Origin 2018b Features

Top Features

New Graph Type: Parallel Plot
Better Backup System for Each Project
Data Visualization Improvements in Graph: Tooltip, Faceaway of unselected plot
Matrix in Workbook
Common Display Across Layers
Fit Layers to Page to place layers nicely within graph page.
Preview of Worksheet

Ease of Use

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
ORG-17633	Workbook Preview and Thumbnail	Extra large icon view and Preview of workbook in Windows Explorer. In Project Explorer, Extra large icon view and tooltip.
ORG-17631	New Workbook Dialog	When user launches Origin, start a new project or folder, New Workbook dialog opens for user to pick workbook from templates or construct the columns in workbook.
ORG-17477	Sheet Copy Paste across Origin sessions	Right-click on the sheet tab, two new context menu items are available. Copy Sheet Paste as New Sheet Use Copy Sheet to copy current sheet with all information(including the header lines and structure) into the clipboard, and then use Paste as New Sheet to paste it as a new sheet from the clipboard into a new layer or new window. LabTalk command is also provided, clip -cs; /// copy active sheet clip -ps; /// paste sheet to active book from clipboard, if possible clip -psn; /// paste sheet to new book from clipboard, if possible
ORG-17653	Active Window Indicator	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 = bits as follows 0 = No Indicator 1 = Dashed line rectangle 2 = Solid line rectangle 4 = thicker line @AWF=0 (default), no flashing @AWF=100, in milliseconds, the flashing time @AWC for indicator color
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. Folder structure will only show in top panel. Set system variable @PEF=1 to show folder in bottom panel When mousing over folder in top panel, tooltip will show about folder comments, size, etc.
ORG-9615	Easier way to create Master page	Choose File: New: Master Page will create master page under root folder of current project. Design logo, etc. on the master page. All graphs in the project will have have elements, such as logo, etc. on master page. If Rotate master page under root folder. The master page will be renamed as Portrait. Then only graph with portrait view will show logos, etc. on Portrait View. If user has two pages under root folder, one is called Portrait, the other called Master.
ORG-17647	Better backup system for Origin projects	Backup folder parallel to User Files folder. Each opj can have its own backup file Easy access to backup files via Help: Open Folder: Project Backup Folder. Change Backup folder location on System Paths tab of Tools: Options dialog.
ORG-17378	Support naming custom color	In Colors dialog which is used to create custom color, a Name box is added to allow user to give the color a name.
ORG-17078	Using English date format in C/J version	This will be useful for user who want to keep using English date format in C/J version rename current "Use English in Reports" into "User English in Reports and Graphs" in change Language dialog Add User English in Reports and Graphs checkbox in Numeric Format tab of tools options dialog
ORG-4006	Show Tooltip for Data Point when Mouseover	HTML popup window with leader line System Variable @PTI=0 to turn off show tooltip for Data Point System Variable @PT=0 to turn off show tooltip Go to Worksheet show row
ORG-16691	Right click Data Point Tooltip to show context menu	Go to shet

Graphing

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
	Data Visualization Improvements: When selecting plot in graph, fadeaway effect on unselected data. When mousing over data points, data coordinates show and customizable.
	Parallel Plot support rescale each axis independently or together. curve the plots Plot categorical data as Parallel set
ORG-17623	Extend axis arrow so it can show outside axis ends	User can set offset of axis arrow so the arrow head is longer than original axis.
ORG-15328 ORG-17656	Batch Plot Improvements Add data from many different sheets/books into an existing graph E.g. After plotting a multiple panel graph with data in one worksheet/book, user wants to add data from other sheet/book to same graph. Add data from many sheets/books into a combined graph. After plotting a complicated graph with data in one book with several sheets, user wants to create a similar new graph with all data in another book with different number of sheets. GUI Improvements Combine Batch Plot with Book, Sheet and Column into one dialog. There is Batch Plot with dropdown list on the top of the dialog. Matching conditions to filter book/sheet are moved on top of the book/sheet list. Batch plotting menus and toolbar buttons also combine into single button and menu.
ORG-16220	Cluster Plot: Plot data with grouping column into multiple panel graphs with different XY scale.
ORG-17379	Support scale factor for legend of fill pattern	For example, code \L(1, PatternScale:p200) means set both X scale and Y scale of pattern to 2.
ORG-17567	Show Master Items on Screen should be default and convert existing	Allow any object to be skipped as master items Apply page size to all Allow rotate from landscape to portrait
ORG-16558	Support total label for 3d stack column	Support total label for 3d stacked column/bar.
ORG-15881	OGL graph should support other arrow shapes like 2d arrow object	Support more arrow shape like 2D in 3D OGL graph
ORG-17060	Support special point for 3D XYZ bar graph	Support special point for 3D XYZ bar graph. For special point, pattern and label tab are showed.
ORG-17067	Support annotation in 3D OpenGL graph using 2D labels	Support 2D annotation for 3D scatter plot.

Analysis

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
ORG-17639	Support Add Matrix as Sheet in Workbook	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-17385	SE of derived parameter should also be included in Summary table	Output the SE of derived parameter and in the Summary table.
ORG-17614	Change code to calculate P value for tcdf and fcdf in fitting tools for significance	Calculate the P value more accurately in the Nonlinear Fitting Tools.
ORG-16680	Add two built-in implicit functions for diode and solar cell	The SolarCellIV and ModDiode fitting functions are added in the Implicit Category.
ORG-16540	Support define Implicit Function with integral	Support define Implicit Function with integral in the Fitting Function Organizer and Fitting Function Builder
ORG-12869	PCA Wants Loading plot and BiPlot support Plot Label	Principal Component Analysis: Loading plot and BiPlot use the latest design: plot label tab in Plot details dialog, and update Axis Labels "Principal Component 1" to be "PC1", add the value of "Percentage of Variance" to the Units label
ORG-10828	Frequency Count/Binning should support output format such as: 0-10, 10-20, etc.	2D Frequency Count/Binning output sheet creates 4 type columns ahead with following LongName: Bins of A, Bin Beginnings of A, Bin Centers of A, Bin Ends of A and create 3 label row : Bin Beginnings of B, Bin Centers of B, Bin Ends of B. Frequency Counts output sheet creates 4 type columns ahead with following LongName: Bins, Bin Begin, Bin Centers , Bin Ends.

Worksheet

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
ORG-16509	Set Column Label Row format	From Origin 2018b, user is allowed to set data format for a Parameter row or a User-Defined parameter row. This option is provided in Worksheet Properties dialog.

Gadgets

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
ORG-17309	Cluster Gadget supports clearing category information.
ORG-17236	Transfer Equation images and sample curve files with FDF files.	Transfer User Files tool can now transfer also (if present) the picture files for the formula (.wmf) and the picture files for the sample curves (.cuv) with fitting function file (.fdf).

Programming

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
ORG-17642	Command to turn on general Audit Log	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 doc.AuditLog=; //(ready-only )returns 1 or 0 AuditLog is on/off for the current project. New system variable that is Registry based added In Script Window, run @ALOG=1;//turn on Audit log on New project (untitled) You can also preset this in msi installer script to set registry 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 and supports LabTalk Access. New LT command: run.section(dofile.ogs, OnInstallFDF, "%Yfitfunc\MyGauss.fdf") run.section(dofile.ogs, OnUnInstallFDF, "%Yfitfunc\MyGauss.fdf") Add the template_install and template_uninstall OC functions to install and uninstall graph templates and supports LabTalk Access. New LT command: run.section(dofile.ogs, OnInstallTemplate, "%YMyGraph.otpu") run.section(dofile.ogs, OnUnInstallTemplate, "%YMyGraph.otpu")
ORG-17369	Better default set index for GetParameterResults	The default value of second parameter of OC function GetParameterResults() was changed to 0.
ORG-16946	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; }
ORG-14663	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. page.master = 1, export the Master item, but not view it on screen. page.master = 2, for screen, but ignore if bit 1 not set 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	LT command to remove dividers	Labtalk command to remove divider: page -ADX -<opt> dividerindex; Labtalk command to restore dividers: page -ADGR;
ORG-16425	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.
ORG-17295	Problems Saving to or Opening from Google Drive	Origin 2018b supports the remote My Document case (My Document is set up on a network drive. )
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-17263	Autosave Untitled.opj	Origin 2018b supports to autosave for Untitled.opj

Batch Processing

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
ORG-17383	Save Batch Processing dialog settings into Analysis Template	this feature allow user saving current batch process dialog setting into analysis template, and apply it when do batch processing,origin will pop up a dialog ask if to save and where to save the analysis template with dialog settings when clicking ok in batch process dialog.

Import

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
ORG-16604	Import Mode: Start New Rows wanted for csv import	Added a new Import Mode option:Start New Rows option for import CSV tool

Export

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
ORG-17252	Export graphs with PE folder name	We introduce a new keyword like <PE parent1> which refers to the immediate parent folder name. We can for now support up to 3 levels, so we will support <PE parent2>&<PE parent3>, but show only <PE parent1>-<long name> on GUI for now.

2018b Apps

JIRA	SUMMARY	DETAILS
ORG-16252	Support auto install fitting function and origin template when installing opx	Fitting function file(.FDF) and origin template(.otpu,.otwu,.otmu,etc) will be also installed after installing opx Install Support Files is removed from package manager dialog.