Resize/Change Figure Axis Range in Matlab

Question

I have a button in my Matlab GUI to open up an axes plot in a new figure, here is my code:

fig=figure;
set(fig, 'Position', [100, 100, 1049, 895]);
h=handles.axes2;
copyobj(h,fig); 
set(gca,'units','pix') 

set(gca,'units','norm') 

However, the axes is quite small in the new figure:

But when I try to add this line at the bottom of the previous code:

    set(gca,{'Position',[100, 100, 1049, 895]}); % [left bottom right top]

nothing changes... I have tried changing the numbers as well but the axes does not get resized...

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks

Answer 1

Use axis command :

% whatever code you have 
plot(x,y,'-o');
% now add limits for the axisX and axisY 
% that combined with the position limit should zoom your picture automatically
% x1, x2, y1, y2 should be actual values like 0.5, 1, -4 etc. whatever you find appropriate
% if it doesnt zoom as you expect - remove the Position setting and see how it looks.
axis([x1 x2 y1 y2]);

for more info see example from the matlab site: http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/axis.html