Mesh plot in GUI works, but in separate figure won't plot

I have a GUI with axes defined with a Tag 'axes1' When I plot

mesh(handles.axes1,x,y,z)

where x and y are column vectors, and z a 2d array, everything plots just fine on the GUI. But if I plot a figure separate from the GUI, it only plots the axis and the background is gray instead of white.

I've tried two approaches

figure; H=gca;
mesh(H,x,y,z);

and from http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/22208-show-figure I have tried

f = figure();
H = axes('Parent',f);  
mesh(H,x,y,z);

but both approaches yield the same result. A figure with 3D axis and gray background. I can clear axes1 and replot to axes1 with no problem. I don't have the same problem with the mesh example in the help. That is,

[X,Y] = meshgrid(-8:.5:8);
R = sqrt(X.^2 + Y.^2) + eps;
Z = sin(R)./R;
mesh(H,X,Y,Z)
mesh(handles.axes1,X,Y,Z)

plots fine in both axes. X and Y are 2d vectors instead of 1d that I use, but I don't know if that has something to do with it. What am I not doing correctly to make the 3d plot in a separate figure?

Answer 1

[Seyhan Emre Gorucu]

a=figure;
axes1 = axes('Color',[1 1 1]);
[X,Y] = meshgrid(-8:.5:8);
R = sqrt(X.^2 + Y.^2) + eps;
Z = sin(R)./R;
mesh(Z);

[John Petersen]

I'm sorry I wasn't clear with my question. My problem is that the separate figure that pops up only has a grid plotted, there is no visible figure displayed. So,

mesh(handles.axes1,x,y,z);
figure; H=gca;
mesh(H,x,y,z);

plots my 3D picture in the first plot, which is in the GUI. The 2nd plot only has a gray background with 3D grid displayed.

[Seyhan Emre Gorucu]

I just checked what gca means. It means the current axes. You have 3 lines here. The first line plots on the axes on the gui. Second line opens a new figure and renames the current axes as H. The current axes is still at the figure. Finally, it plots it back at the figure.

[Seyhan Emre Gorucu]

It means that you probably need to create another axes which would be:

figure 
a=axes
[X,Y] = meshgrid(-8:.5:8);
R = sqrt(X.^2 + Y.^2) + eps;
Z = sin(R)./R;
mesh(Z);

[Seyhan Emre Gorucu]

Please note that figure and axes are not the same things. Here you create new figure but you don't create new axes.

Answer 2

[Seyhan Emre Gorucu]

Hm. I have a GUI open and when I run my code I get a nice plot at another figure. I can't see why it doesn't work for you. I hope somebody resolves the problem.