% hold on; nelx = 5;nely = 30; [gx,gy]=meshgrid(0:max(nelx,nely)); plot(gx+0.5,gy+0.5,'k',gy+0.5,gx+0.5,'k','LineWidth',2); axis tight; axis off; axis([0 nelx+0.5 0 nely+0.5]); %axis([0 nelx 0 nely]); set(gcf,'color',[0.5,0.5,0.5]);%set background color = gray;