Version
6.1
Feature List and
Tutorial Manual
By OriginLab Corporation
NEW FEATURES IN ORIGIN 6.1
Enhanced Exchange of Data, Graphs, and Tools
• Raster Image Import/Export
• ODBC Import
• New EPS Export
• Improved Raster Graphics Export
• Print Large Graphs to Multiple Pages
• Drag-and-Drop Custom Tool Files
• Color-coded LabTalk Script Editor
DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE
Project Organization
Organize projects with Project Explorer; Batch print
selected windows; Dockable results window.
GRAPHICS
Graph Organization
Integrated interface for page and data sets; Dynamically
preview symbols.
Graph Creation
Single-click access to 2D and 3D graph types; Layout
page to show multiple graphs and worksheets; Ultra-fast
graph drawing; Raster or Vector caching.
2D Graphs
Line, scatter, line+symbol, area, area fill,
inclusive/exclusive area fill, bar, stack bar, floating bar,
high-low-close, 3D pie charts, function graphs, column,
stack column, floating column, XYAM vector, XYXY
vector, polar, line series, time series, waterfall, ternary
diagram, double Y axis, multi-panel XY.
2D Contour Graphs
Custom level formatting using color, lines and font, gray
scale maps; Specify label prefix and/or suffix; Set label
decimal points.
3D Graphs
XYZ scatter with drop lines and/or projections, trajectory;
Bar, ribbon, walls, waterfall; Color map surface with
projected contour, wire frame, surface with constant
slices in X/Y direction. Cube frame.
Color
Independently set color for: page, axes, labels, symbols,
lines, patterns; Color-mapped symbols; Color scales;
RGB color settings; Indexed 3D symbol color, shape,
size; Color pattern support.
Line Styles
Straight, segment, B-spline, spline, step (horizontal,
vertical, center), Bezier.
Statistical Charts
Box charts with distribution curves, Column Scatter with
distribution curves, Histogram, Stacked Histograms,
Histogram with distribution curves,
Histogram+Probability, QC charts.
Symbols
Over 100 built-in symbols in graphical gallery; User-
defined bitmap symbols.
Error Bars
X/Y direction, width, thickness control; % of data,
standard deviation, independent dataset.
Data Labels
Associate with data point, control color, font, size;
Rotate, offset, white out, justify.
Axes Styles
Linear, log 10, probability, probit, reciprocal, offset
reciprocal, logit, ln, log 2.
Axes Scales
Normal, auto, fixed from, fixed to, axes break, reverse.
Axes Control
Thickness, color, offset, user-defined position.
Grid Lines
Major, minor, control color, style (solid, dash, etc.),
thickness, density.
Tick Labels
Numeric, text, time, date, month, day of week, indexed
from data set; Control color, font, size; Align, rotate,
offset, show/hide.
Text Labels
TrueType fonts, bold, underline; Italic, Greek,
superscript, subscript.
Drawing Tools
Arrows: Straight/curved; Lines: solid, dashed, dot;
Rectangles/ellipses: hollow, fill color, fill pattern.
Object Edit Tools
Align labels: left, right, top, bottom, center
(vertical/horizontal); Resize labels: same width, same
height; Bring objects to the front/back of other objects;
Group/ungroup.
Multiple Axes
Up to 50 XY axes (layers) per page; Merge multiple
pages, arrange multiple layers, link axes, extract layers
into multiple graphs.
Export
Export graphs or layout pages as AI, BMP, CGM, DXF,
EPS, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, PCT, PDF, PSD, TIF,
WMF, XPM; Copy graphs or layout pages to clipboard,
paste; Paste link using Origin as OLE 2 server,
exchange data using DDE.
Print
Active graph, selected graphs, all open graphs, all
graphs in the project; Printer, PostScript file; Print
preview; Batch printing.
DATA ANALYSIS
Data Selection
Select region of interest, Mask data.
Linear, Polynomial, and Multiple Regression
Linear Fit and Polynomial Fit tools; Weighted and
apparent fit; Confidence and prediction bands, standard
errors of estimated parameters; t-Test and p-values for
fitting parameters; ANOVA table.
Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
Forward, backward FFT; Data windowing; Welch,
Hanning, Hamming, Blackman; Scientific or Engineering
phase convention, Phase wrap/unwrap.
Correlation
Autocorrelation, cross-correlation.
Convolution
Convolution and de-convolution.
FFT Filters
Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Band Block, Noise
threshold.
Peak Finding and Fitting
Find positive and negative peaks, fit positive and
negative peaks; User-defined baseline definition.
Curve Fitter
About 200 built-in fitting functions and create/save user-
defined models; Models in spectroscopy,
chromatography, pharmacology, engineering, etc.
Confidence/prediction bands, variance-covariance
matrix, residual plots; Parameter estimation, standard
errors, confidence intervals, R
2
,
χ
2
.
Curve Fitter Controls
Interactive GUI controls Levenberg-Marquardt and
Simplex methods with general linear constraints; Model
simulation: Find appropriate initial parameters; Set data
range; Share parameters globally; Fit multiple data sets
simultaneously; Control tolerance, total number of
iterations; Set lower/upper bounds for fitting parameters.
Statistics
Descriptive statistics: Sum, minimum, maximum,
percentile, histogram, mean, SD, SEM. t-Test: One
population, two population (paired/unpaired). ANOVA:
One-way ANOVA.
Mathematics
Simple math between data sets: =, +, -, x, ÷,
interpolate/extrapolate; Subtract reference data or
straight line; Average multiple curves, translate curves
(vertical/horizontal).
Calculus
Differentiation, integration, differentiation using Savitzy-
Golay smoothing.
Built-in Functions
Supports a large collection of scientific functions, such
as: INT, NINT, MOD, EXP, SQRT, LOG, LN, SIN, COS,
ASIN, SINH, COSH, SORT, SUM, DIFF, DATA, RND,
GRND, GAMMA, BETA, UNIFORM, NORMAL,
HISTOGRAM, PERCENTILE, ERF, INVERF, INCBETA,
PROB, INVPROB, QCD2, QCD3, QCD4, covariance,
sum of squares, polynomial, Bessel functions,
correlation.
WORKSHEETS
Import
ASCII – single or multiple files, Axon pCLAMP, dBASE,
Excel, Lotus, DIF, Sound, LabTech, Mathematica
vectors and matrices, Kaleidagraph data.
Data Size
No preset limitations on number of worksheet columns
or rows. Data set size limited only by machine memory.
Data Types
Numeric, text, numeric/text, time, date, month, day of
week, custom date formats.
Origin Worksheet
Mask data; Select non-adjacent columns; Drag-and-drop
selections into graphs; Extract data; Sort, Nested sort,
Frequency count; Normalize; Transpose; Transpose
paste; XYZ data to Matrix conversion.
Excel
Directly open Excel 95 or later workbooks; Drag-and-
drop selection into graphs; Drop Excel files onto Origin
icon; Run Excel simultaneously.
Matrix
Shrink; Expand; Set internal data type.
Export
ASCII file, selected region; Option to include headers,
choose separators.
Print
Worksheet, worksheet range; Printer, PostScript file;
Print preview; Batch printing.
USEFUL TOOLS
Baseline and Peaks Tool
Automatic baselines; User-defined baselines; Automatic
determination of positive and negative peak location;
Peak labels and markers; Integration from baseline.
Data Smoothing
Savitzky-Golay smoothing with large asymmetric
windowing (up to 100 points), adjacent averaging
(running average), FFT filter smoothing.
Data Exploration
Data Reader: display data point coordinates; Screen
Reader: display screen coordinates;
Data Markers: set data range for analysis; Move data
graphically; Remove bad data; Mask points from
analysis in worksheet or graph, hide masked points or
display in different colors, swap masked for non-masked.
Zoom Tool
Zoom-in on any graph region; Automatic rescale; Display
enlarged region in separate graph.
PROGRAMMING
Built-in Scripting Language
Easy-to-learn 4
th
generation language for transforms,
batch routines, automation; Math expressions on:
variables, data points, data sets, functions; Arithmetic,
binary, logical, and ternary operators; Value and
reference argument passing.
Custom Interface
Use commands to create dialog boxes, open new
windows; Create toolbar buttons to carry out your own
operations; Modify menus, define new menu commands.
External Functions
With OriginPro write applications in C, C++, or Visual
Basic and use them in Origin.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows 95/98/2000 or Windows NT 4.0 or higher, 41
MB hard disk space, 16 MB RAM, SVGA or higher.
Tutorial Manual
Copyright
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Contents
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Contents
Tutorial 1: Plotting Your Data 1
1.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................1
1.2 Importing Your Data............................................................................................................1
1.3 Designating Worksheet Columns as Error Bars...................................................................2
1.4 Plotting Your Data ...............................................................................................................3
Focusing on a Region of Your Graph..........................................................................4
1.5 Customizing the Graph ........................................................................................................5
Customizing the Data Plot...........................................................................................6
Customizing the Axes..................................................................................................6
Adding Text to the Graph............................................................................................8
1.6 Saving Your Project...........................................................................................................10
Tutorial 2: Exploring Your Data 11
2.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................11
2.2 Transforming Column Values............................................................................................12
2.3 Sorting Worksheet Data.....................................................................................................13
2.4 Plotting a Range of the Worksheet Data ............................................................................15
2.5 Masking Data in the Graph ................................................................................................17
2.6 Performing a Linear Fit on the FLUOR Data Plot.............................................................19
2.7 Saving the Project ..............................................................................................................22
Tutorial 3: Creating Multiple Layer Graphs 23
3.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................23
3.2 Opening the Project File.....................................................................................................23
3.3 Viewing Origin's Multiple Layer Graph Templates...........................................................23
3.4 Designating Multiple X Columns in the Worksheet ..........................................................25
3.5 Creating a Multiple Layer Graph .......................................................................................25
Arranging Layers in the Graph Window....................................................................28
Adding Data to the New Layers.................................................................................30
Linking Axes .............................................................................................................31
3.6 Customizing the Legend ....................................................................................................32
3.7 Saving the Graph as a Template.........................................................................................34
