Creating shapes for publication - artifacts in export

Question

Now I have been trying for many hours to get satisfactory vector output from matlab 3D graphics. I illustrated the artifacts of the resulting pdf export in the following image (created with export_fig → -r2000). I know that this problem is somehow related to the pdf viewer, but is there a solution for getting compatible output for all viewers?

Also, I tried libs like plot2svg and matlab2tikz, but they seem to have problems with some of my surface graphs, which leads to completely different problems.

If there are no other ways to create vectorized shape outputs, do you have any hints for high-quality bitmap images (especially regarding font blur)?

Answer 1

In my experience, exporting Matlab results produces less than satisfactory results. Personally, I prefer to export data to other programs and create sections there. Excel does a great job with many types of shapes. You can also try gnuplot. I know that this is not quite the answer you are looking for, but sometime instead of fighting Matlab, it is better to leave this work with more suitable software.