renders this instead

all the added code in runHeatProject is red herring. its the FUCKING WINDOW however big ts is is also how big the image is

proj/runHeatProject.m

@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ plot_points = unique([specific_early_points, mid, bar, quux]);
     solveHeatEquation(material, thermal_cond, steps, t_final_s_sim, plot_points);
 
 % Create and populate the figure with subplots
-figure('Color', 'white', 'Position', [100, 100, 1920, 1080]);
+f = figure('Color', 'white', 'Position', [100, 100, 1000, 400]);
 
 subplot(1, 2, 1);
 plotProfiles(x_coords, all_temp_profiles, profile_labels);
 
 subplot(1, 2, 2);
 plotMidpointTemperature(time_vec, midpoint_T_series);
+
+exportgraphics(f, 'Figure_1.pdf', 'ContentType', 'vector','Resolution', 150, 'Units', 'centimeters', Width=1920);