# LaTeX not functioning in 3D scene object

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/latex-not-functioning-in-3d-scene-object/3164>\
**Category:** plotly.js\
**Created:** [January 23, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/latex-not-functioning-in-3d-scene-object/3164 "2017-01-23T10:13:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![anca.pavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@anca.pavel](https://community.plotly.com/u/anca.pavel)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/latex-not-functioning-in-3d-scene-object/3164/1 "2017-01-23T10:13:50Z")

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I’m trying to generate 3D plots and setting axes label using LaTex, but it’s not working. Can you help me?  
Here, you can find a reproducible example: [http://codepen.io/anon/pen/xgdvqR](http://codepen.io/anon/pen/xgdvqR)

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**Author:** ![chelsea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/chelsea/32/196_2.png) [@chelsea](https://community.plotly.com/u/chelsea)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/latex-not-functioning-in-3d-scene-object/3164/2 "2017-01-24T23:29:16Z")

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Unfortunately this is a known limitation: [https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/issues/608](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/issues/608)