2);

ax3 = subplot(1,3,3);

%% Plot some surfaces on 1st subplot

[X,Y,Z] = peaks;

s = surf(ax1,X,Y,Z); hold(ax1,'on');

p = surf(ax1,X,Y,zeros(size(X))); hold(ax1,'off');

plotObjs = [s,p];

%% Copy plot objects to other 2 subplots

copyobj(plotObjs,ax2);

copyobj(plotObjs,ax3);

%% Set different viewing angle for each subplot

view(ax1,0,90); title(ax1,'view(0,90)');

view(ax2,90,0); title(ax2,'view(90,0)');

view(ax3,0,0); title(ax3,'view(0,0)');