# Use "fake" axis labels

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-fake-axis-labels/13684
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 12, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-fake-axis-labels/13684 "2024-01-12T11:01:53Z")
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### Author: ![Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Methil)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-fake-axis-labels/13684/1 "2024-01-12T11:01:53Z")

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Good morning everyone,

I would like to change my axis labels to something custom (say 0 to 1 instead of 0 to 5000) but I don’t know how to do that. I only found how to display the ticks coorresponding to 0 and 1 on my ax but that is not what I want to do. What I want to do is displaying the ticks corresponding to 0 and 5000 with the labels “0” and “1”.

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### Author: ![Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Methil)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-fake-axis-labels/13684/2 "2024-01-12T11:03:48Z")

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To explain a bit more: My issue is that I use a transform filter to increase the size of my z axis compared to my x and y axis but it also changes the values so my z values are multiplied by the factor I use to stretch the z axis.

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### Author: ![Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kenneth_moreland/32/15033_2.png) [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-fake-axis-labels/13684/3 "2024-01-12T12:15:48Z")

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After you apply the `Transform` filter, you can edit the axes to scale the axes in the inverse proportion of the transform.

1. In the `Properties` panel, click the `Edit` button for the `Axes Grid`.
2. In the resulting dialog, turn on the advanced properties.
3. Adjust the `Data Scale` (near the bottom) to be the reciprocal of what you used in the `Transform` filter.

 ![Screen Shot 2024-01-12 at 7.06.30 AM 1](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fac87c9d58b046fe215022e7fbac8b1459bad3d3.png)

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### Author: ![Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Methil)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-fake-axis-labels/13684/4 "2024-01-12T12:53:02Z")

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Thanks, it worked out fine.