# Adding to a Makie.meshscatter plot

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-to-a-makie-meshscatter-plot/62154>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** plotting, makie\
**Created:** [May 31, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-to-a-makie-meshscatter-plot/62154 "2021-05-31T21:30:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![baptnz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/baptnz/32/24519_2.png) [@baptnz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baptnz)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-to-a-makie-meshscatter-plot/62154/1 "2021-05-31T21:30:57Z")

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I’m not finding the right argument/function to add a new meshscatter to an existing “scene” (if that’s still the name).

```julia
using Makie

xs = cos.(1:0.5:20)
ys = sin.(1:0.5:20)
zs = LinRange(0, 3, length(xs))

meshscatter(xs, ys, zs, markersize = 0.1, color = zs)
meshscatter([0], [0], [0], markersize = 1, color = :black) # how do I add this without overwriting the previous scene?

```

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**Author:** ![ffreyer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ffreyer/32/21569_2.png) [@ffreyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ffreyer)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-to-a-makie-meshscatter-plot/62154/2 "2021-05-31T22:55:20Z")

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```julia
fig, ax, p = meshscatter(...)
meshscatter!(ax, ...)

```

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**Author:** ![baptnz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/baptnz/32/24519_2.png) [@baptnz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baptnz)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-to-a-makie-meshscatter-plot/62154/3 "2021-06-01T02:21:34Z")

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Thanks, but I forgot to mention I tried `meshscatter!` but get an error

> UnDefVarError: meshscatter! not defined

I imagine it’s in one of the reverse-dependencies, or in a newer version (I have Makie v0.13.11)

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**Author:** ![sdanisch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sdanisch/32/1406_2.png) [@sdanisch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdanisch)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-to-a-makie-meshscatter-plot/62154/4 "2021-06-01T08:23:37Z")

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meshscatter! has been with makie since day 1, so it can’t really be a version problem… I suppose it’s a name clash? Is that really the full code in a fresh session? Try Makie.meshscatter!

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**Author:** ![baptnz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/baptnz/32/24519_2.png) [@baptnz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baptnz)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-to-a-makie-meshscatter-plot/62154/5 "2021-06-02T03:45:51Z")

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Combination of problems I think – name clash, but also needing a specific backend, and Juno not rendering some of them (or quite possibly I’m missing something).

I got it to work with WGLMakie.meshscatter! in Juno.