• 'new' — Open a new copy of the figure, even if a copy already exists on the screen. • 'reuse' — Open a new copy of the figure only if one does not exist. If a copy exists, then bring the existing copy to the front of the screen. If the figure is off the screen, then 'reuse' repositions the figure so that it is completely on the screen. This option helps provide compatibility with different screen sizes and resolutions by ensuring that the figure displays on screen. Example: openfig('MySavedFigure.fig','reuse').

Not that I have ever heard of..fig files are actually. Babu Jee Pashto Dubbing on this page. mat files that happen to store variables that are standard MATLAB graphic objects such as uicontrol, surface, line plots, and so on..fig files do not store any rendered image. A program outside of MATLAB that was able to interpret them would have to understand the graphics objects and be able to render them..fig files not intended as static images: they are intended to store the full graphics hierarchy for recalling and working with further.