MATLAB Programming/Semilog

Note that this page is a copy of the ControlTheoryPro.com page on semilogx/y commands.

Introduction
The semilogx or semilogy commands plot data with 1 axis linear and the other axis log scale. The semilogx command plots the data on the x-axis on a log scale. For controls this is particularly useful when manually creating a bode plot.

Bode Plots
The MATLAB bode plot is very convenient but when the plot needs to be formatted then the bode command makes this difficult. As a result this author (Gabe 13:30, 20 April 2008 (CDT)) creates bode plots using the following commands