Reopen figure after closing it

I was running a long simulation and the result a plot and a figure was created. I accidentally closed the figure. Is there anyway to make the figure reappear?

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Yes. Run the long simulation again.

[heinet]

An accurate yet harsh answer.

[Rik]

Maybe you could do something forensic to read the previous state of the RAM, which might be used to restore the figure and its contents.

But usually re-running the simulation will be a much better solution. (and include a save call to store the inputs and the results in your code)

Answer 2

[Gottfried Langhans]

As all your data you are plotting is still in the workspace you can just copy the lines which are creating your plot out of the script into the command window and press enter. It should take the Data from your workspace and plot it again very fast, as the solution of your simulation is not the figure itself but saved as vectors (or whatever youre plotting) in the workspace. Hope this still helps, worked for me ;)

[Adam]

Depends if it was run in a script or a function!

Answer 3

[Maha]

It would be a great tool, like the unplot function when you do a mistake, the reopenlastfigure would be great

Answer 4

[heinet]

I have come to a working solution for myself. I save the whole environment as a ".mat"---either at console or in my script where neaded. Then, make your plotting scripts either separate cells (sections) you can execute again with ctrl+enter, or make them separate functions or scripts you can run against your saved environment variables. This at least saves you from having to run run a long simulation all over.

Answer 5

[Sivabalan Selvarajan]

You can copy the complete code into a script window and run it, the plots will be avilable on the right side of your script window after you run it, even after closing the figure window. You could reopen it anytime.

[Walter Roberson]

I suspect this only applies for Live Script.