MATLAB Function Reference Volume 1: A - E - Bad Request

Axes Properties
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• z-axis values increase pointing out of the screen (2-D view) or from bottom to
top (3-D view). To reverse the direction of increasing z values, set this
property to reverse.
set(gca,'ZDir','reverse')
XGrid, YGrid, ZGrid on | {off}
Axis gridline mode. When you set any of these properties to on, MATLAB draws
grid lines perpendicular to the respective axis (i.e., along lines of constant x, y,
or z values). Use the grid command to set all three properties on or off at once.
set(gca,'XGrid','on')
XLabel, YLabel, ZLabelhandle of text object
Axis labels. The handle of the text object used to label the x, y, or z-axis,
respectively. To assign values to any of these properties, you must obtain the
handle to the text string you want to use as a label. This statement defines a
text object and assigns its handle to the XLabel property:
set(get(gca,'XLabel'),'String','axis label')
MATLAB places the string 'axis label' appropriately for an x-axis label. Any
text object whose handle you specify as an XLabel, YLabel, orZLabel property
is moved to the appropriate location for the respective label.
Alternatively, you can use the xlabel, ylabel, and zlabel functions, which
generally provide a simpler means to label axis lines.
XLim, YLim, ZLim [minimum maximum]
Axis limits. A two-element vector specifying the minimum and maximum
values of the respective axis.
Changing these properties affects the scale of the x-, y-, or z-dimension as well
as the placement of labels and tick marks on the axis. The default values for
these properties are [0 1].
XLimMode, YLimMode, ZLimMode{auto} | manual
MATLAB or user-controlled limits. The axis limits mode determines whether
MATLAB calculates axis limits based on the data plotted (i.e., the XData,
YData, or ZData of the axes children) or uses the values explicitly set with the
XLim, YLim,orZLim property, in which case, the respective limits mode is set to
manual.