How to save quiver3 arrow plot as vector graphic pdf

Hi,

I´m trying to save a quiver3 plot as a vector graphic pdf to include it into a TeX file.

With my code pdf contains no vector graphic but a pixelated image of the plot.

    h = figure(3),clf
    set(h,'Units','inches');
    for i=1:length(distlist)
        q = quiver3(x_w(i),y_w(i),z_w(i), ulist(i),vlist(i),wlist(i));
        set(q, 'AutoScale', 'on', 'AutoScaleFactor',1000, 'ShowArrowHead', 'on', 'MaxHeadSize', 1.3, 'Color', [0 0 1], 'LineWidth', 0.8)
        hold on     
    end
    xlabel('$X_M$ / mm','Interpreter','latex')
    ylabel('$Y_M$ / mm','Interpreter','latex')
    zlabel('$Z_M$ / mm','Interpreter','latex')
    xlim([-60 60])
    ylim([-60 60])
    set(gca,'FontSize',11)
    grid on
    pos = get(h,'Position');
    set(h,'PaperPositionMode','Auto','PaperUnits','Inches','PaperSize',[pos(3), pos(4)])
    print(h,'plots/Matlabplot_3D-Restfehler_M9_2','-bestfit','-dpdf')
    

Any suggestions?

Thank you for your answers.

Kind regards,

Simon

Answer 1

[ME]

Have you tried looking at the answers in the following link:

https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2755-printing-figure-to-pdf-produces-bitmap-instead-of-vector

It looks as though manusally altering the renderer for your export can fix this issue.

[Simon H]

Thank you, that was it