# Makie - can I exclude some plots from automatic axis limit calculation?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-can-i-exclude-some-plots-from-automatic-axis-limit-calculation/120870>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** question, makie\
**Created:** [October 3, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-can-i-exclude-some-plots-from-automatic-axis-limit-calculation/120870 "2024-10-03T20:50:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![nchisholm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nchisholm/32/37414_2.png) [@nchisholm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nchisholm)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-can-i-exclude-some-plots-from-automatic-axis-limit-calculation/120870/1 "2024-10-03T20:50:10Z")

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When plotting multiple plots into an `Axis` in Makie, is it possible to exclude some of them from being accounted for when automatic axis limit calculation is performed? Something like

```julia
fig = Figure()
ax = Axis(fig[1,1])
lines!(ax, ...)
lines!(ax, ...; ignorelimits=true)

```

where only the first line plot would be used in calculating the limits of `ax`.

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-can-i-exclude-some-plots-from-automatic-axis-limit-calculation/120870/2 "2024-10-03T20:56:55Z")

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There’s `xautolimits = false` and `yautolimits = false`