# Combining plot & d3js
**URL:** https://talk.observablehq.com/t/combining-plot-d3js/7292
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [November 17, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/combining-plot-d3js/7292 "2022-11-17T07:36:56Z")
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### Author:  [@neocarto](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/neocarto)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/combining-plot-d3js/7292/1 "2022-11-17T07:36:56Z")
Is there a way to insert a chart made with observable plot inside an svg document containing other elements ?
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### Author:  [@Fil](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/Fil)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/combining-plot-d3js/7292/2 "2022-11-17T07:47:31Z")
You can use [Element.append](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/append), or D3. There are a few examples in [Observable Plot: zoom / Observable / Observable](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/plot-zoom)
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### Author:  [@neocarto](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/neocarto)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/combining-plot-d3js/7292/3 "2022-11-17T08:11:14Z")
Thanks 🙂
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