# Visualization

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## [Plots: Using multiple colours in title](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-using-multiple-colours-in-title/69870)

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**Author:** [@MattSainsbury-Dale](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MattSainsbury-Dale)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-using-multiple-colours-in-title/69870 "2021-10-18T07:39:36Z")

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Using Plots.jl, is it possible to use multiple colours in the title? Here is an example of the sort of thing I am trying to do. Thanks very much in advance.

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## [Gnuplot (Gaston.jl) backend for Plots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gnuplot-gaston-jl-backend-for-plots/64122)

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**Author:** [@isentropic](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/isentropic)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gnuplot-gaston-jl-backend-for-plots/64122 "2021-10-17T16:10:53Z")

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Dear Plot users, Experimental gnuplot/gaston.jl backend has been merged into Plots.jl master branch (including a release). My primary goal is to have a lightweight backend in plots that supports REPL plotting. Since man…

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## [PES2021 Players Comparison](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pes2021-players-comparison/69894)

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**Author:** [@cepel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cepel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pes2021-players-comparison/69894 "2021-10-16T12:19:46Z")

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Hey everyone! I developed a dash julia application that allows you to compare PES2021 players on a radar chart. You can select multiple players and update the graph. Feel free to review the code on GitHub and ask me any…

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## [Not a question, but a 3D PlotlyJS gallery](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-a-question-but-a-3d-plotlyjs-gallery/65063)

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**Author:** [@empet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/empet)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-a-question-but-a-3d-plotlyjs-gallery/65063 "2021-10-16T11:20:00Z")

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I’m a Julia beginner, as you may have noticed from the basic questions I have asked here. To practice it I created a small project and gallery of 3D PlotlyJS charts, here: https://github.com/empet/3D-Viz-with-PlotlyJ…

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## [Makie mouse click position](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-mouse-click-position/9062)

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**Author:** [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-mouse-click-position/9062 "2021-10-15T08:12:24Z")

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Can someone please show me how to get the location of a mouse left click on a Makie.jl scene ? Here’s what I have now: using Makie img = rand(100,100) scene = Scene(resolution = (100, 100)) heatmap(img) Makie.add\_mouse…

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## [Makie: zoom by keyboard.up/down?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-zoom-by-keyboard-up-down/69781)

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**Author:** [@Bardo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Bardo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-zoom-by-keyboard-up-down/69781 "2021-10-14T21:45:38Z")

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Hi, how to zoom into a plot using keyboard.up/down additionally to the usual mouse scroll? Interesting for laptop use without a mouse. Thx

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## [Makie: fitting of x- or y-axes to visible data range?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-fitting-of-x-or-y-axes-to-visible-data-range/69758)

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**Author:** [@Bardo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Bardo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-fitting-of-x-or-y-axes-to-visible-data-range/69758 "2021-10-14T14:25:13Z")

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How to optimally fit an x- or y-axis to visible data? (the automatic equivalent of manually x- or y-axis zooming) Related: How to get the minimum/maximum coordinates of visible zoomed in data?

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## [Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator with Dash Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/body-mass-index-bmi-calculator-with-dash-julia/69711)

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**Author:** [@cepel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cepel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/body-mass-index-bmi-calculator-with-dash-julia/69711 "2021-10-13T18:37:11Z")

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Hey everyone! I developed a new Dash Julia application for body mass index (BMI) calculation. You can calculate BMI value and see the weight ranges. Feel free to review the codes on GitHub and ask me anything. Live on …

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## [Makie: Animation via Node() works with text(), but not with scatter()](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-animation-via-node-works-with-text-but-not-with-scatter/28100)

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**Author:** [@Arjen\_Suijker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Arjen_Suijker)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-animation-via-node-works-with-text-but-not-with-scatter/28100 "2021-10-14T12:39:24Z")

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I have been struggling with this for days, I don’t know if this is a bug or if I’m just missing something. I want to animate both text and and scatters based on real-time input. I’m using Node for this (Observables). Th…

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## [Julia animation using PlotlyJS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-animation-using-plotlyjs/69684)

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**Author:** [@cvalero](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cvalero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-animation-using-plotlyjs/69684 "2021-10-13T12:47:17Z")

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Hi, I am happy to share some code that shows how to do animations using Julia and PlotlyJS on a Jupyter Notebook. On the first cell of a Jupyter Notebook insert using PlotlyJS t = LinRange(0.0,2\*pi,250) ω1 = 2 ω2 = …

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## [Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tokyo-2020-olympic-medals/69641)

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**Author:** [@cepel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cepel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tokyo-2020-olympic-medals/69641 "2021-10-13T18:45:41Z")

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Hey everyone! I developed a Dash Julia application to visualize Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals of teams, and open-sourced all the codes. You can see the application here: Live on Heroku ← Click Here GitHub ← Click Here (…

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## [Visual bug with CairoMakie in Notebooks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/visual-bug-with-cairomakie-in-notebooks/69436)

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**Author:** [@jedforrest](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jedforrest)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/visual-bug-with-cairomakie-in-notebooks/69436 "2021-10-13T03:28:22Z")

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Hi, I think I found a very specific rendering bug when using CairoMakie and Julia Notebooks. Running the following code in successive notebook cells produces the rendering error in the second plot. The orange line in t…

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## [Communication between QML and Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/communication-between-qml-and-julia/69617)

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**Author:** [@etas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/etas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/communication-between-qml-and-julia/69617 "2021-10-12T12:03:37Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to make a light UI with QML but I didn’t find the way to call Julia functions from QML with a vector as parameter and to use this vector in Julia. This example calls the Julia function fct1 when a button, …

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## [Status of Plotly Availability / Development in Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-plotly-availability-development-in-julia/69553)

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**Author:** [@Dieter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dieter)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-plotly-availability-development-in-julia/69553 "2021-10-12T05:25:29Z")

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Hi Community, I am quite new in Julia but I have already seen that Plotly does a great job in creating interactive plots. But it seems that https://plotly.com/julia/ has a lot of dead links such as https://plotly.com/j…

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## [Transparent series points on a plot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transparent-series-points-on-a-plot/69569)

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**Author:** [@pthompson234](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pthompson234)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transparent-series-points-on-a-plot/69569 "2021-10-11T16:43:18Z")

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Hi, this may be a simple question, but I would like to make a scatter plot where all markers have the same color, but some are more transparent than others. To do this, I have constructed a vector of RGBA objects, like b…

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## [How to suppress specific warning?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-suppress-specific-warning/69502)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Salih](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ahmed_Salih)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-suppress-specific-warning/69502 "2021-10-11T13:55:43Z")

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I get the following warning when plotting two surfaces with different colors but only showing one colorbar, which is what I want: ┌ Warning: Multiple series with different fill alpha share a colorbar. Colorbar may not r…

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## [Spherical version of \`volume\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spherical-version-of-volume/69557)

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**Author:** [@wujinq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wujinq)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spherical-version-of-volume/69557 "2021-10-11T11:25:05Z")

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In Makie.jl the volume function can be used to visualize a 3D scalar field defined on a square lattice. If I have a scalar field in spherical coordinates, what can be used to visualize it?

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## [How to use one color for a surface?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-one-color-for-a-surface/69483)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Salih](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ahmed_Salih)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-one-color-for-a-surface/69483 "2021-10-10T14:51:15Z")

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Hello I am trying to use only one color for a surface, but unfortunately I cannot find any example doing this. The command to generate the surface is simply: surface(rand(5),rand(5),rand(5)) But I cannot find the inp…

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## [Video about Mapping Data to Color Using Array Attributes in Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-about-mapping-data-to-color-using-array-attributes-in-makie/69374)

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**Author:** [@Adam\_Fleischhacker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Adam_Fleischhacker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-about-mapping-data-to-color-using-array-attributes-in-makie/69374 "2021-10-08T23:34:55Z")

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Hi All: This community has helped me to learn Makie and I am trying to give back. I made a video about mapping data to color using array attributes. See here: Mapping Data to Colors in Makie.jl Using Array Attribute…

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## [What is the equivalent of vmin and vmax in Makie?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-vmin-and-vmax-in-makie/69387)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-equivalent-of-vmin-and-vmax-in-makie/69387 "2021-10-07T19:50:23Z")

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In Plots.jl we can pass the keyword arguments vmin=0.0, vmax=1.0 in plot commands like heatmap to set the range of the colormap. Is there an equivalent in Makie?

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## [Makie - Camera position](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-camera-position/69243)

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**Author:** [@Kang\_Pyo\_So](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kang_Pyo_So)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-camera-position/69243 "2021-10-07T14:34:24Z")

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Hi Everyone, i have been using the Makie for a while. particularly, I like the 3D reconstruction function. the 3D reconstructive function allow me create the color code 3D plot from the 3D electron microscopy. however…

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## [Makie: vlines! and mouse events](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-vlines-and-mouse-events/69321)

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**Author:** [@Bardo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Bardo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-vlines-and-mouse-events/69321 "2021-10-06T20:32:49Z")

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Hi, another Julia moment which lasts too long. Got stuck when trying to change the manual example to a vertical crosshair: using GLMakie GLMakie.activate!() fig, ax, p = scatter(rand(Point2f0, 100)) pos = Node(\[Point…

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## [Makie: What is a scene?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-what-is-a-scene/69326)

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**Author:** [@Bardo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Bardo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-what-is-a-scene/69326 "2021-10-06T19:49:33Z")

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Could not answer the question after reading What is a Scene ? Who can explain in simple terms where scenes fit in a mental picture of Makie? The manual puts them close to a container, the code below suggests them being…

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## [Plots.jl mask values in heatmap](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-mask-values-in-heatmap/69223)

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**Author:** [@weymouth](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/weymouth)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-mask-values-in-heatmap/69223 "2021-10-05T18:01:02Z")

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I’m trying to mask out some values of a rectangular array in a heatmap. It seems like it should be easy using alpha… heatmap(rand(10,10),alpha=rand(10,10) .\> 0.5) But this blanks out stripes instead of individual ce…

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## [How to correctly use heatmap with 3 vectors as input?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-correctly-use-heatmap-with-3-vectors-as-input/69191)

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**Author:** [@thudjx](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thudjx)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-correctly-use-heatmap-with-3-vectors-as-input/69191 "2021-10-05T17:11:18Z")

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When using heatmap as the example shows: using CairoMakie xls = range(0, 10, length = 25) yls = range(0, 15, length = 25) zm = \[cos(x) \* sin(y) for x in xs, y in ys\] heatmap(xls, yls, zm) I can get the result expect…

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## [Makie: Multiline plots, subplots and attributes examples](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-multiline-plots-subplots-and-attributes-examples/69113)

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**Author:** [@Bardo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Bardo)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-multiline-plots-subplots-and-attributes-examples/69113 "2021-10-04T12:12:16Z")

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I wanted some convenience in plotting several lines into one plot or several subplots. Since Plots.jl does not yet serve the Makie backend, I wrote the functions below. My first experiments with Makie, did I waste a lo…

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## [Is label an attribute of scatter() and lines() in Makie.jl?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-label-an-attribute-of-scatter-and-lines-in-makie-jl/68961)

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**Author:** [@Adam\_Fleischhacker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Adam_Fleischhacker)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-label-an-attribute-of-scatter-and-lines-in-makie-jl/68961 "2021-10-02T14:44:44Z")

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I am working on my understanding of the Makie package. In the plot from the help documentation (https://makie.juliaplots.org/dev/examples/layoutables/legend/), different markers get used with their legend labels determi…

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## [3D quiver plot?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/3d-quiver-plot/69075)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Salih](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ahmed_Salih)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/3d-quiver-plot/69075 "2021-10-02T09:06:05Z")

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Hello! I am aware of the quiver function, but am not sure how to easily do a 3d quiver plot? Kind regards

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## [Makie - Cycle colors for all plots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-cycle-colors-for-all-plots/69033)

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**Author:** [@nandoconde](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nandoconde)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-cycle-colors-for-all-plots/69033 "2021-10-01T11:01:11Z")

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Hello! I am trying to substitute the current color cycle by one of my own, but I am not able to do so. I have tried set\_theme!(palette = (color = cgrad(:roma, 4, categorical = true))) and \`Axis(palette = (color = cgrad…

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## [How to produce this type of graph?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-produce-this-type-of-graph/68955)

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**Author:** [@jo-fleck](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jo-fleck)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-produce-this-type-of-graph/68955 "2021-09-30T10:08:22Z")

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I would like to compare three measures which characterize each of the US states. They are measured on three different scales so I am thinking to illustrate the relative ranking of states. I have seen this graph and it …

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