# Using matplotlib in 3D Slicer

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/using-matplotlib-in-3d-slicer/22609
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 20, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/using-matplotlib-in-3d-slicer/22609 "2022-03-20T14:16:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![user\_ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ee7513/32.png) [@user\_ghost](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/user_ghost)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/using-matplotlib-in-3d-slicer/22609/1 "2022-03-20T14:16:47Z")

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Hello every teachers:  
when i use matplotlib in 3D Slicer and some errors happened.how do i solve this problem

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/8/2/822fc5cd494d756be28e2aeb33a627d638eb8f6c.png)

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### Author: ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/using-matplotlib-in-3d-slicer/22609/2 "2022-03-20T14:18:28Z")

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You can do something like this instead:

[https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer\_guide/script\_repository.html?highlight=matplotlib#using-matplotlib](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/script_repository.html?highlight=matplotlib#using-matplotlib)

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### Author: ![user\_ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ee7513/32.png) [@user\_ghost](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/user_ghost)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/using-matplotlib-in-3d-slicer/22609/3 "2022-03-20T14:23:07Z")

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ok, i will try,thank you