How can i connect the '.' points of the given figure. i don't want to connect '*' with any point?

%% Code that i used to creat that figure. %% I am trying to connect the dots to all nearby dots. %% To make 9 node element like as shown below. there will be Nx*Ny elements of this type.

clc ; clear;
% Dimensions of the plate
L = 1 ;             % Length of the Plate along X-axes
B = 1 ;             % Breadth of the Plate along Y-axes
% Number of Elements required 
Nx = 3 ;            % Number of Elements along X-axes
Ny = 3 ;            % Number of Elements along Y-axes
%----------------------------------------

nel = Nx*Ny ;        % Total Number of Elements in the Mesh
nnel = 9 ;           % Number of nodes per Element
% Number of points on the Length and Breadth
npx = 2*Nx+1 ;
npy = 2*Ny+1 ;
nnode = npx*npy ;     
nx = linspace(0,L,npx) ;
ny = linspace(0,B,npy) ;
[xx yy] = meshgrid(nx,ny) ;
% To get the Nodal Connectivity Matrix
coordinates = [xx(:) yy(:)] ;
NodeNo = 1:nnode ;
nodes = zeros(nel,nnel) ;
    NodeNo = reshape(NodeNo,npx,npy);
   %
     nodes(:,1) = reshape(NodeNo(1:2:npx-2,1:2:npy-2),nel,1);
    nodes(:,2) = reshape(NodeNo(3:2:npx,1:2:npy-2),nel,1);
    nodes(:,3) = reshape(NodeNo(3:2:npx,3:2:npy),nel,1);
    nodes(:,4) = reshape(NodeNo(1:2:npx-2,3:2:npy),nel,1);
    nodes(:,5) = reshape(NodeNo(2:2:npx-1,1:2:npy-2),nel,1);
    nodes(:,6) = reshape(NodeNo(3:2:npx,2:2:npy-1),nel,1);
    nodes(:,7) = reshape(NodeNo(2:2:npx-1,3:2:npy),nel,1);
    nodes(:,8) = reshape(NodeNo(1:2:npx-2,2:2:npy-1),nel,1);
    nodes(:,9) = reshape(NodeNo(2:2:npx-1,2:2:npy-1),nel,1);
  
%%
X = zeros(nnel,nel) ;
Y = zeros(nnel,nel) ;
  for iel = 1:nel
      Y(:,iel) = coordinates(nodes(iel,:),1) ;
      X(:,iel) = coordinates(nodes(iel,:),2) ;
  end
 x1 = X(1,:);
 x2 = X(2,:);
 x3 = X(3,:);
 x4 = X(4,:);
 x5 = X(5,:);
 x6 = X(6,:);
 x7 = X(7,:);
 x8 = X(8,:);
 x9 = X(9,:);
 y1 = Y(1,:);
 y2 = Y(2,:);
 y3 = Y(3,:);
 y4 = Y(4,:);
 y5 = Y(5,:);
 y6 = Y(6,:);
 y7 = Y(7,:);
 y8 = Y(8,:);
 y9 = Y(9,:);
 %%
 figure
plot(x1,y1,'b.','MarkerSize',10)
xlim([-0.2 1.2])
ylim([-0.2 1.2])
 hold on
plot(x2,y2,'b.','MarkerSize',10)
plot(x3,y3,'b.','MarkerSize',10)
plot(x4,y4,'b.','MarkerSize',10)
plot(x5,y5,'b.','MarkerSize',10)
plot(x6,y6,'b.','MarkerSize',10)
plot(x7,y7,'b.','MarkerSize',10)
plot(x8,y8,'b.','MarkerSize',10)
plot(x9,y9,'b*','MarkerSize',10)
hold off

[Guillaume]

In order to help we need the code that you used to create that figure (at least the line that plots the .)

[Cam Salzberger]

Also, are you trying to connect the dots to just one other dot, to all other dots, or all "nearby" dots (like "connect the dots")?

Answer 1

[Asvin Kumar]

Try using the following code to plot:

%% Plot

lw = 2; % LineWidth
ms = 15; % MarkerSize

figure
xlim([-0.2 1.2])
ylim([-0.2 1.2])
hold on

for i = 1:Nx
    plot([x1(i) x4(end-Nx+i)],[y1(i) y4(end-Nx+i)],'k-','LineWidth',lw);
end
plot([x2(Nx) x3(end)],[y2(Nx) y3(end)],'k-','LineWidth',lw);
for i = 1:Ny
    plot([x1(Nx*(i-1)+1) x2(i*Nx)],[y1(Nx*(i-1)+1) y2(i*Nx)],'k-','LineWidth',lw);
end
plot([x4(Nx*(Ny-1)+1) x3(end)],[y4(Nx*(Ny-1)+1) y3(end)],'k-','LineWidth',lw);

plot(x1,y1,'b.','MarkerSize',ms)
plot(x2,y2,'b.','MarkerSize',ms)
plot(x3,y3,'b.','MarkerSize',ms)
plot(x4,y4,'b.','MarkerSize',ms)
plot(x5,y5,'b.','MarkerSize',ms)
plot(x6,y6,'b.','MarkerSize',ms)
plot(x7,y7,'b.','MarkerSize',ms)
plot(x8,y8,'b.','MarkerSize',ms)
plot(x9,y9,'b*','MarkerSize',ms)

hold off

The expected output for Nx=3 and Ny=3 is:

If you want to display a grid, it will dpend on the XTick and YTick values. Have a look at those properties at: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlab.graphics.axis.axes-properties.html#budumk7-XTick