Origin 2017 SR1 Features/Improvements

ORG-14468

Choose Tools: System Variables.

Enter DPPM and set it to 1 to turn off the Plot Popup menu.

Then the plot menu will be in old way

ORG-15297

New Plot Types added:

100% Stacked Area Plot

3D Stacked Wall and 3D 100% Stacked Wall

ORG-15808

ORG-15071

ORG-15960

ORG-16035

Better Increment List control of different plot types when plotting multiple data together.

When selecting multiple datasets and plot together, Origin will group them and use increment list of color, shape, etc. to distinguish them. In the past, user can set e.g. color list in Graph system theme so all graphs will have same color list. The disadvantage of this is that for different plot types, this may be not appropriate. E.g. for line plot, it's better to use some dark color list, while for column or area plot, it's better to use some light color lists.

In Origin 2017 Sr1,

1. System Increment Lists tab is added in Theme Organizer dialog so user can easily set different color, shape, pattern, etc. list for different plot types.
2. The order of plotting Origin graph is: first load the graph template to plot the graph, then apply system theme, finally apply the corresponding System Increment List. So you don't need to add color list in graph system theme now. Instead set it on System Increment List tab is more user-friendly and easy to understand. Of course other graph properties, e.g. tick directions, axis, etc. can still be set in system theme to get consistent look.
3. If plotting with user-defined graph template, make sure when saving the template, check Apply System Theme & System Increment Lists to Override checkbox if you want system increment list applya to user-defined template.
4. Context menu Set as System Increment List is added when modifying increment list on Group tab of Plot Details dialog.
5. You can also apply increment list to existing graph(s) on System Increment Lists tab in Theme Organizer, This only supports one list at a time and it will only apply to matching plot type.

ORG-15685

White Out checkbox is added on Format subtab of Tick Labels tab in Axis dialog.

ORG-15662

 Click to select (or de-select) the plot itself in 3D Scatter or Vector graph.
==> It took a few seconds to get it selected/de-selected in the past.

The problem exists since 9.0 when OpenGL is introduced.
No problem when selecting from Object Manager.

ORG-15646

ORG-15724

Allows half-point font size such as 10.5, etc.

ORG-11202

Default values of the following system variables are changed in Origin 2017 SR1

• @lcg to 2 – line object
• @lca to 2 – axis line

New system variable @lcr (default is 1) to set the cap of rectangle or legend or text frame
0 = Line cap round 
1 = Line cap square 
2 = Line cap flat

ORG-15418

ORG-15987

See more http://originlab.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26067

User has X, Y and Label Data and wants to plot line+symbol graph but show each symbol as a horizontal bar and the lines should connect edges of the bars. It's hard to implement for Line+symbol graph since the line always connect to center of the points, plus even if implemented, horizontal bar width isn't adjustable.

We made the following improvements in Origin 2017 Sr1 so that user can achieve this by floating column graph.

Add Bar Graph show Zero Values checkbox on Graph tab of Tools: Options dialog to show an horizontal line if floating bar from and to values are the same.

page.BarShowZero=-1 (follow Tools: Options settings) , 0 (do not show), 1 (show)

Support connect lines between floating column/bars. Open Plot Details dialog. Select Layer on left panel. Go to Stack tab. Check Show Connect Line on Stacked/Floating Column/Bar checkbox. This checkbox was only working for stacked column/bars and was called Show Connect Line on Stacked Column/Bar in the past.

User can go to Spacing tab to and set Gap Between Bars to adjust bar width.

ORG-15962

Rescale Axes and Colormap Controls during Batch Plotting

ORG-16052

After inserting raster image into Origin, when zoom out, or resizing, the image doesn't look clear any more.

Improved in Origin 2017 SR1.

New System Variable Added:

@II, whether enable interpolation for bitmap drawing, 1 for enable(default), 0 for disable.
Notice: use @GDIPIE (default 7) for interpolation quality. Set it lower will speed up the drawing but poor quality.

ORG-15925

ORG-16024

Output quantity names in results log are consistent with names in dialog

E.g. Integrate tool. names used in results log are very simply, e.g. y0, x0, dx and user doesn't know what quantities they are. They are actually "Maximum Height", "X Value in Maximum Height" and "Peak Width at Half Height". So now in SR1, the Results Log output names contains both e,g. y0 (Maximum Height) = 15.6239....

ORG-13349

In the past, if we hide a column and then make a plot or do analysis, the graph or analysis result still contain the data which belongs to the hidden column(e.g. may not show in graph, but just unchecked).

In Origin 2016, we could directly ignore the data in hidden column when making a plot. And now, if we do analysis using tools with input as XY Range or XYZ Range, such as Average Multiple Curves, Nonlinear Curve Fit, Nonlinear Surface Fit tool, the data in hidden column will not show in the result.

ORG-4592

Support splitting partial range in worksheet. When splitting worksheet, user may only want to show some columns in the result sheets. In the past, all columns will be kept in result sheets which will not really needed and will cause slowness.

Allow presetting result sheet names. In the past, the result sheets were named as Sheet1, Sheet2, etc. Now a new option is added so user can preset the result sheet name. For example, use reference column's values, or dataset name, etc. as sheet name.

ORG-16082

When turn on Spreadsheet Cell Notation in workbook, user can use This keyword in Set Column Values dialog to indicate current column itself. E.g. Total(This) will calculate the sum of current column. Also, This can have numeric suffix for cell reference, so This1 is the 1st cell, similar to A1.

In Set Column Values dialog, This keyword is also added under the Variables menu for easy access.

ORG-16062

ORG-16120

A new system variable @MRU is added to disable the most recent used menu item. Default is @MRU = 7, means all enabled.

• 1 = Enable plot menu MRU
• 2 = Enable analysis menu MRU
• 4 = Enable loading theme into menu

A new system variable @EC is added to control the closing procedure. Default is @EC = 0, means exiting Origin normally.

• 0 = Normal
• 1 = Do not close current project
• 2 = Do not exit current instance
• 4 = Do not dump closing message about @EC to Message Log

Note: @EC can be a combination of these controlling bits to produces cumulative effects.

ORG-16014

Introduce page level variable page.v1$ ~ page.v4$ (both numeric and string are supported), User can use it to associate a variable with a page.

One example: User has multiple workbook and user want to define a workbook level variable to use in set column value calculation.

E.g. in Set Column Values dialog

Write page.v1=1.1; in Before Formula Script

In Formula box, enter e.g. page.v1*A to get the product of column A times this v1 variable.