New Features and Changes in 9.0 SR0

• New menu and button to create Colormap Surface with Projection.
• Shift surface in Z direction (0 to 100% of Z Scale).
• Flatten surface.

• Support colormap from other matrix.
• New fill piece by piece mode to use Direct RGB, Index or Colormap from a matrix.

• Enable/Disable contour lines on surface plots.
• It's supported for XYZ surface plot as well.
• Select contour line and customize it.

• Enable checkbox on different tabs to easily turn on/off some components.
• New Surface tab, Fill, Colormap/Contour, Mesh, Error Bar, and Side Walls tab added to the Plot Details dialog.

• For 3D shapes: cube, ball, star, and tetrahedron.
• For 2D, only dots are supported.

• Same GUI for 3D XYZ Bar, Matrix Bar, and XYY Bar plots.
• New Excel style Gradient filling for 3D bars.

• Same GUI for 3D XYZ Bar, Matrix Bar, and XYY Bar plots.
• Support Keep square shape for XY face or adjust each separately.

• Support customizing bar patterns of special bar.

• Select error bars in 3D graph to change color.
• Double-click error bars to directly open the Error bar tab of the Plot Details dialog.

• <auto> to follow symbol or bar border color; single color, colormap, indexing, direct RGB as color, etc.
• Transparency support for error bars.

• Label Form and Display control of labels.
• Position and X, Y, and Z offset and orientation of labels.
• Auto orientation of labels.

• Ctrl+Select.
• Ctrl+double-click a label to open Plot Details dialog.

• set %c -ql nType; // set lead line type
• set %c -qlc nColor; //set lead line color
• set %c -qlw dWidth; //set lead line width
• A threshold value @LLT to control the minimum distance that allows the leader line to show. Default is 100, which means the minimum distance between the data point and the label must be greater than 100% of the label font height.

• layer.light.mode
• layer.light.direction.h
• layer.light.direction.v
• layer.light.direction.dynamic
• layer.light.ambient
• layer.light.diffuse
• layer.light.specular
• layer.light.shininess
• layer.light.ka
• layer.light.kd
• layer.light.ks

• Including reorganization of each node to make them more readable.
• Show checkboxes on higher levels to control options in sub-nodes easily.

• For X Axis, support Bottom and Top Axis.
• For Y Axis, support Bottom and Top Axis.
• For Z Axis, support Left and Right Axis.
• Note: For XYY plot, for Y axis, support Left and Right axis; for Z axis, support Bottom and Top axis.

• Cube can be set to None, Front Corner or Whole Cube.
• Plane Border control.
• Color, Style, and Width control for cube and plane borders.

• Reorganize menus and toolbar buttons for OpenGL graphing.
• Add/Remove Plots from Layer Contents and Plot Setup dialogs.
• Change Plot Types in Layer Contents, Plot Setup and Plot Details dialogs.
• Updates in Template Library.
• Improved the rule to open Plot Setup or Plot Virtual Matrix dialog based on data in worksheet.

• For surface plot, even symbols show on selected surface.
• For bars and 3D scatter, frames show around each bar and scatter points.

• Freehand rotation button and hotkey (R) for it.
• OpenGL object transform icons.
• Reset button.
• LT command to rotate.

layer -3D R Z 1; // R <axis=X|Y|Z> <degrees=-N to +N>
layer -3D R Y 2;
layer -3D R X 4;

• Select in blank area of 3D Frame to select the cube. If only surface shows in a 3D Graph, Alt+click on the 3D surface will select the cube. Then resize or move the cube.

• Set axis plane locations by Auto/From Bottom/At Position on Plane tab of Plot Details dialog.
• When plane position is not Auto, user can interactively move planes.
• Move Axis, Axis Tick Labels, Axis Titles interactively or move in Axis dialog.
• Moving Axis Planes and Axis together.

• "win -dg" duplicate the current graph window as a new graph and convert to OpenGL graph.
• "layer -3d c" convert the current layer to OpenGL.

• Right click or click T button on Tools toolbar to add 2D text.
• Manipulate these 2D text objects in the same way as in 2D layers: Move, Resize, change properties using toolbars, edit in place, etc.

• Added user-defined Parametric Function Plot.
• LT support in Function Plot.
• Add parametric function to an existing 3D Graph.
• Function tab added in Plot Details for function plot settings.

• From Theme dropdown list in File: New: Function Plot: 3D Parametric Function Plot dialog.
• Go to http://www.originlab.com/3dfunctions to get more 3D parametric function plots.

• User can share it with others and for future usage.
• Drag and drop ofp file into Origin to install the theme and use it.

• It only supports changing X and Y's to other columns in same worksheet.
• User can only change X/Y for one plot at a time. Therefore for grouped plot, need to click twice to select a single plot and use Change X and Y context menus.

• Add Hide Data Plot and Hide Others context menus when right click symbols in legend.
• Shift+double-click a symbol in legend will hide the data in the plot.

• Support show power of ten (10^3) Scientific Notation. It's supported in Tick Labels, Color Scale objects, and Contour Labels.
• For 1E3 kind of Scientific notation, Leading zero after E can be hidden.

• Right click the graph object and choose Copy the format: All Style Formats context menu. Then right click on the object, press "Shift" key and select Paste Format context menu. In the dialog that opened, set Transparent.
• There is a new property TRANSPARENCY of Graph object. E.g. After creating a rectangle object called rect. Run rect.transparency = 50 in Script window to set the transparency to 50.

• Allow combining various meta data elements with custom string seperator: E.g. @WS: @LL: @LD1
• Added more substitution notations, e.g.
  • User parameter row header
  • Book and Sheet Comment
  • Allow access to individual row of comment
• Fixed some substitution notations that are not working.
  • Range String failed for X
  • Failed to support sampling interval's longname
  • Dataset Name failed for X

• @OGLGD, default value is 1, which means the gradient direction will follow the direction of data

• Support Link with plot Index.
• Label tab is active by default.
• Redesigned the preview window on the right panel to easily find Plots and corresponding X and Y columns.

• @TCT=0 will disable consolidation and globalization of theme nodes now.
• Old user can use @TCT>100 (e.g. @TCT=101) to turn off consolidation.

Note: User can also use the Layer Contents dialog to add labels. But an extra Z column will be added as well.

• Added to the Display tab of the Layer level in the Plot Details dialog.
• Note this only works when the Radius is set to be Fixed From 0 in the Graph.
• Removed @YN=1 system variable, which is used to show negative radius in the opposite quadrant.

• Output Scatter Matrix in Graph window instead of worksheet.
• Support Grouping Range and show legend when there is grouping range.
• Add a Matrix Profile branch in plotting scatter matrix dialog with more options:
  • Show box chart/histogram/nothing in diagonal cells.
  • Show Variable names in Diagonal Cells.
  • Provide Gap control between layers.
  • Show Tick and Label in boundary of scatter matrix.
• Link X/Y Range so changing one axis can apply to others.
• Keep Axis settings when changing parameter or performing an auto update.
• X and Y axis are reversed compared to the old version.

• Double click in Data Information to open the Data Information Report Settings dialog.
• Improvements in the Data Information Report Settings dialog:
  • Support window title in Data Information window.
  • Improvements in the Columns and Rows tabs to allow customization of rows and columns in the Data Information window.
  • Support Auto Column width.
  • Alignment support for columns that display in Data Information window.
• Theme improvements.
  • When current theme is System Default, you make some change and click Apply,the settings should auto saving to <graph>
  • When current theme is <Dataplot>, <Layer> or <Graph>, you make some change and Apply,it auto saving to <Dataplot>, <Layer> or <Graph>.
  • When current theme is <Dataplot>, <Layer> or <Graph> and you load another theme to apply, it should auto save theme to <Dataplot>, <Layer> or <Graph>.
  • When current theme is user defined themes, you make some change and apply,it should auto save theme to <Last used>.

• Go to Worksheet and Go to Graph context menus in Data Information window.

• Provide option to hide row information in the Annotation tool.
• Tab key in Data Annotation mode to toggle which syntax to use, e.g. x, y, z, (x,y), (x,y,z), (x,y)[i], (x,y, z)[i] based on graph type.

• Insert Graph button and context menu to add floating Graph in a worksheet.
• Graph Browser to easily find available Graphs in different folders.
• Restore Window context menu remove floating graph in worksheet and restore to original independent graph window.
• Forbid adding graphs to hierarchical result sheet.
• Support duplicating workbook/sheet with floating graph.
• Added Object Properties dialog to advanced controls.

• Menus, buttons, context menus to add/remove data filtering, temporary disable filtering and reapply filtering
• Funnel icon on column header with different coloring to indicate different filtering status.
• Filter condition in Filter row of worksheet.
• Statement of filter result on Status bar.
• Options to ignore hidden rows in Plotting and Data analysis.

• Common conditions is provided for Numeric and Date/Time columns.
• For Text column, checklist will show.
• Blank and missing row support

• Readable LT function for data filtering.
• Save condition for future usage or share with others.
• Variables and functions can be used in Filtering conditions.
• Before Condition Script panel for user to run LT script before running the condition.
• Test button to test the conditions.

• wks.col.filter=0/1: add/remove filter;
• wks.col.filter$=: set/get filter query string; (it must set to be advanced filter type)
• wks.col.filterprescript$=: set/get filter before query script;
• wks.col.filterx$=: set/get variable to represent the column;
• wks.col.filterenabled=0/1; enable/disable filter
• wks.runfilter(): run/reapply filter.
• wks.hasfilter(): check if current wks has any column filter
• wks.col.filterstate=; /// -1(no filter), 0(up to date), 1(dirty), 2(error)

• Get number of visible rows/columns
  • wks.VISIBLEROWS=;
  • wks.VISIBLECOLS=;
• Identify the hidden row/column
• wks.IsRowHidden(row)=;
• wks.IsColHidden(col)=;

• Based on data selected in the worksheet, statistics information is displayed on the right side of the status bar.
• Supported statistics include: Average, Sum, Count, Min, and Max.
• Right click on the statistics information to select which statistics are displayed.

• New default is @RMD=1. If a part of date is missing, 1st day of month will be used.
• Old behavior is @RMD=0. If a part of date is missing, current day of month will be used.

• Link others graphs to Vertical Cursor gadget.
• Read/output info. from linked graphs.
• Support Tagging in all linked graphs.
• Indicator on upper-right corner of linked graphs.
• Easy way to move Vertical Cursors to a linked graph. Easy way to go back to graph with Vertical Cursor.
• Save project file will save the linking.

• Click X= Button to change Reference layer.
• Context menus in table of Vertical Cursor window for easy manipulation.
• Hide/Show table on Vertical Cursor window.
• Add "Line Length" option on Labels and Tags tab.
• Support None in Label Form and Tag Form.
• Better Date and Time support.

• Graph: Add Straight Line... menu.
• Easy way to add Vertical and Horizontal lines to a graph.
• Support Customizing Line.
• Support Customizing Label.
• Selectable/Movable controls.

• Improvements:
  • Now supports importing images from the clipboard.
  • Added Ctrl+W to restore to original size in Pick Points mode.
  • Added Cancel button in the Options dialog.
• Bug fixes:
  • Digitzer doesn't set Image page correctly.
  • Digitizer should not resample the image. Number of pixels contained in the digitized image should be equal the number contained in the original image.

• Interpolate/Extrapolate to Full Axis Edge
• Custom

• Added a drop-down list at the top level under "Output->Output Settings->Report Tables" branch, named "Dataset Identifier", which allows the user to specify the Range, Book Name, Sheet Name, Short Name, Custom, etc. in the results sheet.
• Context menu in the results sheet to change Data Identifier.
• Show Data Identifier in table titles in Report sheet of tools except fitting.

• The hint can be "Hit Ctrl+Shift+P to pause".
• After the operations are paused, users can click the current yellow Recalculate toolbar button to continue updating.

• You can find the control under Find X/Y branch.
• We provide this control in Linear Fit, Polynomial Fit, and Nonlinear Curve Fit.
• In Linear Fit, when fit with weight or have fixed parameters, there will be no calculation.

• Analysis: Fitting: Nonlinear Implicit Curve Fitting menu is added.
• Iternation Algorithm: Orthogonal Distance Regression is added for Implicit fit.
• Built-in sample implicit functions.
• Support Weight for all Variables.
• Report table is updated to suit for Implicit Fit.
• Fitting Function Organizer and Fitting Function Builder support to define Implicit Functions.
• Add a new X-Function nlbegino to perform a LabTalk Implicit Fitting.

• more Means Comparison Tests in One-Way ANOVA and Two-Way ANOVA;
• more quantities in FFT.
• more quantities in Statistics on Columns.
• more quantities in Statistics on Rows.
• more methods in Normality Test.
• more methods in Peak Finding Settings of replica NLFit.
• Fit Peaks in Quick Peaks gadget.

• Cosine.
• Pearson Correlation.
• Jaccard.

• Change the default window to Hanning.
• Change the default output option to "Amplitude in dB".
• Change preview graph use colormap, instead of gray scale.
• Pulled STFT be out of the submenu of FFT and put as separate entry under Analysis: Signal Processing.

• Output log amplitude/power for 2D FFT.
• Output real and imaginary matrix for 2D IFFT.
• Support input real+imaginary matrix for 2D FFT and 2D IFFT.
• Imaginary matrix should be included in input group.

ORG-4116 ORG-4117 ORG-4118 ORG-5575 ORG-5842

• 4 response types: low pass, high pass, band pass, and band stop.
• 4 IIR filter methods: Butterworth, Chebyshev Type I, Chebyshev Type II, and Elliptic.
• 4 filter representations for the output of the filter design in different worksheets: SOS Matrix, Zeros Poles and Gain, State-Space Form, and Coefficients.
• IIR filter design and data filter in the same GUI.
• Support for forward-backward filtering.
• Preview for filter specification, magnitude and phase response, impulse response, and filter result.

• Save and load Matlab *.fcf file.
• Support 3 filter structures for export: SOS Matrix, Coefficients, and State-Space Form.
• Support 3 export formats: decimal, binary, and hexadecimal.