# Visualization

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## [Why does the function "gif" take forever to run?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-the-function-gif-take-forever-to-run/16595)

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**Author:** [@Zhenghao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Zhenghao)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-the-function-gif-take-forever-to-run/16595 "2018-10-21T07:53:47Z")

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I’m trying to use “@animate” and “gif” in Plots.jl to generate .gif file. The macro @animate can be operated successfully, while the function “gif” cannot stop running and no gif file is generated. I have installed FFmpe…

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## [error compiling \_plot!: error compiling \_display: could not load library "libGR.dll" The specified module could not be found.](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-compiling-plot-error-compiling-display-could-not-load-library-libgr-dll-the-specified-module-could-not-be-found/15965)

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**Author:** [@Vince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Vince)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-compiling-plot-error-compiling-display-could-not-load-library-libgr-dll-the-specified-module-could-not-be-found/15965 "2018-10-21T06:31:33Z")

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I am completely new to programming and Julia is my first language to learn. I am using Atom IDE for Julia whenever i try to plot anything like using Plots; plot(rand(5)) the above error is displayed. I tried using ENV\[…

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## [Vertices that direct an edge to itself, using LightGraphs.jl, DiGraph()](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vertices-that-direct-an-edge-to-itself-using-lightgraphs-jl-digraph/16403)

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**Author:** [@liubomyrv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liubomyrv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vertices-that-direct-an-edge-to-itself-using-lightgraphs-jl-digraph/16403 "2018-10-18T07:44:44Z")

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Hello Julia community. I am using Julia v.0.6.4 to make visualization for a structural analysis of a linear system. And for this I am using graphs from LightGraphs.jl and specifically directed graphs function DiGraph(). …

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## [Coloring pointcloud in MeshCat](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coloring-pointcloud-in-meshcat/16465)

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**Author:** [@cserteGT3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cserteGT3)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coloring-pointcloud-in-meshcat/16465 "2018-10-17T19:54:17Z")

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I’m experimenting with MeshCat for my project involving pointclouds and meshes. I wanted to place several pointclouds in the visualizer with different colors. I loaded them from .ply files (only vertices, without faces). …

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## [Way to prevent ylabel covering yticks with pgf plots.jl?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/way-to-prevent-ylabel-covering-yticks-with-pgf-plots-jl/16204)

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**Author:** [@djsegal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djsegal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/way-to-prevent-ylabel-covering-yticks-with-pgf-plots-jl/16204 "2018-10-11T21:25:44Z")

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I keep running into an issue with ylabels covering yticks: What’s the easiest way to avoid this? I tried left\_margin, but that didn’t work // is there a way to just put the ylabel vertically above the top tick? (whe…

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## [Axis Tick Labels in Makie.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/axis-tick-labels-in-makie-jl/16118)

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**Author:** [@sdmcallister](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdmcallister)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/axis-tick-labels-in-makie-jl/16118 "2018-10-10T14:42:03Z")

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Is it possible in Makie to have x-axis or y-axis tick labels that are non-numeric? I couldn’t see a way to do this in the documentation. For example, if I plot a bar chart, can the x-axis be a label like “Group 1” or “Ja…

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## [Tiny fonts when using GR (Plots or not) in Jupyter](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tiny-fonts-when-using-gr-plots-or-not-in-jupyter/16085)

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**Author:** [@Paulo\_Jabardo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Paulo_Jabardo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tiny-fonts-when-using-gr-plots-or-not-in-jupyter/16085 "2018-10-10T11:17:25Z")

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High guys! A small glitch on GR when plotting in Jupyter is annoying me. When I plot something, the labels on the axes are very small and unreadable. This only happens on Jupyter, using GR directly or through Plots.jl. A…

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## [Does Plots support resizing plots based on window size?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-plots-support-resizing-plots-based-on-window-size/15647)

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**Author:** [@LeoK987](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeoK987)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-plots-support-resizing-plots-based-on-window-size/15647 "2018-10-09T10:22:38Z")

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If I change the size of the window by mouse, how can I get plot size to be changed accordingly?

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## [How to remove PyPlot.jl from the distribution of a package that uses it](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-remove-pyplot-jl-from-the-distribution-of-a-package-that-uses-it/15130)

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**Author:** [@MartinOtter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MartinOtter)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-remove-pyplot-jl-from-the-distribution-of-a-package-that-uses-it/15130 "2018-10-05T17:05:14Z")

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Maybe someone can give advice how to remove PyPlot from the distribution of a Julia package in which it is used, in particular from package ModiaMath. So, this means “PyPlot” should not be within the Project.toml file of…

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## [Package for map visualizations?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-for-map-visualizations/1875)

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**Author:** [@evanfields](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/evanfields)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-for-map-visualizations/1875 "2018-10-03T12:49:37Z")

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Is there a Julia package with resources for plotting map visualizations - something similar to R’s ggmap, perhaps? I’ve scanned through the Gadfly and Plots documentation and pkg.julialang.org and didn’t see anything obv…

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## [Transparent surfaces in Makie.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transparent-surfaces-in-makie-jl/15775)

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**Author:** [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transparent-surfaces-in-makie-jl/15775 "2018-10-03T12:46:10Z")

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I just got to know Makie.jl and I am enjoying its consistency. I am trying to plot points on the sphere, where the sphere should be a little transparent, since the points on the opposite side should be a little visible. …

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## [Gadly - Resizing and zooming into plots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gadly-resizing-and-zooming-into-plots/15813)

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**Author:** [@mdsalerno](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mdsalerno)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gadly-resizing-and-zooming-into-plots/15813 "2018-10-03T08:14:08Z")

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I’m running Julia 1.0.1 and using Atom/Juno. I’d like to know how to resize or zoom in and out of images as I find they use only a small cross-section in the plots pane which can make them difficult to interpret in some…

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## [InitError with PyPlot on Julia 1.0.1](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/initerror-with-pyplot-on-julia-1-0-1/15792)

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**Author:** [@gideonsimpson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gideonsimpson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/initerror-with-pyplot-on-julia-1-0-1/15792 "2018-10-02T20:34:00Z")

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I posted this https://github.com/JuliaPy/PyPlot.jl/issues/394 in case it’s a genuine issue, but since upgrading to 1.0.1, something has changed and my PyPlot module generates a stack trace (see the link).

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## [How to set series colors from parameter?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-series-colors-from-parameter/15582)

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**Author:** [@martinzh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martinzh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-series-colors-from-parameter/15582 "2018-09-28T16:16:35Z")

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I’m plotting different series (from the columns in a 2D Array) and I would like to set the color of each series according to a parameter. In the example, I would like to set the color of the line at the bottom to the bla…

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## [Vtk.js for web visualization](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vtk-js-for-web-visualization/15497)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vtk-js-for-web-visualization/15497 "2018-09-26T14:21:37Z")

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I recently saw itk-vtk-viewer ITK/VTK Image Viewer is a Web based viewer for loading 2D/3D images and more… Looks like there has been activity in writing VTK files with Julia, but it stalled a year ago. Is the philosop…

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## [Changing font style for latex rendering using PyPlot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-font-style-for-latex-rendering-using-pyplot/5910)

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**Author:** [@josimar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/josimar)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-font-style-for-latex-rendering-using-pyplot/5910 "2018-09-23T18:36:40Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to make plots, using PyPlot, that have latex equations. Does anyone know how to change the font of the default latex render in PyPlot ? Right now I am using the following: PyPlot.matplotlib\[:rc\]("te…

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## [Makie coloring of surface plots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-coloring-of-surface-plots/15298)

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**Author:** [@lwhitefox](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lwhitefox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-coloring-of-surface-plots/15298 "2018-09-22T14:30:16Z")

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My understanding is that when generating surface plots in Makie, colors are assigned per vertex. I’m surprised that when I run the small sample code below, which assigns one color value for each vertex in a 4 by 3 set o…

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## [Sun Symbol with LaTeXStrings](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sun-symbol-with-latexstrings/15250)

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**Author:** [@astrowanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/astrowanders)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sun-symbol-with-latexstrings/15250 "2018-09-21T15:12:00Z")

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Hello! In the past, I’ve used LaTeXStrings to label plot axis with solar units, like the solar luminosity on the y-axis of the plot below, with “\\astrosun”. It seems that neither “\\astrosun” nor “\\odot” are recognized n…

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## [Removing Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/removing-makie/15226)

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**Author:** [@muriloasouza](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/muriloasouza)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/removing-makie/15226 "2018-09-20T12:09:19Z")

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Hello, i’m trying to remove Makie, since i’m not going to use it anymore, and it’s causing some errors in my code. But i’m having this problem. julia\> Pkg.rm("Makie") WARNING: julia is fixed at 0.6.3 conflicting with re…

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## [Plotting multiple datasets in the same chart in VegaLite](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-multiple-datasets-in-the-same-chart-in-vegalite/14964)

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**Author:** [@NiclasMattsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NiclasMattsson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-multiple-datasets-in-the-same-chart-in-vegalite/14964 "2018-09-19T13:41:33Z")

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Is it possible to plot multiple datasets in the same VegaLite chart without merging them beforehand? I thought “adding” two @vlplot statements like this would work, but it only displays the sp500 data. using VegaLite, Q…

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## [Plotting packages that support Julia v1.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-packages-that-support-julia-v1-0/14125)

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**Author:** [@Neonlights](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Neonlights)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-packages-that-support-julia-v1-0/14125 "2018-09-19T14:15:26Z")

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Is there a list of Plot packages that are confirmed as working with Julia 1.0? I’ve seen Gadfly isn’t there yet, which is unfortunate as I wanted to start learning Julia through using that one.

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## [Redraw in GKSTerm Asleep? (and Gray mysteries)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/redraw-in-gksterm-asleep-and-gray-mysteries/15099)

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**Author:** [@iwelch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/iwelch)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/redraw-in-gksterm-asleep-and-gray-mysteries/15099 "2018-09-19T08:53:36Z")

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Dear Plots wizards—macos. julia 1.0.0. Plots.jl with standard gr() backend. Vanilla install. Please type this in: $ julia julia\> using Plots julia\> plot( \[-1,10\], \[-1,10\], color=Gray(0.5), w=30, title="gray scale…

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## [Makie: How to define subscenes and/or different plot windows](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-how-to-define-subscenes-and-or-different-plot-windows/15050)

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**Author:** [@MartinOtter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MartinOtter)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-how-to-define-subscenes-and-or-different-plot-windows/15050 "2018-09-18T16:14:20Z")

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Could someone give a hint how to define subscenes (to have several figures in one scene) or define several plot windows with Makie?

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## [Interpolated data contour plot like surface](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interpolated-data-contour-plot-like-surface/15040)

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**Author:** [@iwelch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/iwelch)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interpolated-data-contour-plot-like-surface/15040 "2018-09-17T23:55:17Z")

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Dear Plots experts—sorry, another question. if I have 3-D data (not function), I can use surface for a nice interpolated plot. alas, it’s not been adapted to a contour plot. and it clearly needs some smoothing aspects…

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## [Format x-labels using VegaLite](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/format-x-labels-using-vegalite/14811)

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**Author:** [@johann.spies](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johann.spies)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/format-x-labels-using-vegalite/14811 "2018-09-17T06:41:00Z")

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I have waisted a lot of time unsuccessfully trying to find how to format the x-labels in the following graph to show a year as 2016 in stead of 2, 016 in the following plot: where df is pubyear za\_count world\_coun…

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## [Is this deleted? yes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-this-deleted-yes/15041)

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**Author:** [@iwelch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/iwelch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-this-deleted-yes/15041 "2018-09-17T00:06:43Z")

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## [Plots.jl: interrogating Plot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-interrogating-plot/15038)

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**Author:** [@iwelch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/iwelch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-interrogating-plot/15038 "2018-09-16T23:26:17Z")

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Dear Plots experts—I want to write a function that calculates the native slope between two points, so that I can put a label there with the same angle. So, I need to find out, from the plot object, what the four corners…

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## [Plot drifts as focus in/out of the window](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-drifts-as-focus-in-out-of-the-window/14752)

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**Author:** [@LeoK987](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeoK987)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-drifts-as-focus-in-out-of-the-window/14752 "2018-09-15T04:50:58Z")

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$ julia \_ \_ \_ \_(\_)\_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org (\_) | (\_) (\_) | \_ \_ \_| |\_ \_\_ \_ | Type "?" for help, "\]?" for Pkg help. | | | | | | |/ \_\` | | | | |\_| | |…

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## [Beta Gadfly available for 1.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/beta-gadfly-available-for-1-0/14949)

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**Author:** [@bjarthur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bjarthur)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/beta-gadfly-available-for-1-0/14949 "2018-09-14T14:43:09Z")

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before tagging a release we’d like to get feedback from field testers to see if there are any issues. please checkout the master branch of both Gadfly and Compose.

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## [Plotting 3D bar graph](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-3d-bar-graph/12735)

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**Author:** [@muriloasouza](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/muriloasouza)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-3d-bar-graph/12735 "2018-09-14T07:22:41Z")

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Hello, is there anyway i can plot a 3D bar graph with using StatPlots? Like this one: In this case, i got a 17x25 matrix. If thats not possible, wich package can do it?

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