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ORG-23858

Eyedropper on Select Color Control

Eyedropper under Custom group of color control to pick color on screen

Use eye dropper button to create user-defined colors

ORG-23342

Show data requirement for templates under main Plot menu

Redesign the tooltip for all templates under main Plot menu to how to arrange data for each graph template. Add basic instructions on some graph templates

When mousing over a plot type under Plot menu, data requirement etc. will show as tooltip

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ORG-23754

Add System Template to Template Library

Support all system template in Template Library, check System checkbox, all system template will show, select one and click Plot menu to plot.

Template Library used to show user-defined graph template only. Now System (built-in) graph template can be listed here as well.

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ORG-23849

Extended Graph Templates

More than 40 extended graph templates are added to extend Origin’s graph capabilities

Select Tools:Template Center to view and download those cloud templates. Once downloaded, the graph templates can be accessed by Plot: Template Library dialog

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ORG-23660

Provide sample project for system and extended templates in Template Library

Use Open Sample button to open sample project for system and extended templates

• If there is sample project, origin will append the sample project to new folder, or launch another new instance(@OSP=1)

• If there is no sample project,
  1. for system templates, open Learning Center dialog with Graph Samples page active.
  2. for extended templates, show message to ask if open Template Center or not. if answer is no,origin will open Learning Center dialog.

1. for user templates, Open Sample button should be gray out.

ORG-24044

Allow deleting Extend Template from Template Library

Support Deleting Extend Template from Template Library and New Book dialog

Extend Template can be deleted in manage mode.

After Extend Template is deleted:

1. All related template files should be removed

2. Install status of this template should be reset in Template Center

ORG-21139

Mini toolbar for data highlighter

Mini toolbar to create sub sheet, delete points, mask/unmask highlighted points, and mask/unmask dimmed points.

ORG-20667

Show Mini toolbar in Object manager

Mini toolbar based on selection in Object Manager

Sometimes selecting plot, layer, etc. in graph can be hard. In such case user can pick layer, plot, etc. in Object Manager, based on the selection, mini toolbar will show for quick edit.

Use System variable @mth to turn off

ORG-23882

Show Graphic Object in Object Manager

Use Object Manger to turn on/off graphic object and change its drawing order

Show Graphic Object /Show Plots toggle (Ctrl+Shift+S) in Object Manager. In Graphic Object mode, user can

• Easily turn on/off axis, legend., text and graphic objects.

• Change object drawing order by drag it up/down

• Easy way to find unnecessary objects and delete them

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  Context menu on single object

  

• Context menu for multi-object selection, including choosing layer + objects

  

ORG-23883

Support Object Manager for Layout Windows

All graph objects can be easily selected in Object Manager, and do further setting like group, align or move the graph object to change its order.

ORG-24086

Customize Page Grid Settings

Make it easy to customize page gridding to easily arrange layers and objects in graph and layout window

Two ways to set Page Grid Settings.

1. Active Graph/Layout, Format: Page Grid Settings/Grid Settings

2. Graph/Layout page level mini toolbar: Show Grid: Page Grid Settings/Grid Settings

Set the offset and horizontal/vertical spacing of grids in cm or inch.

System variables to set grid colors:

• @gc=color(255,128, 128, 1) //set layer grid color in Graph window

• @gcp=color(255,128, 128, 1) //set page grid color in Graph window

• @gcl=color(255,128, 128, 1) //set grid color in Layout window

Note: the 4th argument in color() function must be 1 to set these system variable with RGB colors.

ORG-24028

Graph Annotator

Draw Data tool and Data: Graph Annotator… will use this new tool to pick screen points in graph

Different Add Data mode are supported

The picked points will be put to Graph Annotator Data book.

Set @MDT=0 to revert back to use old tool to draw data.

ORG-23943

Adjust windows size and position in Origin according to screen resolution and DPI

Resize and reposition windows to make it display the same layout in workspace in different resolution and DPI by system variable @SRWS

System variable @SRWS

0 (default), old way, means display different layout (both width and height) for project saved and open in different resolution and DPI

1: fit the width, and scale y with x scale;

2: fit the height, and scale x with y scale;

3: fit the width and height, means display same layout (both width and height) for project saved and open in different resolution and DPI

ORG-23919

Simpler Arrange Layers tool

New simplified dialog to change graph to mxn layers

Arrange Layers… is added in Graph menu, layer icon context menu, , graph node context menu of Object manager and page level menu toolbar. Select it will open a dialog to arrange layers in current graph into mxn layers

ORG-23920

Spacing improvements in Merge Graphs and Layer Management dialogs

More Spacing units are added in Merge Graphs and Layer Management dialogs

There was only % of page when setting spacing when merging graphs or arrange them in existing graph.

More units are added in Origin 2022

ORG-21918

Select Multiple Plots

Select multiple plots in graph window to edit together

How to select multiple plots:

• In graph window, use Shift + click to select multiple plots

• In Object Manager, use Shift + click to select a range of plots, use Ctrl + click to select only those clicked plots

After selection, use toolbar or mini toolbar to edit them. Note: mini toolbar only shows if all selected plots share the same plot type.

In Object Manager, user can also right click for show/hide, remove, etc.

In Object Manager, after selecting multiple plots in same layer, user can press Alt key and drag to change plot order. This way, the plots will draw on top of bar.

ORG-23818

Scatter Plot Symbol Improvements

User-defined symbol improvements

• Use symbol on clipboard for scatter plot

• Better symbol well control to add bigger size symbol or rectangle shaped symbol and colored symbol

• SVG file support for user-defined symbol

E.g. in Preferences: Options dialog. Go to Graph tab. Choose a blank grid in User Defined Symbols. Ctrl+F to select SVG file and then use it for scatter symbol.

ORG-16064

Y Value Colormap also support for ungrouped plot

Now Origin support Y value Colormap for single plot.

In the past for single plot, or multiple plot but ungrouped, user couldn’t set Y Value colormap. It’s supported in Origin 2022 now.

ORG-23102

Data Plot legend use default symbol size in bubble graph

Use default symbol size for data plot legend in bubble plot

We used to show 1st point’s symbol in data plot legend of bubble graph. For graphs with multiple bubble plot, some plot’s first symbol size may be very small and hard to be seen in legend.

So we changed in Origin 2022 to show same symbol size for data plot legend in bubble graph.

ORG-22094

Insert Map To Graph

Support World Map on range (0 360) and add Europe Map

In Origin2021b, we support Insert World Map on range (-180 180), in Origin2022, support World Map on range (0 360)

Support Europe Map if in the range of European latitude and longitude

ORG-23815

Improvements to adding Function Plots

Insert: Function Plot will open Create Function Plot dialog to add multiple function plots to current graph window

ORG-23448

Gradient fill for drawing object such as rectangle and circle

Support gradient fill for Rectangle, Circle, Polygon and Region tool.

ORG-23874

Insert SVG Image to graph

Support inserting SVG image to graph

Choose Insert: Image From Files… menu to insert *.SVG image to graph or layout window.

ORG-23643

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Paste PNG to Origin Graphs

Paste PNG to Origin Graphs, by default "keep aspect ratio" will be checked.

In earlier Origin versions, Paste PNG to Origin Graphs, by default "keep aspect ratio" is unchecked.

In Origin 2022, it will be checked by default.

ORG-23775

Support Spacing Between Subsets For Floating Column/Bar Plot

New Graph template Grouped Floating Bar allowing setting space between groups of floating bars/columns.

1. Plot: Categorical: Grouped Floating Bar.

2. Add subset control for floating column/bar plot.

   

ORG-23686

Make it easier to edit legend margin in 3D graphs

Click border of legend in 3D graphs same as the one in 2D graphs

When mousing over border of legend in 3D graph, the cursor will change into hand shape. Click it enter edit margin mode. Drag border to adjust margin.

ORG-17261

Fill pattern for 3D bars

Set Fill pattern on Patterns tab of Plot Details dialog

ORG-22963

3D Bar from Top plane

Support Maximum as Base Plane

There were only Zero and Minimum in the past.

ORG-22817

Support Data Point Tooltip for 3D graphs

Support show data point tooltip for 3D Scatter, XYZ Bar, XYY Bar plot

ORG-21683

Crop and Clip of region of interest in Image

For images inserted in graph/layout, user can either crop or clip to only show region of interest in image

This only works for images not inserted as layer background.

• Double click inserted image will open new Image window for further editing

• Add ROI in image and use context menu to crop Crop will not keep original image so project size can be smaller.

• Apply Clip to graph to cut image on graph to only show ROI region but full image still kept in project for later clipping.

• Right click image to remove clip

ORG-23901

Images in Graph and Image Window Improvements

Improvements on editing images in graph with new image window

1. Insert image from file or copy/paste image in graph window, it will generate CVIMG graph object.

2. Double click the CVIMG graph object and it should be opened in the the new Image window.

3. Speed improvement for operations in image window

ORG-23110

More Options for Fill Area Under Curve

User can fill area under a curve to specified plot or any axis or specified straight line. T

• When fill to data plot, user can pick any plot (not just next plot)

• When fill to base, sideline, user can specify base to be any axis, or horizontal/vertical line with given value

• Gradient fill support

With the above improvements, Origin can easily plot phase diagram as follows

ORG-21932

Fill to Next Plot for radar plot

If plotting two curves in radar plot, user can fill from one plot to next with one color or two colors

ORG-24081

Connect Lines within Subset

Easier way to plot grouped line+symbol plots

User can easily plot grouped line+symbol plot based on subset and connect line within subset improvements in Plot Details dialog

Subset tab is added in Plot Details to specify how to create subset.

Then check Connect Line within Subset on Lines tab and index color and style accordingly.

ORG-10799

Tick Label Table Improvements

Wrap text and drag to resize each tick table row height

Use mini toolbar to turn on/off wrapping text of tick label table. Further wrap settings on Tick labels → Format tab of Axis dialog.

In the past, all table rows share the same margin and couldn’t be resized individually. In Origin 2022, when clicking on tick label table, handles will show below each row to resize.

ORG-20091

Overlap points offset plot on Polar graph should be along the angular direction

Support offset points in polar coordinate to be along angular and radial direction.

On Symbol tab of Plot Details dialog

ORG-23450

Matrix Contour Plot Ease of Use improvement

Check matrix units to set isometric, increase speed mode

Add a new system variable @MXY (default value 30, in 1/1000), it means the varientation to satisfy abs(x_to - x_from) / (columns-1)= abs(y_to - y_from) / (rows-1). If you want to make contour plot with isometric, you can change @MXY value.

ORG-17273

Inner Border of Bottom 2 follow Bottom 1 in Axis

Add checkbox Extend Inside Border for each table row under Inside Border, in Axis dialog's table tab.

Select it should extend inside border to other table rows. Note inside border will not extend within merged cell.

ORG-23589

Allow to change Gap between symbols and arrows on Lollipop graph

Add option Arrow Offset in Plot Detail dialog’s Drop Lines tab, unit is point(same as symbol size)

Positive value means offset arrow away from symbol. So offset of arrow can be set properly.

ORG-23376

Mini Toolbar to Make Double-X Plot Easier

Support Add Secondary Axis button in Axes mini toolbar to make Double-X plot easier

ORG-23996

Add context menu to copy legend text

Add Copy as Text under Copy in Legend’s context menu

Copy the text that is rendered/visible in the legend, to be able to paste that in outside applications.

ORG-24150

More Label Position for Reference Line

Add Middle - Above, Middle - Below option for axis reference line’s label position

Add Middle - Above, Middle - Below option for axis reference line’s label position

ORG-23706

Vertical writing in axis label for Japanese/Chinese

This is special for Japanese and Chinese characters.

Add Text Direction option, include Horizontal, Vertical, Stacked, Horizontal Letters and Numbers in Vertical Text (1~3 digits letter or number run horizontally within the vertical flow)

ORG-24035

Support recession bar by Span Vertically Pairwise 

Make it easy to add recession bar by pairwise start and end x value of each region

This is an alternative of using Span Vertically by Missing Value option.

First add any plot with zone’s begin and end X value info. as X data. Then set Span Vertically Pairwise in Plot Details dialog.

Use Pattern tab to specify fill color for each bar and use Label tab to turn on the label.

ORG-24209

Plot multi-panel graph by X

Make multi-panel graph by number of X columns

If there are Y column against many X columns in worksheet,

user can select Plot: Multi-Panel/Axis: Multiple Panels by …

Click > next to Input and choose Select from Worksheet by X to select the X and Y columns

Origin will build number of plots based on number of X columns.

Then set Group by as X Column

It will plot panels based on number of X columns

ORG-22719

Mini Toolbar for Controlling Reference Lines

Support mini toolbar for reference lines and fill of reference lines

Click the reference line to show reference line mini toolbar, click the fill area of reference line to show fill of reference line mini toolbar

ORG-19825

Contour support multiple labels on one contour line

Add control in Plot Detail’s Label tab: Repeat Labels checkbox and Distance Between Labels(%)

ORG-11136

Contour Label follow the flow of contour line

Add control in Plot Detail’s Label tab: Align with Contour Line and Curve Tolerance.

Select Align with Contour Line, label will follow the flow of contour line. Curve Tolerance is the distance along contour line/straight line distance between the end points of the contour label. It decides the maximum amount of contour curvature allowed when placing labels on contour lines. So curvature of contour line bigger than curve tolerance, we will not place label.

ORG-21209

Contour profile/Image profile improvements

Contour profile/Image profile line and text label more control

1. Show Profile Line checkbox is added in Image/Contour Profile dialog. Check/Uncheck will show/hide H, V or A Lines.

2. Auto Color Options is added in Profile Label’s Properties control (you can set it by right click the label, or select the label to show mini-toolbar)

3. Always make the selected label to be on top of all labels

ORG-24090

Right align Color Scale Tick Labels

Tick Labels for Color Scale was always left-aligned automatically in the past.

There was an Alignment dropdown list in the past but it was actually for tick position. So it’s renamed as Position.

New Alignment dropdown list is added

ORG-23466

Sankey support connect style of the link

Add a checkbox Step-Horz Connect with a editbox under Curvature

When there is enough gap between nodes, Origin would use step-horz connect; but when there is not enough gap, it use current link.

ORG-24260

Support Y Value Colormap for Violin

In Ridgeline Chart, we support Y value colormap fill. We could support it too for violin plot.

Add Colormap option in Violin’s Distribution: Fill Control

ORG-20335

Add Bend Link after Node(%) control to avoid overlapped link for Sankey plot

When source or target node is flipped or rotate=180, special point link would show Bend Link after Node(%) in Link tab. Default is 50.

It means bend link after 50% of distance between nodes of neighbor level. User could be able to ctrl click to add special point link, and drag and drop the vertical section to change this value.

ORG-24448

Show dx and dy info. for Graphic objects

When draw a graph object like Line, click it and show dx and dy info. on status bar (bottom right corner of Origin)

ORG-23939

Merge Graph Auto Page Size Like Layout

Get auto page size according to graph size and graph arrangement like Merge Graph to Layout. And after the change, merge graph dialog could align layer frame properly.

Also allow m*n to be less than number of graphs/layers. 

ORG-23429

New Smooth Method XYZ Contour and 3D Plotting

Previously, there was a limitation on the maximum number of points that could be smoothed in a contour plot or 3D surface plot. A new NAG function e02jdc (dim2_​spline_​ts_​sctr) increases the number of smoothable points.

This change may alter the appearance of some XYZ graphs made with earlier versions of Origin. Users who need control over the maximum number of smoothable points in XYZ graphs can use LabTalk system variable @TCS.

@TCS = // specifies the maximum number of points for tri-contour smoothing beyond which no smoothing will be done. Default = 100000.