# Put x and y axes to be centered at origin

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/put-x-and-y-axes-to-be-centered-at-origin/11346
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 7, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/put-x-and-y-axes-to-be-centered-at-origin/11346 "2023-02-07T01:26:04Z")
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### Author: ![TheoLin](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/theolin/32/10844_2.png) [@TheoLin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/TheoLin)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/put-x-and-y-axes-to-be-centered-at-origin/11346/1 "2023-02-07T01:26:04Z")

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Hi everyone,

I have a 2D figure and I want to put the x and y axes to be centered at the origin (or X=0, Y=0), like a normal “cross” coordinate system as shown here:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/68f11579c8d17a332f3a9233344c88ec115970d9.png)

Currently, the default axes is a box around my figure, shown here:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/930455c8592cd9d2dc922d58abdb4eec2e4ae98d.jpeg)

Thanks!