# Visualization

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## [Export as Word](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/export-as-word/50518)

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**Author:** [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/export-as-word/50518 "2020-11-21T12:29:11Z")

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How do I export a Julia Markdown as a .doc or .docx document

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## [Scatter3d and pyplot backend in Plots.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scatter3d-and-pyplot-backend-in-plots-jl/50238)

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**Author:** [@keithjlee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/keithjlee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scatter3d-and-pyplot-backend-in-plots-jl/50238 "2020-11-17T15:43:46Z")

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Hello! I’m having a very strange issue trying to visualize a 3D scatterplot using the pyplot backend in Plots.jl. The Z-axis position of my inputted coordinates do not seem to register, and only stays on the 0 value, whi…

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## [Colorbar cutoff in Plots.jl with pyplot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/colorbar-cutoff-in-plots-jl-with-pyplot/48178)

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**Author:** [@gideonsimpson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gideonsimpson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/colorbar-cutoff-in-plots-jl-with-pyplot/48178 "2020-11-17T12:47:06Z")

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I’ve got the following issue (see attached figure), where, with my font selections, the colorbar tick labels are cutoff. How do I expand the figure to include them or shrink the width of the colorbar?

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## [Really small plot picture](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/really-small-plot-picture/18247)

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**Author:** [@muriloasouza](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/muriloasouza)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/really-small-plot-picture/18247 "2020-11-17T05:48:42Z")

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I’m trying to plot a groupedbar graphic using Statsplots, but i’m getting a really small image, like this: Is there anyway i can plot another groupedbar graphic in this same image? Like above or below that one?

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## [Makie 3D mesh plot is not as good as before](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-3d-mesh-plot-is-not-as-good-as-before/39808)

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**Author:** [@yusri-dh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yusri-dh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-3d-mesh-plot-is-not-as-good-as-before/39808 "2020-11-16T23:16:24Z")

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In the Makie v0.10.0, plotting 3D mesh is not as good as before. Here is minimal working example using Makie v0.10.0, shell\> wget https://github.com/libigl/libigl-tutorial-data/raw/master/bumpy-cube.obj using Makie, Fi…

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## [Sankey diagrams](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sankey-diagrams/8668)

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**Author:** [@Alvaro\_Jose\_Gonzalez](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alvaro_Jose_Gonzalez)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sankey-diagrams/8668 "2020-11-16T21:48:30Z")

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Hello everybody, Does anyone know how to create a Sankey diagram in Julia? Thanks! Alvaro

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## [How to make a 3d sphere in Gaston USING THE SET MAPPING SPHERICAL OPTION?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-a-3d-sphere-in-gaston-using-the-set-mapping-spherical-option/48848)

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**Author:** [@ChetanVardhan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChetanVardhan)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-a-3d-sphere-in-gaston-using-the-set-mapping-spherical-option/48848 "2020-11-15T20:02:45Z")

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set mapping spherical can be enabled using, surf(x,y,z, Axes(mapping=“spherical”))

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## [@eval with Observable in Interact](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eval-with-observable-in-interact/50054)

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**Author:** [@hagi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hagi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eval-with-observable-in-interact/50054 "2020-11-12T14:58:02Z")

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Hi, I have a problem with Interact, where I don’t understand what is wrong. I have the following MWE. I have a csv file with several columns that might look like this: Result,A\_Result,B\_Result,C\_Result 10,1,3,4 12,3,…

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## [Set up Pandocs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-up-pandocs/49965)

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**Author:** [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-up-pandocs/49965 "2020-11-11T04:29:53Z")

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How do I set up Pandocs in VS Code, to convert Markdown files. I already have Weave.

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## [Plotting Implicit Functions using ImplicitEquations.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-implicit-functions-using-implicitequations-jl/49708)

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**Author:** [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-implicit-functions-using-implicitequations-jl/49708 "2020-11-11T02:44:31Z")

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I’m trying to plot an implicit function using Plots, ImplicitEquations f(x,y)= sqrt((x^2+144)+(y^2+144)) and I get ERROR: Cannot convert Num to series data for plotting perhaps it’s because I have x and y as symbols …

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## [Plots printed abnormally big](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906)

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**Author:** [@daorse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/daorse)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906 "2020-11-10T18:50:29Z")

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Hello, since I rebuilt Plots (v.1.8.0) in order to solve another issue (“GKS: character ignored due to unicode error”) my plots are now by default printed in a huge format and even when a smaller size is specified, all…

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## [VegaLite.jl: How to pass in a DataFrame and apply data parameters](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vegalite-jl-how-to-pass-in-a-dataframe-and-apply-data-parameters/49901)

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**Author:** [@venaptor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/venaptor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vegalite-jl-how-to-pass-in-a-dataframe-and-apply-data-parameters/49901 "2020-11-10T09:30:01Z")

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When I pipe a DataFrame into @vlplot I’m not able to call the additional configuration parameters as the data isn’t inline. Below is what I want to achieve, but using an external DataFrame as the values: data = { …

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## [Converting from 24-bit image as byte array to RGB](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-from-24-bit-image-as-byte-array-to-rgb/49806)

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**Author:** [@Eben60](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eben60)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-from-24-bit-image-as-byte-array-to-rgb/49806 "2020-11-09T08:45:17Z")

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I am working on Data-exchange Julia-LabView - #13 by Eben60 . Now I’m trying to send image data to Julia. I get image now as 3xMxN array of UInt8. How to convert it to RGB? The following works, but it must be possible to…

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## [Julia Equivalent of R's Flexdashboards - Project Idea](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-equivalent-of-rs-flexdashboards-project-idea/33652)

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**Author:** [@phillc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/phillc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-equivalent-of-rs-flexdashboards-project-idea/33652 "2020-11-07T17:49:55Z")

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I’d really like to use a product with Julia which is somewhat equivalent to R’s Flexdashboards. I’m aware of the excellent Dashboards.jl project, using Plotly’s Dash as the engine, which may ultimately suit my needs, bu…

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## [Display array as image in Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/display-array-as-image-in-pluto/48732)

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**Author:** [@dahnielson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dahnielson)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/display-array-as-image-in-pluto/48732 "2020-11-07T16:33:20Z")

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I’m pretty new to Julia and Pluto so this is my first stumbling block. How do I display an array as an image in Pluto? Say I have an 8x8 array of Float64 that I want to display as a gray scale image. The JuliaImages doc…

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## [Plots.jl: Default label size](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-default-label-size/49454)

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**Author:** [@willtebbutt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/willtebbutt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-default-label-size/49454 "2020-11-04T13:45:13Z")

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Firstly, thanks for incorporating PGFPlotsX into Plots – it’s a really fantastic thing to have available. Looking through the tikz generated when I savefig, I notice that most of the font sizes are hard-coded to 8pt by …

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## [Moving grid lines to foreground with contour](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/moving-grid-lines-to-foreground-with-contour/49275)

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**Author:** [@gideonsimpson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gideonsimpson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/moving-grid-lines-to-foreground-with-contour/49275 "2020-10-30T23:30:18Z")

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When using contourf, I’d like to move the grid lines to the foreground, but I can’t quite see how to do that. Thanks.

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## [Plots.jl: Combine two plots into one with two series](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-combine-two-plots-into-one-with-two-series/4185)

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**Author:** [@phlavenk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/phlavenk)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-combine-two-plots-into-one-with-two-series/4185 "2020-10-28T14:38:55Z")

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Hi, I’m using the Plots.jl package and I’d like to do some manipulation to graph layout inside my functions, that return an aray of plot objects, that I finaly plot with grid layout. When I run the function with two set…

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## [Normalized densities in Gadfly](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/normalized-densities-in-gadfly/49141)

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**Author:** [@yarnton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yarnton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/normalized-densities-in-gadfly/49141 "2020-10-27T19:40:07Z")

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As a newcomer I’ve found Gadfly very easy to learn and elegant to use. I encountered a little issue. A simple Geom.density seems to be non-normalized. That is, to be a function of frequencies, not probabilities. @tlnag…

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## [Why my heatmap contour plot in polar coordinates is small/tiny?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-my-heatmap-contour-plot-in-polar-coordinates-is-small-tiny/47955)

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**Author:** [@RBraghiere](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RBraghiere)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-my-heatmap-contour-plot-in-polar-coordinates-is-small-tiny/47955 "2020-10-27T10:14:58Z")

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Hi, I am trying to plot a heatmap in a polar plot like so: contourf(deg2rad.(collect((0:360))),deg2rad.(collect(0:1:85)), B, aspect\_ratio=:equal, proj=:polar, color=:viridis, alpha=0.5) But I get a tiny little figu…

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## [Is it possible to use variables in Pluto sliders?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-variables-in-pluto-sliders/48828)

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**Author:** [@mihalybaci](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mihalybaci)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-variables-in-pluto-sliders/48828 "2020-10-22T16:21:52Z")

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So far I am loving the interactivity in Pluto notebooks, but I am frequently hitting a roadblock in setting up sliders. I find I have to manually set the slider range like this begin number\_slider = @bind number html"\<i…

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## [How to change colormap in histogram2d (Plots.jl)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-colormap-in-histogram2d-plots-jl/48784)

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**Author:** [@klaff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/klaff)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-colormap-in-histogram2d-plots-jl/48784 "2020-10-22T00:59:54Z")

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How do I change the colormap of histogram2d? Thanks!

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## [Call backend functions on Plots.jl (PyPlot backend)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-backend-functions-on-plots-jl-pyplot-backend/45789)

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**Author:** [@teored90](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/teored90)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-backend-functions-on-plots-jl-pyplot-backend/45789 "2020-10-21T12:39:23Z")

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Is there a way to modify a Plots.jl plot by directly calling the backend’s functions on that plot? In my case, the backend would be PyPlot. I need to have a multi-column legend, which doesn’t seem to be supported.

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## [How to properly set log axis scale with a 2d color plot?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-set-log-axis-scale-with-a-2d-color-plot/46481)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-set-log-axis-scale-with-a-2d-color-plot/46481 "2020-10-21T12:33:41Z")

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I have a program which scans a 2d parameter space. For each point in the parameter space, it generates a colour (corresponding to system behaviours). The grid points are log10-log10 distributed. I wish to plot this, but …

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## [How to set :juno as the default Plots theme during startup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-juno-as-the-default-plots-theme-during-startup/14971)

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**Author:** [@zekeriya.sari](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zekeriya.sari)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-juno-as-the-default-plots-theme-during-startup/14971 "2020-10-21T11:28:29Z")

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Hi all, I want to set the :juno theme as the default theme of the Plots during startup of a new julia session. For this purpose, I wrote the following lines in the startup.jl file. using Plots using PlotThemes theme(:j…

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## [PyPlot doesn't release mem after close()](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-doesnt-release-mem-after-close/47953)

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**Author:** [@JesperMartinsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JesperMartinsson)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-doesnt-release-mem-after-close/47953 "2020-10-21T08:19:01Z")

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I’m creating and saving a series of images using PyPlot and savefig. However, despite using ioff() and closing all the figures, the memory increases linearly with number of figures that are created, saved and closed. I u…

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## [Can I Change Font Sizes in Julia Markdown?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-change-font-sizes-in-julia-markdown/48599)

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**Author:** [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-change-font-sizes-in-julia-markdown/48599 "2020-10-20T08:06:27Z")

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Is there a way in julia Markdown, to have the font size of an output changed? I have a representation of a cantor set. const width = 81 const height = 5 function cantor!(lines, start, len, idx) seg = div(len, 3) …

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## [Rotate a subplot in MakieLayout?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rotate-a-subplot-in-makielayout/48573)

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**Author:** [@wherrera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wherrera)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rotate-a-subplot-in-makielayout/48573 "2020-10-20T06:46:01Z")

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I am trying to make the individual cubes in the grid of graphs rotate below, but get: "ERROR: MethodError: no method matching transformation(::LAxis) I am not sure how to refer to a specific axis or subscene’s mesh to r…

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## [Graph Piecewise Function in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/graph-piecewise-function-in-julia/48662)

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**Author:** [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/graph-piecewise-function-in-julia/48662 "2020-10-20T07:41:35Z")

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How do graph a piecewise function?

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## [Need help plotting using Blink and Interact](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-plotting-using-blink-and-interact/48644)

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**Author:** [@groovyda](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/groovyda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-plotting-using-blink-and-interact/48644 "2020-10-20T06:56:26Z")

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Hi there I have a simple interactive plot (in Pluto) that is slow - and should benefit from using Blink instead. I have spent the last day trying to make it work, but I just can’t figure out how to. Could someone pleas…

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