Origin 2023b Features

ORG-25971

3D Double-Y/Z

Support double-Y/Z for XYY 3D bars, 3D wire, 3D wall, 3D waterfall, 3D ribbon, 3D scatter, 3D bars.

In Plot Details dialog, plot properties level, go to display tab, there is Plot Data on.

For grouped XYY 3D bars/ XYZ 3D bars plot, when stack is enable, each subgroup should have one plot data on option.

But, when Stack = cumulative or incremental, we can show plot data on option for all plots in group when following conditions are all met.

1. Offset within subgroup is selected

2. enable subgroup = by axis

ORG-25972

Sankey Map

Plot Sankey Diagram with longitude and latitude XY and then insert map as background

Plot: Categorical: Sankey Map menu. (Mouse over it to see data requirements, 6 columns)

After plotting, use Insert: menu to add a built-in map or add a custom map, shape, or image.

Use the layer level Mini toolbar to set Isometric so the map is proportional to real map

Use the graph level Mini toolbar to Fit Page to Layer.

Use Plot Details to customize node, link, and labels. Ctrl + double click to edit one link is supported.

For map added by Shapefile or our built-in map, use the Plot Details to set fill color of the map.

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ORG-26308

Stacked Bar Map

Support Stacked Bars or 100% Stacked Bars on Map

Stack and Normalize to Percent checkboxes are added On Map tab of Plot Details dialog to turn Bar Map into Stacked Bar Map. Use Maximum Height to adjust the total height.

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ORG-26407, ORG-26717

Stack Lines by Y Offset or Column Label Rows in Browser Graph

Browser graph with lines stacked by Y offset or column label row information

Plot: Browser: Stack Lines menu to directly plot stacked lines with Y offset in browser graph.

Based on left selection, Y axis will auto rescale.

Click down arrow on left panel and choose Stack Lines by Comments, Long Name, etc. to stack plots based on specified label row so that plots with same column label row information will be put together.

ORG-26339

Stacked Browser Graph by Sheet

Group by Sheet option to plot data same sheet together in one panel in browser graph.

Group by Sheet option is added when choosing Plot: Browser: Stack… to create stacked graphs grouped by Sheet.

ORG-25884

Sort X mini toolbar button on Plot(s)

Click Sort X mini toolbar button to set plot’s X to be sorted

There was only LabTalk layer.plot1.line.sortx=1 to sort X data of plot in previous Origin 2023.

Mini toolbar is added when clicking on Line, Scatter, and Line+Symbol plot to sort X without need to sort data in worksheet.

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ORG-24900

Support Create Category with Data Highlighter MT

Support Create Category in Data Highlighter Mini toolbar

ORG-26461

Want to Easily plot one Y against multiple X

Plot one Y against multiple X. Currently you can not plot with XXXXY or YXXXX directly for most plots.

Origin now support Select from Worksheet by X in plotxy XF(use the same control in plotbylabel), so user could build XY range with XXXY or YXXX, and plot line, scatter, line and symbol. XF plotxy is upgraded.

ORG-25968

Online Template for 2023b

Added More online Template for 2023b. You can get the latest online template via Tools: Template Center.

1. Color Mapped Line

2. Bar with Stick

3. 2D Relief Map

4. Sunburst Color by Level

5. 3D Line and symbol with Multiple Axis Planes

6. Stacked Bar Map

7. Sparkline Chart/Line with Dots on Both Ends

8. Side-by-side 3D Stacked Columns

9. Double Y Stacked Columns use new double Y in same layer

10. Multiple Plots/Panels with XXXY data

11. Histogram with range x tick labels

12. 3D Double Y/Double Z templates

ORG-26182

Built-in LaTeX Support

Using SVG drawing for LaTeX

LaTeX App and MikTex installation no longer needed.

LabTalk substitution notation \q(\varphi_{\mu, \sigma^{2}}(X)) will use built-in SVG rendering by MathJax JS library.

@MKX=0 to mean use built-in LaTeX and user must manually set it to 1 to go back to old way

How it works in Graph/Layout window

• If LaTeX text already copied from somewhere else, right click inside graph and choose Paste LaTeX

• Insert: LaTeX Equation… menu or right click inside graph and choose Insert LaTeX Equation…

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• For mixed text and LaTeX Equation, in in-place Edit mode of text object, past in such syntax \q(…..)

• Or in in-place edit mode of text object, right click and choose Insert: LaTeX Equation…(Ctrl+L) to open LaTeX Equation Editor dialog.

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• Right click text object and choose Properties… context menu and enter such syntax

How it works in Worksheet cell

• Click on a cell and use mini toolbar button.

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• To see the effect, right click the cell set Data Style to RichText to turn it on.

• If it’s column label row, click on corresponding row header and check RTF to turn on Rich Text.

How it works in Notes window.

• Right click in Notes window and choose Insert: LaTeX Equation…

Support using third party extensions of MathJax

• Select menu Tools: LaTex Extensions to open dialog to install third party extensions.

ORG-25575

Label Reference Lines With a Column

Specify reference line labels from a column

On Reference Lines tab of Axis dialog, Label Form control added. Specify a column for reference line labels.

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ORG-26599

More Legend Substitution Notation

Show plot’s layer & group name, plot index or column designation info. in legend

More legend substitution notation added for translation mode.

• @LX - column designation. If columns in worksheet are X1Y1Y1 X2Y2Y2, if user plots all Y columns. And set legend to be @LX, it will show 1, 1, 2, 2, (since 1st two plot are from 1st X, and 2nd two plots are from 2nd X ).

• @L1 - plot index. E.g. if plot 5 plots in one layer, it will show as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

• @L2 - group info. When highlight multiple data to plot, they are in one group e.g. g1. User can rename groups in Object manager and show group info. in legend.

• @L3 - layer info. For multi-layer graph, user can give meaningful layer names in Object Manager instead of using default Layer1, Layer2. Using @L3 will show corresponding plot’s layer info. in legend)

E.g. the following legend shows layer name (@L3) - plot index (@LX)

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ORG-25886

Better default legend position

LabTalk command to intelligently reposition the Legend.

LabTalk command run.section(standard, legendsmartpos) is added to move the Legend to a best position.

ORG-26352

Hide Markers in legend

Analysis markers (e.g. peak markers and baseline markers, etc.) will not show in legend by default.

Peak markers and baseline markers, etc. showed in legend in the past after doing peak analysis.

In Origin 2023b, it will be hidden in legend by default. This is controlled by page.peakm=0 (by default)

To make them show in legend, set page.peakm=1 and click Reconstruct Legend button (or Ctrl+L).

ORG-26429

Easier way to turn on Active Dataset Indicator in legend

Indicate Active Dataset button on legend level MT button

Toggle to turn on/off active dataset indicator in legend. When it’s on, a red frame will show on legend of active dataset. By default when opening analysis tools from graph window, active data will be used as the input.

Click on other symbol in legend will change active dataset. The frame will show around the newly clicked plot symbol in legend.

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In the past, user would have to choose Format: Page… to open Plot Details dialog. Check it on Legend/Titles tab.

ORG-26114

Add straight line consider divide by factor

When adding straight line in graph with tick labels calculated by divide by factor, user can use the calculated tick range

E.g. support x range is 0 to 200 while user set tick label by divide by factor 10, tick labels will show as 0 to 20.

When adding straight line in the past, user had to enter values before division, e.g. to add a line at location 12 (by looking at tick labe), user actually needs to enter 120 in Add line dialog. In Origin 2023b, user can directly enter 12.

ORG-26406

Annotation moves with plot with offset

Annotation should move with data plot when offset is changed

New system variable is added @AFP=1 (default). When it’s 1, when text property text.follow=1 by default when adding new annotations. It will not affect existing annotation in existing project file.

ORG-26466

Attach Legend to Plots Improvements

Fix translation mode of of labels after using Attach Legend to Plots button on legend MT button

User could use Attach Legend to Plots button on legend mini toolbar button to put legend info. next to each plot.

E.g. in following image, user sets legend to represent mean value of each plot. Click the Attach Legend to Plots button, legend info. will be attached to end of each plot and they are linked.

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If user then changes the legend to show other info., e.g. Comments info., the label after each plot will change as well.

In Origin 2023b, a system variable @ALP to control it. By default it’s 0 so label translation mode will be fixed so changing legend afterwards will not affect labels. Set @ALP=1 to roll back to old behavior.

ORG-26070

Vertical Alignment option for Data Info. and Tooltip layout

Vertical alignment options added for Data Info. window and tooltip window

There used to be Horizontal alignment only when customizing data point tooltip and data info window.

In Origin 2023b, vertical alignment options are added for tooltip layout when mousing over data points and data Info. layout when using Data Reader, Data Cursor, etc.

To customize in Data Info. window, mousing over data point in graph. Right click inside the yellow tooltip and choos Preferences…

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Click Pencil icon on top of column header column (Note: Vertical alignment is shared across all columns while Horizontal alignment can be independent in each column)

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To customize Data Info. window when using Data Reader, double click in Data Info. window to open Preferences dialog and click Pencil icon in column header.

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ORG-10287

Show fill legend entry only for area plot

Origin support show fill entry only for fill under curve=normal or fill to base. for @LLAB, the 1st bit control whether we should show fill entry(see S6), the 2nd bit control whether we should use old style legend(fill only) for normal and fill to base. 1 to use fill only legend for normal and fill to base.

• @LLAB=0, use new above below legend and keep line entry only

• @LLAB=1, use new above below legend and keep both entries

• @LLAB=2, use fill only legend(old style) for fill under curve=normal or fill to base, for fill to next plot, use new above below legend and keep line entry only

• @LLAB=3, use fill only legend(old style) for fill under curve=normal or fill to base, for fill to next plot, use new above below legend and keep both entries

ORG-23231

Legend title with different style, justification and spacing

Better Partial Text Alignment. Text Property Dialog To Support Selection Alignment.

1. Origin now can set following notation to set alignment for selected content 

2. \p{{a:c}}(selected content) //a:c means align to center, a:l means align to left, a:r means align to right

3. When there is selection in Text Property dialog, only add notation to selected part, not change setting for object(reopen dialog will see the setting for object is not changed).

ORG-25582

Insert, resize and rotate SVG image in graph

Allow easy placement, resizing, and rotation of SVG images in graphs

1. Drag the SVG image to placing, single click to enter Resize mode, single click twice to enter Rotate mode.

2. Double click the SVG image to open dialog and change Position, Size, (Rotated) Angle and Reset to Native Aspect Ratio. Note: Reset to Native Aspect Ratio is only available if not rotated SVG image

3. LabTalk to change rotation: object name.Rotate = 90. Double click the SVG image to check the SVG object name in the Control tab

ORG-26143

Link SVG image with external file for real-time update

Right click on the SVG graph object and check Link File context menu.

1. The inserted SVG graph object will be automatically updated if it’s changed outside origin.

2. The inserted SVG graph object in saved opju will be automatically loaded when opening the opju.

ORG-26142

Info. of SVG image on Status bar and Object Manager

SVG image object name, linked or not, file path

1. Click on SVG image to see info. on left side of Status bar

2. In Graphic Object View of Object Manager, check or uncheck to turn SVG on or off, double click to open Object Properties for further customization. (Linked) show if it’s linked

ORG-26154

Insert Image Auto Set Linked File and Message

Insert image from file or web should be set as Linked File if file size is larger than 800kb

By default, system variable @IML=800. If file size < 800kb, image will not be set to Linked File, otherwise it will automatically be set as linked file.

Set @IML =1 to set all inserted image object as linked file.

ORG-26108

Copy Paste Linked Image between Graph windows

Keep image linked and updated when copy and paste an image from one graph or layout to other graph/windows

In the past, if image is linked to external file, when copy (Ctrl+C) and paste it (Ctrl+V), the image object shows hashtag, etc. so user needs to double click the image to open Image window and Import to update it.

Much straight foward in Origin 2023b now. Paste will directly show the image.

ORG-26197

Histogram mini toolbar to open a mini dialog for bin settings

Support Bin Settings button in Histogram mini toolbar to customize Bin of Histogram

ORG-26061

Support Gradient Fill for 3D Bar When Color Fill By Point

Enable gradient fill group when fill color of 3D bar and XYY bar is filled by point.

ORG-24181

Axis arrow heads in 3D Graph

Turn on arrow head for XYZ axis in 3D graphs

ORG-25711

Box&Whisker mini toolbar button

Dropbox added on box chart mini toolbar button

Dropdown button added before the button to adjust box gaps.

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ORG-24777

Show arrow in 3D trajectory graph

3D Line Tab Support Arrow

Arrow group is only available when connect symbols is checked.

ORG-25465

Index the 3D symbol shape to a column

We support map symbol shape to a column in 3D scatter plot.

Added Increment and column of source sheet in the dropdown of Shape option.

ORG-24062

Modify Scale for 3D tetrahedral

Support rescale all axes

ORG-25974

Sankey Link Connect to Center of Node

We put link to center of node, like the right part of the graph

ORG-25975

Sankey label improvements

When label is inside node in Sankey, move label could also move node

When label is inside node, there is no label offset, select label to move should move node.

ORG-25714

Improvement on scatter matrix graph

Support mixed display (what is this word supposed to be?) mode to show statistics in lower/upper triangular. More options to customize the label text. More statistical plot type for the diagonal cells.

1. Show result (fitting curve, statistics) for each group if a group column is specified.

2. Mixed matrix display option to show additional statistics in lower/upper triangular.

3. More display option for the diagonal cells: e.g. distribution curve, histogram+distribution curve.

4. Custom statistics labels.

   1. Custom label text.

   2. Show significant marks.

   3. Label size by value.

ORG-25849

Show Heatmap Labels for Lower/Upper Triangular without diagonal

Support Lower/Upper Triangular without diagonal for label display.

We can select it in Plot Details dialog, Label tab, drop down list of label display.

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ORG-26272

ORG-26623

Multiple Additional Planes for 3D

We support Multiple Planes for 3D

Before Origin 2023b, user could only add one additional plane in 3D graph on Planes tab of PlotDetails dialog.

In Origin 2023b, … button added to add more than 1 additional planes

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You can also add it from LabTalk Script by layer.plane.add command.

Syntax: layer.plane.add(type, pos[, color])

• type: 1 for XY, 2 for YZ, 3 for ZX

ORG-26220

Increased Histogram Bin Limit

Increased to maximum number of Histograms bins to 10,48,575.

Origin used to have a 1,000 bin count limit. It has now increased to 2²⁰-1 (10,48,575).

ORG-25845

Only Show Date Part on 1st Tick of That Day

For axis with tick increment by hour(s), only show Date part of 1st tick of the day

If showing both date and time for each tick label, they will run into each other. A checkbox Show Date for 1st Tick for the Date is added on Tick Label → Display tab.

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ORG-25962

Drag Selection on Graph to show MT

In graph window, drag selection in Region of Interest, support mini toolbar to Scale in or Enlarge to Separate Graph

ORG-25540

ORG-25997

Apply Formatting MT button on Axis should have choice for layer vs window

For multiple panel graph, click axis in any layer, click Apply Formating To button, support This Layer and This Window in the context menu to easily customize axis for different layer

For This Window, support three more context menu X Scale, Y Scale, All Scales

ORG-26470

Rescale Margin Improvement

Independent rescale margin for min and max of axis

In the past rescale margin is shared between both sides of axis. E.g. top and bottom axis will share the same margin.

In Origin 2023b, independent controls are added. E.g.

1. Right-click on Y axis and choose Rescale Margins…

2. Uncheck Same Margin for Allow Separate Rescale Margin for Top and Bottom

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3. Click the Rescale (Ctrl+R), Rescale X, Rescale Y buttons on toolbar bottons on right side of workspace to update.

Note: In Browser graph, editing Rescale Margin… will trigger the auto rescale. No need to do 3.

ORG-26430

Align Y Axis on Single-Layer Double-Y graph

Align Y axes at specified value in new single-layer double Y graph.

There is this control in old multi-layer double Y graph. It’s on Link Axes Scales tab on layer level of Plot Details dialog

Origin 2023b introduced single-layer double Y graph but alignment option not included.

In Origin 2023b, Align Both Axes at control is added on Show tab of Axis dialog to align both left and right Y axis at specified value

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There is also LabTalk command provided, try below with a double-Y graph,

ORG-26168

Colormap for Box plots

Colormap box fill color with column label value, etc.

Colormap to checkbox is added under Fill group on Pattern tab, with dropdown list to pick which info. to colormap to.

Then go to Colormap tab to set levels and color palette, etc.

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ORG-25150

Sunburst Color Sub-Categories by Parent

Add Color Sub-Categories by Parent checkbox under fill color in Plot Details' Pattern tab.

With this checkbox selected, you can make sunburst plot like the following, with the outer rings having a color gradient with respect to the parent ring.

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ORG-25777

Support indexing the line width of vector plot to a column

Origin now support setting the line width to be index to a column.

You can make a vector plot, then open Plot Details dialog. Go to Vector tab, set Width control mapping to a column.

ORG-26104

Major and Minor Tick Placement for Date-Time Scales

Set Major Ticks = By Increment and Value = Year and minor ticks count as 11. There could be 12 minor ticks in the past. Now Origin has better handled such case with @AMID=1

Other improvements for date-time scales:

1. Extra Minor Tick for last month of leap year

2. 12 month should be equal to 1 year

ORG-26002

Further customization of stack plot labels and titles

Allow further customization of stack plot labels and titles. Improves xf plotstack.

1. When arrangement=vertical, and vertical gap<=2, we show X axis for 1st layer only. When arrangement=Horizontal(or horizontal exchange XY), and horizontal gap<=2. show vertical axis for 1st layer only.

2. Add Show One Y Axis Title(for Horizontal stack direction Y should be X) checkbox under use Alternate side to show ticks and labels. Select it will show middle layer’s Y axis title to 50% of page height. and hide axis title for other layers

ORG-25802

Support Line and Tick for the height of bars (Spiral Bar Chart)

Add Show Y Axis control for Spiral plot. You can see the control in Plot Details dialog’s Labels tab.

When the option is selected, Y axis can be shown for Spiral chart plot.

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ORG-26020

Sheet Navigator Add Dimension Column

In order to check all sheets' dimension, add the Dimension Column in workbook/matrix’s Navigator.

Right click on worksheet/matrix name tab and choose Navigator menu, check the Dimension column in the opened dialog.

ORG-25916

Support Function to Calculate RMSE MBE MAE

Add new functions to calculate RMSE, MBE, and MAE

Three new functions are added to Statistics category in Set Values dialog to calculate RMSE, MBE, and MAE.

• rmse(vobs,vpred): root mean square error

• mbe(vobs,vpred): mean bias error

• mae(vobs,vpred): mean absolute error

ORG-26095

Unfreeze panel Mini toolbar

Unfreeze Mini toolbar when clicking on frozen column/row/cell

Added a Mini toolbar button to to unfreeze any cell/column/row when clicking on the frozen selection.

ORG-26206

Prefer Long Name in SCV dialog

Remember the Prefer Long Name option status in Set Values dialog

In the Set Column Values dialog, at the Col(A) menu, the "Prefer Long Name" is checked by default. Now the status can be rememberred next time open. It’s controls by system variable @SCVPL.

ORG-26217

Quick Find: Show found cell contents on Formula Bar

Show contents of found cell by Find tool in the Formula Bar

Ctrl + F to open Find tool, enter text to find. When a cell is found, show the content in the Formula Bar for convenient.

ORG-26437

Delete Hidden Rows

Delete Hidden Rows is added in Reduce Rows dialog

When adding filter in columns, rows that don’t fit the filter condition will be hidden.

Then user can choose Worksheet: Reduce Rows...

Choose Reduce Method: Delete Hidden Rows to remove those rows.

Edit: Undo is supported.

ORG-26441

Delete whole row by missing or masked value in reference column

Reduce rows by deleting whole row based on missing or masked value in reference column

Delete Entire Row checkbox is added when When Reduce Method is Delete rows with missing values or Delete rows with masked values.

If Delete Entire Row is checked, then user can set Reference Column and check if there is missing or masked value in that column and delete the whole row.

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ORG-26446

Worksheet Insert Delete Protection

Disallow insert/delete rows if worksheet in protection

For protection worksheet that has data connector or operation output, insert or delete row will be forbidden.

ORG-26442

Worksheet Query default to select rows

Improve Worksheet Query tool and wxt X-Function to select rows by default

If all columns are selected, Worksheet Query tool and wxt X-Function will select whole rows instead of block cells now.

This is improved to work better with the newly improved wks.deleteRows() command.

E.g. wxt "col(B)>5000" sel:=1, used to select block cells that fits condition instead of the rows, therefore when user want to run wks.deleteRows() to delete those selected rows, a selection block remains which is anoying. Now row is being deleted, and no selection will be left.

ORG-7329

Auto update of links to variables

Auto update of cell formula or column formula with reference to linked variables

E.g. in the following example, column K is calculated by column D/J. J actually are links to User Variable extracted during import. When import another data, J and K will be auto updated.

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ORG-26742

Missing value should show as Empty in label cell

Cell formula calculates with missing value show as empty in label cell

Input a cell formula in a user-defined label cell, if it’s result is missing value, then Origin will show it as empty instead of “--”.

ORG-25603

Column Designation Group

Use wks.colN.group to specify which group the Nth column belongs

Usually the Y and Z column will belong to the X to the closest X column on the left. Origin 2023b allows user to specify which X group it belongs to.

E.g.

1. Create a 5 column worksheet. Set column C as X column as well.

2. → Columns will be broken into two groups. A, B in group 1 and C, D, E in group 2. See the column designation has 1 and 2.

3. If user select column D to plot, it will use C as X.

4. In Script window, run wks.col4.group=1 // press Enter key to execute it

5. → Now D will be marked with D(Y1). If now select column D to plot, it will be plotted against column A as its X.

ORG-25090

Want Flip Colormap MT button for Matrix

Show the Flip Colormap button on Mini toolbar for matrix when it is in the view image mode. And it’s after the Palette button.

The Flip Colormap button will apply to all matrix objects by default which will affect by @MAP(default = 0 to apply to all and set to 1 to apply to active object only),

ORG-26246

Show Number of Matrix Objects on Status Bar

Shows information like: [Columns x Rows x Number of Matrix Objects] on the Status Bar

Activate any matrix sheet which has multiple matrix objects to show matrix dimension information on the Status Bar

ORG-26278

LT Property to indicate if matrix book is 4D

Matrix Book LT property to indicate matrix sheets are depths/levels of 4D object

Book level property wbook.is4D.

E.g. after import 4D netCDF data with multiple levels/depth, the matrix book will be set to 4D so that future ROI and intensity profile, etc. will work across matrix sheets.

ORG-26284

Support ROI across multiple matrix sheets

For the 4D matrix book(the 4th dimension is sheets), the single ROI will be displayed across matrix sheets.

4D matrix book is set when importing. Add ROI on the 4D matrix book then switch sheets. And the ROI will be displayed on the active sheet.

ORG-26231

Intensity Profile across matrix sheet

For the 4D matrix book, add ROI then do intensity profile. And it will generate all sheets' intensity profile result.

When input matrix is 4D, the dialog’s input will be Matrix Book.

ORG-26255

RGB Profile for Intensity Profile

When import colorful image, it supports generating the intensity profile result base on RGB value of each cell.

Check RGB Profile checkbox to generate the profile result base on RGB value of each cell.

It could sort the output columns by statistics first, within each statistics value should be RGB order. Or sort by RGB first, within each color should be different Statistics.

ORG-26356

Create New and Extract XYZ Across Matrix Sheets

For the 4D matrix book, add ROI then do Create New or Extract XYZ. And it will generate the active sheet’s result. Switching sheets to check diff sheets' result.

When input matrix is 4D, the dialog’s input will be Matrix Book.

ORG-26629

HTML and Markdown change to use CEF engine

Change HTML and Markdown to use CEF engine.

Change HTML and Markdown syntax to use CEF engine, so it can use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This would be useful to show MathJax equation in the notes window with HTML/Markdown syntax. You can find the LaTex eqaution sample under Notes: Load Samples menu.