Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Caption Alignment for Sub-figures

[magical marshmallow]

Hey,

I have three images in a line across a page which I have inserted using the {minipage} environment.

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\begin{figure}[H]
  \hspace{-2cm}
  \centering
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.23\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{Images/Chapter_6/fortafix_30_45_11l-min.png}
    \subcaption{Water circulated at 11 litres per minute}
    \label{fig: fortafix 11l-min}
  \end{minipage}
  \hspace{1.5cm}
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.23\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{Images/Chapter_6/fortafix_30_45_9l-min.png}
    \subcaption{Water circulated at 9 litres per minute}
    \label{fig: fortafix 9l-min}
  \end{minipage}
  \hspace{1.5cm}
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.23\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{Images/Chapter_6/fortafix_30_45_6l-min.png}
    \subcaption{Water circulated at 6 litres per minute}
    \label{fig: fortafix 6l-min}
  \end{minipage}
  \caption{Plate mould cooling with Fortafix flexseal 350 gap filler layer}
  \label{fig: plate cooling fortafix traces}
\end{figure}

I cannot get the \subcaptions to line up properly. I have tried using a preceding \hspace{}, but this just moves the images vertically. Has anyone come across this before?

Cheers

[localghost]

For an adequate problem description kindly prepare a self-contained and minimal example to prevent others from guesswork, random shots and speculations regarding your document setup.


Thorsten

[magical marshmallow]

I hope this is sufficient as an MWE
The effect of including the \hspace{} command is shown in the attached image. For some reason this increases the gap between the image and the subcaption.

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 \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{scrreprt}
 \usepackage{caption}
 \usepackage{subcaption}
 \usepackahe{float}
 \begin{document}

 \begin{figure}[H]
  \hspace{-2cm}
  \centering
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.23\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{Images/Chapter_6/fortafix_30_45_11l-min.png}
    \subcaption{Water circulated at 11 litres per minute}
    \label{fig: fortafix 11l-min}
  \end{minipage}
  \hspace{1.5cm}
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.23\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{Images/Chapter_6/fortafix_30_45_9l-min.png}
    \subcaption{Water circulated at 9 litres per minute}
    \label{fig: fortafix 9l-min}
  \end{minipage}
  \hspace{1.5cm}
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.23\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{Images/Chapter_6/fortafix_30_45_6l-min.png}
    \hspace{1cm}\subcaption{Water circulated at 6 litres per minute}
    \label{fig: fortafix 6l-min}
  \end{minipage}
  \caption{Plate mould cooling with Fortafix flexseal 350 gap filler layer}
  \label{fig: plate cooling fortafix traces}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Basically I want to bump the subcaptions across so that (a) is directly underneath the Y-axis of the image for example.

[localghost]

I hope this is sufficient as an MWE […]

You didn't follow the links in my last reply. Otherwise you would know that this is not a proper example because it is not self-contained.

• It is not compilable because the graphicx package is missing.
• The external graphics files are missing.

So try again. But next time check your example for functionality on other machines in order not to waste more time. You can ensure this by using the stuff provided by the mwe package (sample images, …) and try to reproduce the problem therewith.

[magical marshmallow]

The effect of including the \hspace{} command is shown in the attached image. For some reason this increases the gap between the image and the subcaption.

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 \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{scrreprt}
 \usepackage{caption}
 \usepackage{subcaption}
 \usepackage{float}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \begin{document}

 \begin{figure}[H]
  \hspace{-2cm}
  \centering
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.23\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{fortafix_30_45_11l-min.png}
    \subcaption{Water circulated at 11 litres per minute}
    \label{fig: fortafix 11l-min}
  \end{minipage}
  \hspace{1.5cm}
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.23\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{fortafix_30_45_9l-min.png}
    \subcaption{Water circulated at 9 litres per minute}
    \label{fig: fortafix 9l-min}
  \end{minipage}
  \hspace{1.5cm}
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.23\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{fortafix_30_45_6l-min.png}
    \hspace{1cm}\subcaption{Water circulated at 6 litres per minute}
    \label{fig: fortafix 6l-min}
  \end{minipage}
  \caption{Plate mould cooling with Fortafix flexseal 350 gap filler layer}
  \label{fig: plate cooling fortafix traces}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Basically I want to bump the subcaptions across so that (a) is directly underneath the Y-axis of the image for example.

[Johannes_B]

Why do you work with all those \hspace commands?

Have a look at my example, I also used the siunitx package.

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\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\begin{document}
  \begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \begin{minipage}[c]{.3\textwidth}
      \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{fortafix_30_45_11-min}
      \subcaption{Water circulated at \SI{11}{\litre\per\minute}}
      \label{fig: fortafix 11l-min}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[c]{.3\textwidth}
      \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{fortafix_30_45_9l-min}
      \subcaption{Water circulated at 9 litres per minute}
      \label{fig: fortafix 9l-min}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[c]{.3\textwidth}
      \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{fortafix_30_45_6l-min}
      \subcaption{Water circulated at 6 litres per minute}
      \label{fig: fortafix 6l-min}
    \end{minipage}
    \caption{Plate mould cooling with Fortafix flexseal 350 gap filler layer}
    \label{fig: plate cooling fortafix traces}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

Either way, the graphics seem to be too small for my taste.
The option H in conjunction with the float package should not be used. If you don't want the figures to float, don't use a floating environment.


At the OP or any Mod: Please, can someone make those pics smaller or attach them to the forum server? This line may be deleted afterwards.