MATLAB Function Reference (Volume 2: Graphics)

newplotNextPlotreplaceWhat HappensRemove all child objects (regardless of the setting ofthe HandleVisibility property) and reset figureproperties to their defaults, except:• NextPlot is reset to add regardless of user-defineddefaults)• Position, Units, PaperPosition, and PaperUnitsare not resetThis clears and resets the current figure and isequivalent to issuing the clf reset command.After newplot establishes which figure to draw in, it reads the current axes’NextPlot property and acts accordingly.NextPlotaddreplacechildrenreplaceDescriptionDraw into the current axes, retaining all graphicsobjects already present.Remove all child objects whose HandleVisibilityproperty is set to on, but do not reset axes properties.This clears the current axes like the cla command.Removes all child objects (regardless of the setting ofthe HandleVisibility property) and resets axesproperties to their defaults, except Position andUnitsThis clears and resets the current axes like the clareset command.See Alsoaxes, cla, clf, figure, hold, ishold, resetThe NextPlot property for figure and axes graphics objects.2-307