Multiple Subplots with (Sub-)Subplots (MATLAB) - matlab

Question

I aim to create 14 subplots with four figures in each subplot. Unfortunately, I do not have any example code to show, as I have not a clue how to go about this. A couple ideas that have popped into my head about how I can go about accomplishing this. One is to create multiple figures separately, then merge them into a single figure. Another is to create subplots with multiple subplots nested inside of them; however, again, I have not a clue how I could go about accomplishing this.

Answer 1

You'll probably find that you are trying to fit too much data onto one figure, and the plots will be too small to see anything of interest. However, a techniques that works, and will give you the option of having individual figures, and combining them into one figure if you wish, is to use individual figures each with a panel on it, then use copyobj to copy to your main figure.
For example,
% Create first figure
hf_sub(1) = figure(1);
hp(1) = uipanel('Parent',hf_sub(1),'Position',[0 0 1 1]);
subplot(2,2,1,'Parent',hp(1));
plot(1:10);
subplot(2,2,2,'Parent',hp(1));
surf(peaks);
subplot(2,2,3,'Parent',hp(1));
membrane;
subplot(2,2,4,'Parent',hp(1));
plot(rand(1,100));
% Create second figure
hf_sub(2) = figure(2);
hp(2) = uipanel('Parent',hf_sub(2),'Position',[0 0 1 1]);
subplot(2,2,1,'Parent',hp(2));
histogram(randn(1,1000));
subplot(2,2,2,'Parent',hp(2));
membrane
subplot(2,2,3,'Parent',hp(2));
surf(peaks)
subplot(2,2,4,'Parent',hp(2));
plot(-(1:10));
% Create combined figure
hf_main = figure(3);
npanels = numel(hp);
hp_sub = nan(1,npanels);
% Copy over the panels
for idx = 1:npanels
hp_sub(idx) = copyobj(hp(idx),hf_main);
set(hp_sub(idx),'Position',[(idx-1)/npanels,0,1/npanels,1]);
end
You may need to be more careful with positioning of the panels, and may want to create the individual figure with their visibility set to off, but the above gives the main idea.