# Why the Plotters Window, Does not apper?

**URL:** <https://forum.compas-framework.org/t/why-the-plotters-window-does-not-apper/521>\
**Category:** compas\
**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.compas-framework.org/t/why-the-plotters-window-does-not-apper/521 "2021-10-11T03:11:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![andresObregon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.compas-framework.org/andresobregon/32/247_2.png) [@andresObregon](https://forum.compas-framework.org/u/andresObregon)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.compas-framework.org/t/why-the-plotters-window-does-not-apper/521/1 "2021-10-11T03:11:48Z")

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Hello, I am new here with COMPAS,

Maybe someone could give any suggestions to fix this:

After all the installation steps in the Anaconda Prompt  
I try in Visual Studio Code to Run Python File in Terminal  
but the Window with the geometry output did not pop up.  
Do I need to install something else in VC in order to see the visualization, Plotters ?  
I am just trying to follow this:  
[https://compas.dev/compas/dev/tutorial/plotters.html](https://compas.dev/compas/dev/tutorial/plotters.html)

and with this code:

```auto
from random import random
from compas.geometry import Pointcloud
from compas.geometry import Vector, Plane, Circle
from compas_plotters import GeometryPlotter

plotter = GeometryPlotter(figsize=(8, 5))

for point in Pointcloud.from_bounds(8, 5, 0, 17):
    plane = Plane(point, Vector(0, 0, 1))
    radius = random()
    circle = Circle(plane, radius)
    plotter.add(circle,
                facecolor=(1, radius, radius),
                edgecolor=(radius, 1, radius))

plotter.zoom_extents()
plotter.show()

```

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![tomvanmele](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.compas-framework.org/tomvanmele/32/13_2.png) [@tomvanmele](https://forum.compas-framework.org/u/tomvanmele)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.compas-framework.org/t/why-the-plotters-window-does-not-apper/521/2 "2021-10-13T14:12:13Z")

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hi andres,

can you tell me which version of COMPAS you have?  
just run a script with the following lines in VSCode and check the output…

```python
import compas

print(compas. __version__ )

```

thanks

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**Author:** ![tomvanmele](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.compas-framework.org/tomvanmele/32/13_2.png) [@tomvanmele](https://forum.compas-framework.org/u/tomvanmele)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.compas-framework.org/t/why-the-plotters-window-does-not-apper/521/3 "2021-10-19T16:20:36Z")

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in any case, with current `compas` i would write

```python
from random import random
from compas.geometry import Pointcloud
from compas.geometry import Vector, Plane, Circle
from compas_plotters import Plotter

plotter = Plotter()

for point in Pointcloud.from_bounds(8, 5, 0, 17):
    plane = Plane(point, Vector(0, 0, 1))
    radius = random()
    circle = Circle(plane, radius)
    plotter.add(circle, facecolor=(1, radius, radius), edgecolor=(radius, 1, radius))

plotter.zoom_extents()
plotter.show()

```

let me know if that doesn’t work for you…