MATLAB: Unable to reverse the order of numbers on the Y-axis

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plot(1,a)
        bar3c(flipud(dam_tot(:,:,a)))
        colorbar;
        colormap(jet);
        caxis([0 0.1]);
        set(gca,'XTick',[1:1:11]);        
        set(gca,'XTickLabels',round((minSpeedRef:speed_range/(resolution-1):maxSpeedRef)));
        xtickangle(-45)
        set(gca,'YTick',[1:1:11]);       
        ax.YDir = 'reverse';
        set(gca,'YTickLabels',round(flipud((minTorqueRef:torque_range/(resolution-1):maxTorqueRef))));       
        ytickangle(45)
        xlabel('Speed');
        ylabel('Torque');
        title(strcat(fname{a},' Damage per Load Case'),'fontsize',14);
        set(gcf,'units','inches','position',[0 .5 7 5.5])
        set(gca,'FontSize',12)

Best Answer

Your line
ax.YDir = 'reverse';
is not actually doing what you think it is doing. You should add the following line before it.
ax = gca;
ax.YDir = 'reverse';
or use set()
set(gca, 'YDir', 'reverse');
Your code is not giving an error because it is a valid MATLAB syntax. It creates a new struct object with field YDir.
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