# \#glmakie

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## [DomainColoring(Toy) directly from the 2-D FFT of an image](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/domaincoloring-toy-directly-from-the-2-d-fft-of-an-image/138876)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/domaincoloring-toy-directly-from-the-2-d-fft-of-an-image/138876 "2026-08-17T21:29:08Z")

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I just discovered the DomainColoring.jl package and I would like to use it to display the 2-D FFT of an input 2-D single channel image. Is there a way to directly pass the Matrix of Complex64 values to be domaincolor()-…

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## [Custom Text example in Explanations fails for Julia LTS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/custom-text-example-in-explanations-fails-for-julia-lts/138427)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/custom-text-example-in-explanations-fails-for-julia-lts/138427 "2026-07-23T10:05:12Z")

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This is for Julia LTS 1.10.10 on win11 and on linux and GLMakie v0.13.10. I just tried copy and pasting the code example from the Inspecting Data Explanations at Custom Text and got a bunch of errors like this: Error…

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## [Makie xtickalign for Axis3](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-xtickalign-for-axis3/138241)

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**Author:** [@lucasmyers97](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lucasmyers97)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-xtickalign-for-axis3/138241 "2026-07-15T20:27:07Z")

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The 2D Axis class has an attribute xtickalign which controls whether the x-axis ticks point inwards or outwards. However, the 3D Axis3 class has no such attribute. How can I achieve a similar effect with an Axis3 object? …

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## [Plotting in Pluto with GLMakie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-in-pluto-with-glmakie/137706)

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**Author:** [@mahmah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mahmah)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-in-pluto-with-glmakie/137706 "2026-06-20T09:16:36Z")

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I have a function that creates a Makie plot. I want it to display that plot by default, but to also return other information, let’s say fig and ax, so it can be called as fig, ax = myplot(x). I’m using show == true && di…

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## [Makie | ComputeGraph code example?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-computegraph-code-example/137629)

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**Author:** [@Audrius-St](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Audrius-St)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-computegraph-code-example/137629 "2026-06-15T18:00:25Z")

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Hello, Having read the Makie ComputeGraph documentation I find it a bit abstract for me to understand without a worked example. Searching through Julia Discourse I only found only found a few inconclusive discussions t…

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## [How to make GLMakie's Volume function look like a solid](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-glmakies-volume-function-look-like-a-solid/137090)

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**Author:** [@jhai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jhai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-glmakies-volume-function-look-like-a-solid/137090 "2026-05-12T21:44:23Z")

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I’m trying to visualize a solid 3d object using GLMakie’s volume function: using GLMakie n = 150 # Resolution x = range(0, 1, length=n) y = range(0, 1, length=n) z = range(0, 1, length=n) vol = \[ (0 ≤ xi ≤ 1 && 0 ≤ y…

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## [GLMakie: Legend for figures with two y-axis](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-legend-for-figures-with-two-y-axis/135328)

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**Author:** [@ellocco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ellocco)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-legend-for-figures-with-two-y-axis/135328 "2026-04-08T14:42:35Z")

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Hi! I spent some time in the net but a failed to find a suitable solution. In the forum I found the helpful topic: https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solved-plotting-2-plots-on-same-figure-with-dual-axis/124623 But th…

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## [How to add labels to grid of tricontourf! in GLMakie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-labels-to-grid-of-tricontourf-in-glmakie/135962)

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**Author:** [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-labels-to-grid-of-tricontourf-in-glmakie/135962 "2026-03-02T18:32:01Z")

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I am trying to add row and column labels to a grid of plots below. I am trying to adapt the solution here for my use case, but the plots are too small relative to the entire figure. using GLMakie x = randn(50) y = rand…

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## [Can anyone tell me why this figure is appearing in the corner?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-anyone-tell-me-why-this-figure-is-appearing-in-the-corner/135014)

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**Author:** [@Mervyn\_Larrier](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mervyn_Larrier)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-anyone-tell-me-why-this-figure-is-appearing-in-the-corner/135014 "2026-01-14T05:05:08Z")

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I’m new to GLMakie; I typically use CairoMakie. While the code runs and the plot does appear, it appears at the bottom left corner of the window, invariably. Can anyone tell me why? It feels like it might be something ob…

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## [GLMakie heatmap and certain input matrix sizes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-heatmap-and-certain-input-matrix-sizes/134704)

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**Author:** [@mahmah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mahmah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-heatmap-and-certain-input-matrix-sizes/134704 "2025-12-23T10:44:09Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to do the following: using GLMakie m = randn(45825,3) r,c = size(m) fig = Figure() ax = Axis(fig\[1,1\]) h = heatmap!(ax,1:r,1:c,m) But I get this error in my heatmap call: UNSUPPORTED (log once): P…

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## [How to set nan\_color in Makie volume plot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-nan-color-in-makie-volume-plot/134698)

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**Author:** [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-nan-color-in-makie-volume-plot/134698 "2025-12-22T22:25:06Z")

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I want to set the nan\_color to :white or may be :green. How to do it? using GLMakie xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax = -3, 3, -3, 3, 1, 8; field = fill(NaN32, 50,50,50); fig = Figure() ax::LScene = LScene(fig\[1,1\]) vo…

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## [Discretised colors in 3D plot due to sampling](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discretised-colors-in-3d-plot-due-to-sampling/134632)

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**Author:** [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discretised-colors-in-3d-plot-due-to-sampling/134632 "2025-12-20T20:18:09Z")

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I am getting discrete/pixelated colors in 3D plot due to sampling in field variable in MWE code below. Why it is discretized and how to solve it? using GLMakie r = Float32\[1.677044, 1.8385518, 2.0156136, 2.2097273, 2.42…

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## [Zoom, translate, rotate and save](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/zoom-translate-rotate-and-save/134526)

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**Author:** [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/zoom-translate-rotate-and-save/134526 "2025-12-13T14:38:10Z")

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I also want to create many 3D plots. I will zoom and rotate each to same extent and then save them. How to do it? How to translate and rotate by code? What is range of value that we can supply in zoom!() line end? usi…

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## [Makie inspector labels don't work with rich text](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-inspector-labels-dont-work-with-rich-text/134274)

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**Author:** [@AUK1939](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AUK1939)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-inspector-labels-dont-work-with-rich-text/134274 "2025-12-02T10:28:48Z")

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The code below plots a simple bar chart. If I pass custom\_inspector\_label\_plain to barchart! everything works fine. But on GLMakie version v0.13.7 using rich text for inspector labels fails, see custom\_inspector\_label\_ri…

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## [GLMakie: recording a movie while interacting with a Scene produces a StackOverflow](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-recording-a-movie-while-interacting-with-a-scene-produces-a-stackoverflow/133869)

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**Author:** [@tamasgal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tamasgal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-recording-a-movie-while-interacting-with-a-scene-produces-a-stackoverflow/133869 "2025-11-21T14:22:48Z")

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I am using GLMakie.jl in a GUI application (RainbowAlga.jl) which is an interactive event display for neutrino interactions in water-based Cherenkov detectors. The application works really nicely but I am currently stuck…

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## [How to pair together a Lines and a Band plot in Makie?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-pair-together-a-lines-and-a-band-plot-in-makie/133800)

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**Author:** [@Abhro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Abhro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-pair-together-a-lines-and-a-band-plot-in-makie/133800 "2025-11-11T22:08:19Z")

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I have two dataseries where each of them also has associated uncertainty. I’m plotting the uncertainty as a translucent envelope around the main line plot of the series. When using GLMakie/WGLMakie to interact with the …

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## [Rotating animation of 3D plot changes size as it rotates (GLMakie)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rotating-animation-of-3d-plot-changes-size-as-it-rotates-glmakie/133219)

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**Author:** [@Gus\_Hart](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gus_Hart)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rotating-animation-of-3d-plot-changes-size-as-it-rotates-glmakie/133219 "2025-10-21T21:05:24Z")

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I’m animating a rotation of a 3D scatter plot. As the figure rotates, it changes size. This is because the camera distance to the plot changes to keep the field of view “full” as the plot rotates but it also avoids cutti…

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## [Coloring background planes of 3d plot in Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coloring-background-planes-of-3d-plot-in-makie/133247)

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**Author:** [@Gus\_Hart](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gus_Hart)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coloring-background-planes-of-3d-plot-in-makie/133247 "2025-10-17T22:46:50Z")

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I’m making a 3d plot, like the one shown below, but I can’t figure out how to color the background planes (or the “axis planes”, not sure what to call them). Changing the Figure() background colors the entire scene’s bac…

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## [Where is shader function "texture()" defined? (GLMakie.jl/volume())](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-shader-function-texture-defined-glmakie-jl-volume/133062)

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**Author:** [@hsgg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hsgg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-shader-function-texture-defined-glmakie-jl-volume/133062 "2025-10-12T20:20:55Z")

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Hi, I am looking into implementing adaptive sampling for the GLMakie volume() visualizations. However, being new to OpenGL, I cannot find where the texture() function is defined. I believe the implementation of that func…

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## [In GLMakie how to place two checkboxes overlaid on an image](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-glmakie-how-to-place-two-checkboxes-overlaid-on-an-image/132961)

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**Author:** [@lgmendesAibili](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lgmendesAibili)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-glmakie-how-to-place-two-checkboxes-overlaid-on-an-image/132961 "2025-10-08T13:27:59Z")

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It is possible to place two checkboxes overlaid on an image using GLMakie?

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## [GLFW.jl: GLFW.Window() Segmentation Fault](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glfw-jl-glfw-window-segmentation-fault/132972)

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**Author:** [@ewillcox](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ewillcox)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glfw-jl-glfw-window-segmentation-fault/132972 "2025-10-08T10:49:10Z")

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The GLFW.jl package compiles correctly. pkg\> test GLFW results in an error. The error is: 3.4.0 Wayland X11 GLX Null EGL OSMesa monotonic shared lib for symbol XOpenDisplay is missing \[87904\] signal 11 (1): Segmentati…

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## [GLMakie + ProfileView.jl segmentation fault](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-profileview-jl-segmentation-fault/132515)

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**Author:** [@filchristou](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/filchristou)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-profileview-jl-segmentation-fault/132515 "2025-09-23T14:34:01Z")

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After switching to Makie v0.24, I noticed that it no longer plays well with ProfileView.jl But at the moment I am not really sure, whether that is my laptop’s issue or even something coming from ProfileView.jl ? Could …

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## [GLMakie: Reactive legends no longer work with ComputeGraph](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-reactive-legends-no-longer-work-with-computegraph/132272)

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**Author:** [@matthew3245](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/matthew3245)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-reactive-legends-no-longer-work-with-computegraph/132272 "2025-09-11T06:51:40Z")

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I’m trying to have a textbox that the user can type in that adds a prefix to the start of legend entries. Here is a minimum working example: using GLMakie fig = Figure() ax = Axis(fig\[1:2, 1\]) textbox = Textbox(fig\[3, …

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## [GLMakie: Create specify point color](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-create-specify-point-color/131971)

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**Author:** [@BananaMaster3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BananaMaster3)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-create-specify-point-color/131971 "2025-08-31T08:40:06Z")

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I have this code that graphs a scatterplot of points based off their position in the list points, then each frame runs a function to update their position and then graphs them again. How can I specify the point’s color w…

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## [Understanding GLMakie 3D meshscatter transparency/alpha](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-glmakie-3d-meshscatter-transparency-alpha/121414)

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**Author:** [@trahflow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/trahflow)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-glmakie-3d-meshscatter-transparency-alpha/121414 "2025-08-26T02:15:26Z")

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I’m trying to visualize a weighted 3D point set using meshscatter, where the weight is visualized using transparency: Low weight means high transparency. To do this I set a color alpha value for each point. The result …

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## [GLMakie: line segments missing in plot of large data set](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-line-segments-missing-in-plot-of-large-data-set/131244)

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**Author:** [@marast](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marast)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-line-segments-missing-in-plot-of-large-data-set/131244 "2025-08-07T08:13:36Z")

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Hello, in plots of large data sets with GLMakie some line segments are missing. This behaviour started from version 0.13.0. I reduced it to the following example: using GLMakie # generating data Δt = 0.02 t\_max = 1000…

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## [Unwanted clipping at corners of GLMakie 3d plot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unwanted-clipping-at-corners-of-glmakie-3d-plot/131053)

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**Author:** [@fegomezl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fegomezl)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unwanted-clipping-at-corners-of-glmakie-3d-plot/131053 "2025-07-29T14:22:39Z")

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Hi everyone, I am using contour() from GLMakie to create a 3d level plot. My problem occurs when I zoom in; white triangles appear at the edges of the box, which cover my plot: Does someone know how to fix this? I h…

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## [3D volume plot for spherical coordinate grid points](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/3d-volume-plot-for-spherical-coordinate-grid-points/129668)

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**Author:** [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/3d-volume-plot-for-spherical-coordinate-grid-points/129668 "2025-07-07T12:50:47Z")

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How to get volume plot for the following spherical coordinate positions? :child: I have a lot of blocks each having such r, θ and ϕ spherical coordinate position vectors and i want to create 3D volume plot for each bloc…

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## [How to get rid of noise in phase isosurface plots? Very short MWE included](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-get-rid-of-noise-in-phase-isosurface-plots-very-short-mwe-included/130890)

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**Author:** [@Deceneu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Deceneu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-get-rid-of-noise-in-phase-isosurface-plots-very-short-mwe-included/130890 "2025-07-21T16:24:06Z")

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To keep it brief, I want to plot complex phase (angle) of a complex field. It seemed like Makie.jl’s contour or volume, should do the trick, but I get very noisy results for some reason? using GLMakie ph = \[(r = hypot(…

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## [GLMakie -- text versus annotation -- annotation not working?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-text-versus-annotation-annotation-not-working/130854)

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**Author:** [@diadora77](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/diadora77)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-text-versus-annotation-annotation-not-working/130854 "2025-07-19T11:55:45Z")

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Hi- Tried using annotation according to the docs and receiving a recipe error. A minimum viable example is provide below which is very similar to the docs example. ts = rand(10,2) lbs = string.(1:10) f = Figure() ax…

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