Live Editor and view neural network

Hi,

I would like to add a neural network graphical diagram to my live script. Unfortunately command view produces new window instead of adding diagram to the live script.

To be clear, this code (in a Live Editor) attaches output of plot command directly to the live script, but does not include neural network diagram:

plot(1:10)
net = patternnet;
view(net)

Answer 1

[Baptiste Ottino]

You are experiencing this problem because the view(net) function does not output a figure, it outputs a Java object. I don't know a perfect work around, but you can try this:

 function newView(net)

 jframe = view(net);

 %# create it in a MATLAB figure
 hFig = figure('Menubar','none', 'Position',[100 100 565 166]);
 jpanel = get(jframe,'ContentPane');
 [~,h] = javacomponent(jpanel);
 set(h, 'units','normalized', 'position',[0 0 1 1])

 %# close java window
 jframe.setVisible(false);
 jframe.dispose();

I found this solution here. With this, you can have your network as a figure, and it will appear in the livescript. The only remaining issue is that the undocked figure window doesn't close once it has been plotted in the livescript, which is peculiar.

[Grzegorz Knor]

Thank you for your answer. I've modified it a little bit, and now figure window can be closed automatically:

function  outH = newView(net)
jframe = view(net);
%# create it in a MATLAB figure
hFig = figure('Menubar','none', 'Position',[100 100 565 166]);
jpanel = get(jframe,'ContentPane');
[~,h] = javacomponent(jpanel);
set(h, 'Parent', hFig, 'units','normalized', 'position',[0 0 1 1])
%# close java window
jframe.setVisible(false);
jframe.dispose();
% capture figure as a frame
F = getframe(hFig);
% close current figure
close(hFig)
% display the captured image data using imshow
hFig = figure('Menubar','none', 'Position',[100 100 565 166]);
axes('units','normalized', 'position',[0 0 1 1])
imshow(F.cdata)
axis off
% return handle if needed
if nargout == 1
    outH = hFig;
end

[Baptiste Ottino]

Pretty cool, thank you very much!