# Issues with JuliaPlots aspect ratio in 3d

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-with-juliaplots-aspect-ratio-in-3d/28023>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Created:** [August 27, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-with-juliaplots-aspect-ratio-in-3d/28023 "2019-08-27T03:19:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brad\_Hines](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/brad_hines/32/9885_2.png) [@Brad\_Hines](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Brad_Hines)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-with-juliaplots-aspect-ratio-in-3d/28023/1 "2019-08-27T03:19:39Z")

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I am using

plot(x,y,z,aspect\_ratio=:equal,…)

Sometimes the aspect ratio “sticks” and sometimes it doesn’t. I am doing a day-long animation, and the aspect ratio jumps once every hour or two. For example, it’s fine at 8:00 AM:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/d/e/de398461c7e7a407f205e45ce6f4c5a3e377c6f3.png)

but looks like this at 8:10 AM

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/7/97f795d29f66e599f2f9ff5f6f4db588c5fce966.jpeg)

Any advice?

I have a second issue, which is that the camera is too “zoomed-out”. A lot of the frame is wasted:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/4/3/43a2cf3ffe2e9f85dfbd5fd6752fd364167d2cce.png)

This is not fatal, just bothersome. I can fiddle with xlim/ylim/zlim, but I have them set as tight as I can make them without them starting to eat into the rendered objects.

Has anyone seen that behavior before?

Thanks,  
Brad