User`s guide

R2014b
2-22
• Graphics objects use object handles of various types instead of the numeric handles
used in previous releases.
• Graphics objects support dot notation for getting and setting properties. Property
names are case-sensitive when using dot notation.
Compatibility Considerations
Most code written for numeric handles still works with object handles. However, you
should not perform operations that assume or require handles to be numeric values. For
strategies to update existing code to work with object handles, see Graphics Handles Are
Now Objects, Not Doubles.
Rotatable axis tick labels
New axes properties support rotated axis tick labels. For more information, see the
XTickLabelRotation, YTickLabelRotation, and ZTickLabelRotation property
descriptions.
Automatic update of datetime and duration tick labels with plot
function
The plot function now supports the datetime and duration data types. Axis ticks and
labels automatically update with the zoom, pan, and resize operations.
histogram function for plotting histograms
The histogram function plots histograms with data-dependent bin picking and options for
bin control, normalization, and visualization.
Unlike the hist function, when you specify an output argument with the histogram
function, it returns a histogram object that you can use to modify the properties of the
histogram. For example, you can change the number of bins, use a different binning
algorithm, or normalize the histogram in several ways. For more information, see Using
histogram Objects.
animatedline function for creating line animations
The animatedline function optimizes line animations by accumulating and plotting data
from a streaming data source.