I'm using the still undocumented HG2-Update to create my MATLAB plots, because they just look that much nicer.
(Source: Yair Altman)
Actually, using the current version Release 2013b it works quite nicely and there are not much issues. Except one wants to export the figures as vector graphics (renderer: '-painters'
), especially as pdf.
I use the commands:
saveas(gcf,'test.pdf','pdf')
or
print(gcf,'test.pdf','-dpdf')
There are rendering issues, the print does not contain the whole figure and some parts are cropped or non-default fonts are not recognized.
But I'd really like to stay with HG2 and I'd still like to use vector graphics. Is there any solution or workaround?
I had the same problem and used the workaround from thewaywewalk. Now I discovered the MATLAB function "hgexport" works under HG2 (in R2014a).
An issue still was the paper size. I want to use the same size for all graphs with as little white frame as possible. Here you have to set two sizes:
The papersize is set with
set(gcf,'PaperSize',[width height])
and the size of your chart is set through export styles. These are set in "Export Setup" or command line:Now you can export your pdf:
PS: In HG2 you may also use Latex for tick labels:
Exporting vector graphics using the yet not official HG2-Update is quite an issue. The .pdf-export is still totally screwed up. What is working fine is the .svg-export, apart from that the boundary box is not set properly.
The long workaround would be: Save the plot with
'-dsvg'
(print
-command) or'svg'
(saveas
-command) as vector graphic, open the file in the open source application Inkscape and save again as .pdf with the Export area is drawing checkmark set.Quite complicated, so I found a way to do it via command-line directly from Matlab (Inkscape still required!):
It takes some time, but works without any known issues for now.
Additionally delete the svg-File afterwards: