# Isosurface in Makie
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/isosurface-in-makie/70034
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** makie
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/isosurface-in-makie/70034 "2021-10-19T13:58:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@marianoarnaiz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marianoarnaiz)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/isosurface-in-makie/70034/1 "2021-10-19T13:58:24Z")
Hi everyone.
I have a set of 3D data that i need to plot with some isosurface:
X,Y,Z,DATA.
I am trying to do some fancy isosurface plot with vertical slices of the data and some isosurface on top (from perspective). I readl Makie is good for isosurface wite the volume feature.
Any one with an idea of how to make something like this:
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### Author:  [@ffreyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ffreyer)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/isosurface-in-makie/70034/2 "2021-10-19T16:58:26Z")
[volume](https://makie.juliaplots.org/dev/examples/plotting_functions/volume/) with `algorithm = :iso` should give you the same style of 3D plot and [volumeslices](https://makie.juliaplots.org/dev/examples/plotting_functions/volumeslices/) should allow you to get vertical slices. Right now those slices will render in front of the volume plot but once [#1395](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Makie.jl/pull/1395) gets merged that will be fixed.
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### Author:  [@marianoarnaiz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marianoarnaiz)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/isosurface-in-makie/70034/3 "2021-10-19T17:59:20Z")
Hi @ffreyer … do you know how to change the axis and color? like:
volume(X,Y,Z,P, algorithm = :iso, isorange = 0.1, isovalue = 1.0, color=:red)?
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### Author:  [@ffreyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ffreyer)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/isosurface-in-makie/70034/4 "2021-10-19T18:10:25Z")
The colors should be sampled from the given `colormap`. If you want nice looking axis you’re probably better of using [Axis3](https://makie.juliaplots.org/dev/examples/layoutables/axis3/index.html). If you don’t want to use Axis3 you can try changing stuff in `ax.scene.plots[1].attributes`. (With `fig, ax, p = volume(...)`)
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### Author:  [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/isosurface-in-makie/70034/5 "2026-01-13T19:39:39Z")
> [@marianoarnaiz](#):
>
> Hi @ffreyer … do you know how to change the axis and color? like:
I was also trying to solve this and i think it would be better to post it for future readers. For me `colormap=[:red]` worked fine.
```julia-auto
volume(X,Y,Z,P, algorithm = :iso, isorange = 0.1, isovalue = 1.0, colormap=[:red])
```