diff --git a/matlab/examples/LocalizationExample.m b/matlab/examples/LocalizationExample.m
index 0e801e4c0..d9c374e39 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/LocalizationExample.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/LocalizationExample.m
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ result.print(sprintf('\nFinal result:\n  '));
 cla;
 plot(result.xs(),result.ys(),'k*-'); hold on
 marginals = graph.marginals(result);
+P={};
 for i=1:result.size()
     pose_i = result.pose(i);
     P{i}=marginals.marginalCovariance(i);
@@ -56,3 +57,4 @@ for i=1:result.size()
 end
 axis([-0.6 4.8 -1 1])
 axis equal
+view(2)
diff --git a/matlab/examples/OdometryExample.m b/matlab/examples/OdometryExample.m
index 68bdf0380..d6dae314d 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/OdometryExample.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/OdometryExample.m
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ result.print(sprintf('\nFinal result:\n  '));
 cla;
 plot(result.xs(),result.ys(),'k*-'); hold on
 marginals = graph.marginals(result);
+P={};
 for i=1:result.size()
     pose_i = result.pose(i);
     P{i}=marginals.marginalCovariance(i);
@@ -54,3 +55,4 @@ for i=1:result.size()
 end
 axis([-0.6 4.8 -1 1])
 axis equal
+view(2)
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diff --git a/matlab/examples/PlanarSLAMExample.m b/matlab/examples/PlanarSLAMExample.m
index 7d4973883..2bf27d11c 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/PlanarSLAMExample.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/PlanarSLAMExample.m
@@ -84,5 +84,7 @@ end
 plot([pose{1}.x;point{1}.x],[pose{1}.y;point{1}.y],'c-');
 plot([pose{2}.x;point{1}.x],[pose{2}.y;point{1}.y],'c-');
 plot([pose{3}.x;point{2}.x],[pose{3}.y;point{2}.y],'c-');
+axis([-0.6 4.8 -1 1])
 axis equal
+view(2)
 
diff --git a/matlab/examples/Pose2SLAMExample.m b/matlab/examples/Pose2SLAMExample.m
index e15cab3bf..f60154fa3 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/Pose2SLAMExample.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/Pose2SLAMExample.m
@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ cla;
 plot(result.xs(),result.ys(),'k*-'); hold on
 plot([result.pose(5).x;result.pose(2).x],[result.pose(5).y;result.pose(2).y],'r-');
 marginals = graph.marginals(result);
+P={};
 for i=1:result.size()
     pose_i = result.pose(i);
     P{i}=marginals.marginalCovariance(i);
     plotPose2(pose_i,'g',P{i})
 end
+axis([-0.6 4.8 -1 1])
 axis equal
+view(2)
diff --git a/matlab/examples/Pose3SLAMExample.m b/matlab/examples/Pose3SLAMExample.m
index 285701cff..e8f5c7c32 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/Pose3SLAMExample.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/Pose3SLAMExample.m
@@ -45,5 +45,9 @@ plot3(initial.xs(),initial.ys(),initial.zs(),'g-*');
 result = fg.optimize(initial);
 
 %% Show Result
-hold on; plot3DTrajectory(result,'b-*', true, 0.3); axis equal;
+hold on; plot3DTrajectory(result,'b-*', true, 0.3);
+axis([-2 2 -2 2 -1 1]);
+axis equal
+view(-37,40)
+colormap hot
 result.print(sprintf('\nFinal result:\n'));
diff --git a/matlab/examples/SFMExample.m b/matlab/examples/SFMExample.m
index 187c36749..5d454f081 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/SFMExample.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/SFMExample.m
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ for i=1:result.nrPoses
     pose_i = result.pose(symbol('x',i));
     plotPose3(pose_i,P,10);
 end
-axis([-35 35 -35 35 -15 15]);
-axis equal
-view(-37,40)
-colormap hot
+axis([-40 40 -40 40 -10 20]);axis equal
+view(3)
+colormap('hot')