# Set aspect ratio of Makie plot

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-aspect-ratio-of-makie-plot/20707>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** plotting, makie\
**Created:** [February 12, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-aspect-ratio-of-makie-plot/20707 "2019-02-12T15:48:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![gdkrmr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdkrmr/32/2791_2.png) [@gdkrmr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdkrmr)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-aspect-ratio-of-makie-plot/20707/1 "2019-02-12T15:48:51Z")

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I want to set the aspect ratio of a `Makie.volume` plot. It seems to be fixed by the number of voxels in each direction:

```julia
using Makie
volume(rand(32, 32, 64))

```

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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:** [February 12, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-aspect-ratio-of-makie-plot/20707/2 "2019-02-12T16:31:11Z")

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try

```julia
using Makie
volume(0..1, 0..1, 0..1, rand(32, 32, 64))

```

This will use a unit box - of course it will work with any other range 😉

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**Author:** ![gdkrmr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdkrmr/32/2791_2.png) [@gdkrmr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdkrmr)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-aspect-ratio-of-makie-plot/20707/3 "2019-02-13T09:15:44Z")

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Dots in Julia are fun… Thanks!

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**Author:** ![lazarusA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lazarusa/32/6571_2.png) [@lazarusA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lazarusA)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-aspect-ratio-of-makie-plot/20707/4 "2019-08-09T10:34:21Z")

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how do you put two or more consecutive boxes of unit volume? namely, an array of boxes.

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**Author:** ![juliohm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/juliohm/32/215266_2.png) [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-aspect-ratio-of-makie-plot/20707/5 "2021-09-17T15:03:06Z")

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How to set the aspect ratio of a simple 2D plot? Also, is it possible to set the aspect ratio to be the data aspect ratio within a Makie recipe?

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**Author:** ![juliohm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/juliohm/32/215266_2.png) [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-aspect-ratio-of-makie-plot/20707/6 "2021-09-17T19:35:58Z")

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I learned that it is not possible currently to set axis attributes within recipes.