New in OriginPro 2020 und Origin 2020

OriginPro and Origin 2020 offer the following new features:

• Mini Toolbars for Quick and Easy Graph Customization
• 10x Faster Import of Large Text Files
• 5x Faster Scatter Plots for Large Data
• Plot millions of points in seconds with the new Density Dots plot
• Enhanced Database Import
• Other Speed Improvements
• Pie and Doughnut Charts
• Sankey and Alluvial Diagrams
• Dendrograms
• Other New Graph Types
• Copy and Paste Data Plot
• Copy and Paste HTML or EMF Tables
• Absolute Referencing in Cell Formula
• New Apps
• Other Features

Mini Toolbars for Quick and Easy Graph Customization

Edit and customize graph elements quickly using Mini Toolbars in OriginPro and Origin.

These toolbars are sensitive to the type of graph and object selected. The buttons in the pop-up provide access to common customization options, so you can perform quick changes to your graph without opening complex dialogs.

Customize group or individual data plots, axes scales and styles, font settings for all text on the page, layer properties, page properties and more, using these convenient pop-up toolbars. You can even copy a data plot from one graph and paste it to another graph!

10x Faster Import of Large Text Files

Benchmark for Faster Import of Large Text Files

Importing large text files has been significantly improved in the latest version of OriginPro and Origin.

Import speed has been improved by a factor of 10 or more as compared to previous versions of OriginPro and Orign. This was done by making full use of the processor's multi-core architecture.

Benchmark for Faster Import of Large Text Files

5x Faster Scatter Plots for Large Data

Benchmark for Scatter Plots for Large Data

Scatter plots of large datasets are drawn much faster in the new version of OriginPro and Origin. This includes the default XY scatter plot as well as colormapped scatter plots in which a third column is used to assign scatter point color.

In addition, this new version also introduces two new plot types which produce more significant gains in plotting speed:

• Density Dots Plot
• Color Dots Plot

View sections below for details on these new plot types.

Benchmark for Scatter Plots for Large Data

Plot millions of points in seconds with the new Density Dots plot

New Density Dots plot of 2 million data points. Colormap represents data density computed using a fast algorithm.

Density Dots is a new plot type introduced in OriginPro and Origin 2020 to create scatter plots from very large datasets on the order of millions of data points.

The data is presented as a scatter plot where the points are colormapped to the data density. The density is computed using a fast algorithm that utilizes 2D binned approximation and 2D interpolation.

Creating this plot from 2 million XY data points takes just 2 to 3 seconds! See table in section above.

New Density Dots plot of 2 million data points. Colormap represents data density computed using a fast algorithm.

Enhanced Database Import

Several enhancements have been made to database import in this version of OriginPro and Origin:

• Directly import images stored inside the database as pictures in worksheet cells
• Protect imported data from editing, to ensure data integrity
• Clear imported data when saving projects to reduce file size
• Improved Ease of Use and performance

More information at the OriginLab Blog

Benchmark for Database Import

Worksheet with data imported from database including images. Hovering on cell with image will display larger image as pop up.

Other Speed Improvements

OriginPro and Origin 2020 offer performance enhancements in several other areas such as Peak Analysis, Worksheet Data Filters, Contour Plotting, Worksheet Operations, and Importing Third Party files.

Benchmark for Peak Analysis

Benchmark for Worksheet Data Filters

Benchmark for Contour Plotting

Benchmark for Worksheet Operations

Benchmark for Importing Third Party files

 

Pie and Doughnut Charts

Pie charts in OriginPro and Origin have been significantly revamped in this new version.

OriginLab has also introduced variations such as Doughnut plots with several customization options, and an improved 3D Pie chart.

More information at the OriginLab Blog

Sankey and Alluvial Diagrams

Two new plot types introduced in version 2020 of OriginPro and Origin:

• Sankey Diagrams
  More information at the OriginLab Blog
• Alluvial Diagrams

These plot types are extremely useful to visualize the flow of data.

Sankey diagram of contributions from various groups during the 2018 election cycle.

Sankey diagram showing flow of water and energy

Alluvial diagram of Titanic survival data

Dendrograms

Dendrogram plots have been significantly enhanced in OriginPro and Origin 2020. A Circular Dendrogram plot has also been added.

Several Statistical tools and Apps for OriginPro have an option to create Dendrograms.

OriginPro further provides advanced customization of these plots, such as switching and swapping nodes, and extracting specific nodes to new graphs.

More information at the OriginLab Blog

Dendrogram of spectra classification

Circular Dendrogram from Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of lung tissues.

Heatmap with Dendrogram

Other New Graph Types

The following new graph types have also been added in OriginPro and Origin 2020:

• Color Dots
• Kite Diagram
  More information at the OriginLab Blog
• Population Pyramid
  More information at the OriginLab Blog
• Before-After Plot

Population density of 37,000 US Cities plotted using the new *Color Dots* plot. The Import Shapefile App was used to overlay state boundaries.

Kite Diagram with individual data normalized to 100. A shoreline profile has been added as a second layer on top of the Kite diagram

Population Pyramid

Before-After plot

 

 

Copy and Paste Data Plot

Copy and paste data plots from one graph layer to another in OriginPro and Origin 2020.

The data plot will be copied along with the custom formatting. The plot can even be pasted into a new layer as when adding a second Y axis.

Copy and Paste HTML or EMF Tables

Copy worksheet cells or report tables as HTML/EMF and paste to other applications such as Microsoft Word.

Copy formatted worksheet cells or tables from OriginPro's and Origin's report sheets, as HTML. Then paste to other applications such as Microsoft Word and edit further. Worksheet cells can also be copied as EMF.

Copy worksheet cells or report tables as HTML/EMF and paste to other applications such as Microsoft Word.

Absolute Referencing in Cell Formula

Use absolute reference for row and/or column. Then drag formula horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Similar to Excel, you can now use the "$" syntax to create absolute references in Cell Formulas in OriginPro and Origin worksheets cells.

Absolute references can be used for row or column or both row and column.

Formulas can be extended horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Use absolute reference for row and/or column. Then drag formula horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

New Apps

The following new Apps are available with the latest version of OriginPro and Origin. Several Data Connector Apps that are shipped with the product have also been improved and updated.

• 2D Peak Analysis ► ^{OriginPro only}
• Import NMR Data ►
• Video Data Explorer ► ^{OriginPro only}
• Neural Network Fitting ► ^{OriginPro only}
• Soil and Rock Classification Diagrams ►
• Piper Diagram ► ^{OriginPro only}
• Marginal Abatement Cost Curve ► ^{OriginPro only}
• Word Connector ►
• LeCroy Connector ►

Other Features