Origin 2021b Bug Fixes

ORG-21341

Axis table labels mess up when the X is out-of-order

If X data isn’t monotonic and user turn on tick label table and specify another column as text for tick labels, the labels will mess up.

Need to go to Scale tab of Axis and set Major tick type to be By Custom Positions and specify there X data is from.

ORG-22849

Contour Plot Display wrong color on minimum value

On contour plot from XYZ data, the minimum level color was mistakenly shown with the color for smaller than minimum value.

ORG-22882

Failed to move Sankey Nodes when Exchange X-Y Axes

After exchanging X and Y axes of Sankey Diagram, you couldn’t drag nodes to move it.

ORG-21765

Contour display issues when contour labels are rotated

Because of contour display issue, we turned off contour label rotation control on Labels tab of Plot Details dialog.

ORG-22788

Wrong format to save for 3D scatter with special point

1. make 3D scatter plot, add one special point, such as change its color

2. copy format

3. make new 3D scatter plot, paste format
   ==> except for special point, no data points

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-21710

Gaps in Polar Contour Plots Fill to Grid

For some Polar Contour plots made from matrix, some white gap will show when grid lines are turned off. Fixed in Origin 2021b.

ORG-21903

Drop line and Labels do not work if there are overlapped points offset plotting

Drop lines could not show when two points overlap and Overlapped Points Offset Plotting in Symbol tab of Plot Detail is turned on.

Labels can not be shown for overlapped points with the same settings.

ORG-20359

Text object looks bad with rotation

Text object looks bad with rotation

1. add text object to graph, string could be ABCDE,

2. set font size=12, Rotate=15
   ==> Many labels look bad. Each character seems not align to one line.

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22930

graph object's dimensions is changed when check keep aspect ratio if units is % of page/layer

In dimensions tab of object properties dialog, if units is % of page/layer, check Kepp Aspect ratio. value of Bottom Margin change to 100-CurrentValue.

Fixed in Origin2021b

ORG-22472

Add animation for button on 3D graph when clicked

1. remote desktop, or make sure openGL version is 1.1.0

2. add a text object on 3D graph and right-click to select Properties: Programming: Script Run After: Button Up

3. fill for example "type hello" in the editbox, click OK.

4. click the button.
   ==> Origin crash

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22538

Palette Editor Edit Color Issue

1. run "palEdit -d" to open Palette Editor,

2. change Gradient Type to Straight Line

3. in Preview tab, move points
   ==> Point indicator is not in same place of mouse
   ==> No edit point for 1st point of each segment

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22796

Prohibit user from picking built-in color lists in Custom color section

We also save custom colors so if we allow user to load built-in color list, it will mess up built-in colors.

ORG-22922

Fail to keep aspect ratio for graph object when uniform width/height

1. Add a graph page to layout window.
   -->keep aspect ratio is default checked.

2. Add any other graph object, select those two object, use uniform width/height button in object edit toolbar to match the width/height.
   ==>graph page fail to keep aspect ratio

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22692

Arrow at begin fail to work fine when click Apply

1. New graph window, double click X axis to open axes dialog.

2. Go to Line and Ticks tab, expand Arrow branch, check Arrow at Begin checkbox, click Apply.
   ==>No changes on the graph.

Broken in Origin 2020, fixed in Origin 2021b.

ORG-22908

grouped column/bar graph mess up after replacing with new data or batch plotting

1. Make column plot with x = 2 5 10 20 with 2 Y cols, duplicate source book.

2. Remove group data and add it back again in layer contents dialog. or do batch plotting with duplicated source book.
   ==>grouped plot mess up.

only fix batch plotting issue in Origin2021b

ORG-21961

Improve the position of date & time stamp after extracting multi-panel graph

1. click Extract to Graphs toolbar button, check "Full Page for Extracted", to extract multi-panel graph

2. active Graph1 which is created by step1
   ==> Cannot see stamp on the page

3. Click Data and Time Stamp button
   ==> nothing happens

4. Select View: Zoom all
   --> stamp shows

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22771

Z label value show incorrect in ternary graph

1. make 3D Tetrahedral

2. open plot details dialog, activate label tab, enable label, label form as Z, click apply.

3. set numeric display format as .4, click apply.
   ==> label is show as Zh/100

4. select data reader, read data on graph.
   ==> Z value show as Zh value in both data info and data display

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22826

Colormap changed when number of total level is not changed

1. new worksheet, fill XYZ column with random data, plot contour

2. open PD, go to level popup, set level to major level 16, minor level 16

3. go to fill popup, set fill to palette=viridis, uncheck link to palette, apply

4. go to level popup, set level to major level 8, minor level 32, apply
   ==> color changed

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22887

Fails to show Legend in Chord Diagram with Virtual Matrix

1. make Chord Diagram with virtual matrix

2. keep the default setting, and click OK

3. press Ctrl+L to show the Legend
   ==> Fails to show

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22748

Could not show only one decimal place for Heatmap with 1E-6

1. make heatmap with label which is from a virtual matrix data

2. open PD, set display format as .1
   ==> left bottom corner still show -1.2E-6

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22690

Wrong message exists after add label for contour

1. new worksheet, fill XYZ with random numbers, make contour plot

2. open PD dialog, go to label tab, set Numeric Format to Scientific 10^3

3. go to Colormap/Contour tab, click Labels header, select Show on Major Levels only

4. click OK
   ==> Message Log: Undefined variable: X00D7

5. make contour plot

6. open PD dialog, go to label tab, select custom as format, click OK

7. reopen PD dialog , go to label tab
   ==> no edit box for custom

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22812

Rich Text Latex Rendering Issue

Rich Text Latex Rendering Issues fixed in Origin2021b as below:

1. Refresh update issue

2. In place edit q() could not render properly

3. Crash if change formula with double click

ORG-22815

The number of character for Legend Custom Format in G version is limited

1. In German/Japanese Operation System, new a graph

2. Go to Plot Detail dialog, select Graph in left panel and go to Legend/Titles tab

3. Select Custom from Translation mode of %(1), %(2) list

4. Enter "LD1, @LD2, @LD3, @LD4"
   ==> only "@LD1, @LD2, @LD3, @" is accepted

ORG-22885

Some speicific Contour Plot with Log10 scale Colormap draw wrongly in Origin 2021

A workaround to fix the problem: Set @TCZS=1

ORG-22821

Polar Bar Label Position dropdown is wrong in mini-toolbar

Label position in mini toolbar of Polar graph is center/left/right in Origin 2021. It should be inside base/outside end… Fixed in Origin 2021b.

ORG-22951

Pattern Color by Plots Fails for Box, Statistical Bar, etc.

1. Plot box chart with 5 columns of random data

2. Open PD, Set Pattern = Medium (row 1, col 2) and set Pattern Color = By Plots and pick a list. and Apply.
   ==> Pattern Color is not incremented by plot.

ORG-22932

Drag to offset Table Row Title does not work properly

1. New Worksheet, select 4 columns and fill random data

2. plot box chart

3. double click x axis and open axis dialog, go to tick label table tab, enable table, ok

4. select tick label, select Add Row button from mini toolbar, select Mean and SD

5. select table, select Show Table Row Title from MT

6. select table row title and move it to right
   ==>1st two rows do not move

ORG-22702

Outlier and Data Points should only show one copy

Outliers and the one in data points show twice when Box Type is Box+Data Overlap or Bar+Data Overlap

ORG-23015

Legend Resizes for 3D Graph when placed on Layout

1. set layout's dimension to width=173.99mm, height=70.019mm

2. add specific graph to layout
   ==> height of legend in layout is changed

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22888

Transparency of Outliers is wrong when Transparency for Fill Only is selected

1. Make a Box Overlap plot

2. Open Plot Detail dialog, go to symbol tab, set symbol shape with open circle, fill with red, set size=15,

3. Uncheck Follow Line Transparency, select Transparency for Fill Only

4. Set transparency=50

5. Go to Box tab, set Whisker range to SE, select Outliers, ok
   ==> transparency of outlier is 0

ORG-22802

Fail to plot XEr bar in layer 2 and 3 in multiple layers template like 3Ys-Y-YY

Plot the data that has xErr and yErr as 3Ys Y-YY, xErr is not plotted in Y2 Y3. The problem also exists in other templates like 4 panels etc.

ORG-22883

Wrong Legend Entry for Outliers when there is index column for data points

1. Make a box overlap plot

2. Open Plot Detail dialog, go to box tab, set whisker range to SE, select outliers

3. Go to outliers tab, set outliers shape to up triangular, click OK.

4. Right click legend, select box component, select outliers and extreme value only

5. Open PD, go to symbol tab, set symbol edge color index to column B, ok

6. right click legend, select box component, select outliers and extreme value only

==> After Step 4, Extreme value use data point shape, not outlier shape. After Step 6, 1~5 data points show two times. And there is no outliers and extreme value.

ORG-23102

Bubble Plot Legend with 1st data point size=0

When the 1st data point’s size is zero, the legend shows the point as special point and size as zero.

Open

ORG-23045

Customization gone after change parameter on 2D Kernel Density Plot

Change the setting of 2D kernal density plot by change parameter, such as change the Density Method
==> The title and unit on graph is gone (for example, set them in the matrix)

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-23173

Go to Bin Worksheet menu did not work if Histogram shows label

1. Make a Histogram plot.

2. Click the plot, then click the Show Data Labels mini toolbar button.

3. Right click on the plot and select "Go to Bin Worksheet" context menu.

==> Nothing happens.

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-22378

Failure to set histogram binning on each layer independently in Scatter Matrix

Plot scatter matrix with histogram turned on for diagonal cells. User couldn’t change binning setting for each cell.

Fixed in Origin 2021b.

ORG-23227

Increase the maximum number of characters in legend

The maximum number of unicode characters in legend was 64 in the past.

ORG-23175

Flip through work incorrect when data column is descending in left panel of browser graph

1. New a worksheet with 5 cols, fill with random, make browser graph_ Black line plot.

2. Click column name twice in right data panel to reverse order.

3. Click down-triangle button and select flip through. try click ◁ and ▷ button several times.
   ==>it can only toggle between 1st and last data plot now.

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-23251

Origin crashes when opening certain project

origin will crash when opening project contains many graph object connectors such as graph gadgets,annotation,etc.

Fixed in Origin 2021b.

ORG-23054

Step lines are not correct for missing values

When there are missing values in xy, line with Step Connect is not right. Choose Step Horz from Connect drop-down list in Line tab. The graph will look as below:

Open

The second section's left part has a redundant line, and it should be removed. If you want to show the step line like before, you can set @FSLM=0.

ORG-23275

Failure to Apply Copied Format to Contour Labels Settings

Turn on labels for major contour lines and copy graph format to another contour graph. The “Show on Major Levels Only” setting wasn’t kept.

Fixed in Origin 2021b.

ORG-22673

Fail to copy and paste format for transparency

1. make 3D XYY bars plot

2. open PD dialog, go to plot level's display tab, check all checkboxes

3. go to pattern tab, uncheck follow line transparency, set transparency to 80, click OK

4. select layer level, copy format

5. make new plot, paste format: all
   ==> setting of transparency is not pasted

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-23294

Bubble Scale doesn't consider the 3D mode

1. Plot a 3D scatter plot and map the symbol size to a column data.

2. Click Add Bubble Scale toolbar button to add a bubble scale

==>the scale doesn't show in correct order.

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-23139

Set same font size of text not entirely selected shows the old syntax

1. Add text object like AAAA, set the font size of first two A as 30, set the font size of last two A as 30

2. Open the Text Object dialog

==> Old syntax shows \p136

ORG-23259

Loosen restriction on legend reverse order menu

Remove the restriction for Reverse Legend so that the menu will always enable.

ORG-22372

Failed to copy axis break style and paste format

We cannot copy and paste format for break style in old version.

Now we include following break style to Copy Format: Style:
Break Gap
Break Size
Break Type

When Copy Format: Style and Paste Format, we add Break under Reference Lines in Paste Format to fly-out.

ORG-365

Cannot close Data Info Window

Use the Data Reader tool, it will pop up Data info Window, and cannot closed Data Info Window from the View menu. Fixed in Origin2021b

ORG-23320

Column Plot Show Date Value

When make column plot with date value as x column, tick label type is Text from dataset instead of date. In Origin 2021b, when x data is date/time format, it will use date as scale type and tick label type.

ORG-23291

Polar column can not show label when value is 0

When Y value is zero, polar column/polar bar plot could not show label

ORG-23322

Color scale map to plot should not use plot index

Should use plot name instead.

ORG-23377

Missing Values are connected in Line+Symbol plot when symbol is 0

But started in Origin 2021. Fixed in 2021b.

ORG-23393

Missing value drawing issue in contour plot

1. Make a XYZ Contour plot with missing value

2. Open Plot Detail and go to Colormap/Contours tab. Set Missing values' color to red and pattern as Sparse.

3. Set Transparency as 50 and click OK.

==> Missing value's pattern was drawn on the whole plot.

ORG-23400

Contour smoothing parameter not work for German separator

1. Select Preferences: Options. Go to Numeric Format tab. Change Separators to 1 000,0.

2. Open Contour Plots - XYZ Contour.opju from graph samples in Learning Center dialog.

3. Open Plot Details, go to Contouring Info tab.change Smoothing Parameter to 0,01. click ok.

4. Open Plot details dialog again.
   ==>Smoothing Parameter changes back to 0.05

ORG-22704

Additional line showed outside layer

Sometimes user adds additional line on Grids tab of Axis dialog. When it’s outside axis range in layer, user doesn’t expect it to still show.

Add a system variable @SAL to toggle. Default still show (default value @SAL =0). When @SAL =1, the additional line outside layer would not show.

ORG-23421

Merge Graph Issues with Sankey

1. merge graph with multiple Sankey plots, which have special point

2. open PD
   ==> each layer have duplicate special point nodes

3. save project

4. open project
   ==> merged graph is different

Fixed in Origin2021b.

ORG-23246

Log scale axis with major increment being large like 50

1. Create a blank graph, open the Axis Dialog for X

2. Set Scale type to be Log10

3. Set range from 1e-250 to 1e60

4. Set major tick by increment with value 50