Top Features
- New Graph Type: Parallel Plot, Cluster Plot, Row-wise Plot
- Preview of Workbook in Project Explorer and Windows Explorer
- Data Visualization Improvements: Data Point Tooltip, Faceaway of Unselected Plot* – may move to 2019
- Add Matrix Book as an Embedded Sheet in Workbook
- Customize Layer & Plot Properties, Axis Scale and Style, and Show/Hide Plots on Multiple Layers Together
- New Fit Layers to Page and Set Scale Factor to adjust all layers to have tight fit to page.
- Backup folder and individual backup file for Each Project
- New Apps
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ORG-17653 | Active Window is indicated by a frame around the window. System variables available to control color and line style. | When there are many child windows, it's hard to tell which window is active. A magenta frame is added around active window title bar System Variables: @AWI=2;title bar frame and add 4 to use thin line
@AWC=color(255,0,0); |
ORG-17633 | Extra large icon view for workbooks and matrices in Windows/Project Explorer |
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ORG-17606 ORG-17639 | Add Matrix as Sheet in Workbook, allowing for creating analysis templates with image or matrix type data and results | To support an analysis template which contains both workbook and matrix, everything must be in one workbook. So in Origin 2018b, we allow user to right click a workbook tab and choose Add Matrix as Sheet context menu. This actually adds the whole matrix book as a sheet in workbook. You can double click the matrix to open the matrix again. |
ORG-17631 | New Workbook Dialog to manage template samples and user-defined template | Create new workbook based on template samples and user-defined template
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ORG-17804 | Plot menu icon size | Use system variable @pps to set scale from 0.5 to 2, zoom in or out the Plot menu icon size |
Graphing
Data Visualization Improvements
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JIRA | SUMMARY | DETAILS |
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New Fit Layers to Page Dialog | Margin control to fit all layers in graph into page area nicely. User stories:
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Customize Layers/Plots/Axes Properties in Different Layers Together | By checking what you want to customize together on Layers tab of Page level of Plot Details dialog, and then go to a layer to customize settings, all layers will be customized together. | |
Easier notation when adding label to graphs in Merge Graph Windows dialog. Added support for Roman numerals. a$ (default) – enumerate lower case letters Graph## – Graph01, Graph02, ... hsn$ means #1, #2, .... | Set Label Text as Custom and click the dropdown list to see Custom notations. Notations can be combined, e.g. h$n$ to show #1, #2, .... Labtalk Script example: merge_graph labeltext:=custom labelcustom:=h$n$; Tip: Click the > button next to Dialog theme and choose Generate Script, executable Labtalk script will be created. | |
Scale in linked layers support If layers are linked with 1:1 X axis and area, choose Scale In toolbar button and click in graph to create enlarged graph. Plots in all linked layers show in enlarged graph. | ||
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CSV Import: New option of STart New Rows added | Added a new Import Mode option:Start New Rows option for import CSV tool | |
ORG-17662 | MDF Import: Greatly improve the speed of MDF Import | Tested with a big data customer provided. It used to take more than 1 hour to import the data. In Origin 2018b, it takes only about 1 minute. |
ASCII Import: Auto determine headerlines by leading characters in Import ASCII and Import Wizard | Origin's auto determine header line may not work well for all user's data. One example is user wants to import files by removing all lines that start with # character. In sush case, uncheck Auto Determine Subheader lines and then choose By Leading Character option and specify a leading char under Header Lines node in ImpASCII dialog. This option is also available on Header page of Import Wizard. | |
ORG-17791 P1 | Columns with merged column label will be treated as a unit so import data with Start New Columns mode will really import after the unit | If user merges some column labels e.g. Comments and import mode is set as Start New Columns. Then Origin will treat the merged column as a unit and check if 1st column in the unit is blank or not. If blank, import into it. If not, start new column after the unit and import there. System vairable @DCM=1;//disable check merged labels. Then Origin will work the old way before 2018b. Import into empty columns in the unit. |
ORG-17791 P2 | Use existing columns with missing values to the right of worksheet when import mode is set as Start New Columns | Columns with missing values are still treated as columns with data. In the past, when user tried to import multiple data into same sheet with Multi-File Import mode set to Start New Columns, data will be imported into new columns after missing values columns. In 2018b, data will be imported into those missing value columns. |
Better label for ascii import dialog | S1: Some label on ASCII dialog were changed: S2: Restrict editbox to allow single character input On Import Wizard dialog, Data Columns page, the "Other" editbox is not allowed to enter more than 1 char. |
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ORG-17647 | Backup folder location moved to be same location as User Files Folder | |
ORG-17647 | Each Origin project will have its own backup file. | |
ORG-17647 | Access to backup files via Help:Open Folder: Project Backup Folder. | |
ORG-17647 | Change Backup folder location on System Paths tab of Tools: Options dialog. | |
ORG-17263 | Supports to autosave for Untitled.opj | |
ORG-17471 | Give user the option to default to use OPJ format | A new system variable:@OPJ= 0 Project to use new format and Copy Paste also new format 1 Project to use old format but Copy Page to use new format 2 Project to use new format, but Copy page to use Old format 3 Both will use old format |
ORG-17295 | Save to save files to or open files from Google Drive | Origin 2018b supports the remote My Document case (My Document is set up on a network drive. ) |
ORG-17409 | Hide folder in bottom panel of Project Explorer | We are working on supporting moving windows in bottom panel to reorder them. If there are folders in subfolder, it's hard to reorder windows. So we hide folder in bottom panel.
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Labtalk: New command to turn on audit log for all projects. | new LT command doc -log1; //turns on for current project with empty password doc -log1 test;//turns on for current project with password = "test" doc -log0 test;//turns off for current project
In Script Window, run HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OriginLab\Origin 9.5b\International\SysV\ALOG with a DWORD value of 1 | |
ORG-16968 | LabTalk: LT to better support install uninstall of Origin files that D&D can install | Add the nlsf_install_fdf and nlsf_uninstall_fdf OC functions to install and uninstall fitting functions. LabTalk Access is supported: run.section(dofile.ogs, OnInstallFDF, "%Yfitfunc\MyGauss.fdf") run.section(dofile.ogs, OnUnInstallFDF, "%Yfitfunc\MyGauss.fdf") LabTalk Access is supported: run.section(dofile.ogs, OnInstallTemplate, "%YMyGraph.otpu") run.section(dofile.ogs, OnUnInstallTemplate, "%YMyGraph.otpu") |
OC: Better default set index for GetParameterResults | The default value of second parameter of OC function GetParameterResults() was changed to 0. | |
OC: to provide access to LabTalk LT properties on OriginObject | S2: Support accessing page properties by OC functions:Pagebase::SetProp() and Pagebase::GetProp(), for example: void test_Graph_Set_and_Get_Properties() { GraphPage gp; gp.Create("origin"); gp.AddLayer("Test"); double vv; gp.SetProp("active", 2); gp.GetProp("active", &vv); return; } | |
Labtalk: Support programming way to control Master Item display | S2: Programming way to view Master Items on Screen LT page.master = 0, not export the Master item. However, if page.master = 1, can use LT script "Menu -e 33096" to toggle viewing Master items on screen, but cannot control it. | |
ORG-17687 | Labtalk: New command to remove dividers | Labtalk command to remove divider: page -ADX -<opt> dividerindex;
page -ADGR; |
ORG-16425 | X-Function: findFiles x-function should support recursive folder | New variable "recursive" is provided, can set value to 1 to find the files in the recursive folders. |
Python: API for calling Origin from outside Python |
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