How to get access to Matlab drawings libraries

Hi,

I'd like to develop a man-machine-interface with pre-defined drawings. Has Matlab got libraries of existing drawings and how can I reach them ?

Thanks.

[Adam]

drawings of what? It doesn't seem like something that would exist in Matlab, but since you didn't specify what they are drawings of, who knows?

[Walter Roberson]

Would they be fixed size? Bitmaps? Vector graphics? Do they need to have editable properties like "Change the angle of that arrowhead, and make the shaft a blue dashed line of width 3? Or "use these as fixed points but let me drag this point around and make the spline curve follow"?

[Ced Desm]

Actually I'd like my drawings follow inputs entered. for instance, if a dialog box asks "What is the length of the line", the user can select a length (e.g. 60m) and a line is drawn with an indication that it is 60m. My issue is that I don't know what kind of drawing is available in Matlab's librairies.

Answer 1

[Ced Desm]

Basically I'd like to use very simple drawings like lines, grids and arrows. If Matlab does not handle these drawings itself, can it call librairies of another source ?

[Steven Lord]

What do you want to DO with those simple drawings? Display them, use them as an executable flowchart, use them as part of a GUI, etc.?

Answer 2

[Ced Desm]

I'de like to display them.

Answer 3

[Walter Roberson]

There are a small number of things that could vaguely be said to be "drawing library"-ish in MATLAB:

• annotation() permits selection of line shape or drawing shape. annotation() draws on the display. Be careful, though: annotations are in figure units, not in data units
• insertShape() from the Computer Vision toolbox permits lines and shapes to be drawn into an array (not onto the display.) There are a couple of variations of this.

[Ced Desm]

Hi Walter,

Thank you for this contribution. I went to your liks and they look good. Next time I'm writting you, may I attach a simple sketch with typical shapes I'd like to draw ?

[Walter Roberson]

Post away.