um how do you plot rectangles in different parts of a bigger rectangle kinda like a room using coordinates of the bottom left hand cornwer

numberFloors=inputdlg({'Please Enter The Number Of Floors Required:'});
numberFloors=str2double(numberFloors{1});
if numberFloors<=0
    disp('Number of floors must be at least 1');
    return
else
    disp('Thanks');
end
floorLength=zeros(1,numberFloors);
floorWidth=zeros(1,numberFloors);
floorHeight=zeros(1,numberFloors);
numberRooms=zeros(1,numberFloors);
mainlooptotal=1;
while mainlooptotal<=numberFloors
    for i=1:1:numberFloors
        floorLength(i)=input(['Please enter floor ',num2str(mainlooptotal),' length: ']);
        floorWidth(i)=input(['Please enter floor ',num2str(mainlooptotal),' width: ']);
        floorHeight(i)=input(['Please enter floor ',num2str(mainlooptotal),' height: ']);
        numberRooms(i)=input(['Please enter the number of rooms on floor ',num2str(mainlooptotal),': ']);
        
        if floorLength(i)<=0 || floorWidth(i)<=0 || floorHeight(i)<=0 || numberRooms(i)<=0
            disp('Floor dimensions and number of rooms must be greater than 0');
            return
        else
            mainlooptotal=mainlooptotal+1;        
        end
        roomLength=zeros(1,(numberRooms(i)));
        roomWidth=zeros(1,(numberRooms(i)));
        roomlooptotal=1;
        while roomlooptotal<=numberRooms
            for j=1:1:numberRooms
                typeofroom =('type of room');
                numberType=inputdlg({'Please enter the type of room(residential, office, education, toilet or storage)'});
                roomLength(j)=input(['Please enter room ',num2str(roomlooptotal),' length: ']);
                roomWidth(j)=input(['Please enter room ',num2str(roomlooptotal),' width: ']);
                roomHeight(j)=input(['Please enter room ',num2str(roomlooptotal),' height: ']);
                if roomLength(j)<=0 || roomWidth(j)<=0 || roomHeight(j)<=0
                    disp('Room dimensions must be greater than 0');
                    return
                else
                    
                    roomYcoordinates= input('y coordinate of room:');
                    roomxcoordinates= input('x coordinate of room:');
                    roomlooptotal=roomlooptotal+1;
                end
            end
        end
    end
end
choice = questdlg('What type of environment would your building be in', 'Question','Urban', 'Sub-urban','Urban');

if isequal(choice,'Urban')
    disp('Urban');
else
    disp('Something else');
end

save('lolhyf')
load('lolhyf.mat');

Answer 1

[Arun]

Hey Oluwaseun Adetunji,

I understand that you want to create rooms within a house, for which you want to plot cuboids inside a cuboid where cuboids will represent rooms and intent to use the left-hand corner of the house as coordinate axis.

To accomplish this, you can make use of the function from the MathWorks File Exchange: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/15161-plotcube

Plotcube displays a 3D-cube in the current axes. Parameters used by the function are:

1. Edes (3-element vector for edge dimensions).
2. Origin (defines the start point in 3D space).
3. Alpa (transparency of the cube).
4. Color (3-element vector for faces color).

I am sharing a sample code and output for more clarity:

plotcube([5 5 5],[ 2 2 2],.8,[1 0 0]); %bigger cuboid
plotcube([2 2 2],[2 2 2],.8,[0 1 0]);  %smaller inner cuboid
plotcube([2.5 2.5 2],[2 2 4],.8,[0 1 0]);%smaller inner cuboid
plotcube([1 1 1],[5 2 2],.8,[0 0 1]);%smaller inner cuboid

I hope the given information helps you with your implementation.