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What's New in IGOR PRO 8

Igor Pro 8 (Release May, 22nd 2018) contains hundreds of improvements, including 20 new operations, 5 new functions, and a new NetCDF XOP, and the Igor Filter Design Laboratory is now included. IGOR PRO 8 is available for MacOS (64-Bit) and Windows >V7 (32-/64-Bit)

Some highlights of Igor Pro 8 include:

  • Long object names: wave, variable, string, and other object names can be 255 bytes long.
  • New built-in Box Plot and Violin Plot graph types make it easy to show the distribution of values within a data set.
  • New built-in Window Browser allows you to see all your windows at once, or filter by type, name, and/or wave to find that one special graph.
  • Redesigned Procedure Browser allows you to quickly find and filter symbols (functions, macros, etc.).
  • New toolbar provides easier access to frequently used features.
  • Procedure and notebook windows have new Back and Forward buttons to make it easy to navigate back and forth through text.
  • Procedure windows and the command line now suggest options to complete the current command.
  • New Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) operation and seven new dialogs for transfor-mation operations.
  • New built-in "Voigt" and "dblexp_peak" curve fitting functions
  • ODR curve fitting is now thread safe and has built-in parallelization
  • Igor Filter Design Laboratory (IFDL), which was previously a separate paid product, is now built-in
  • Greatly improved the speed of creating and looking up waves by name when there are many similarly-named waves in a data folder
  • Drawing speed of graph traces on High-DPI displays under some specific circumstances is dramatically improved
  • Improved speed of displaying notebooks, help windows, and procedure windows

 For more information see the comprehensive list of new features at https://www.wavemetrics.com/products/igorpro/newfeatures/whatsnew8.htm

 Download Igor Pro 8 as test version here.

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Igor Pro 8 Highlights

Igor Pro 8 contains hundreds of improvements, including 20 new operations, 5 new functions, and a new NetCDF XOP. Some of these changes are highlighted below. The "What's New in Igor Pro 8.ihf" help file that is installed with Igor Pro 8 describes the changes in more detail.

All Igor Pro 7 English licenses (new and upgrades) sold on or after November 1, 2017, will be eligible for a free upgrade to Igor Pro 8 when it's released.

General

  • Long Object Names
    Object names are now limited to 255 bytes, versus 31 bytes in Igor Pro 7 and before. Go ahead and
    Make cell12_trial1_500nmol_tetrodotoxin_highFlow_35deg
    Igor won't object!
    Long Object Names in IGOR PRO 8

User Interface

  • Window Browser
    Use the new Window Browser to see all your windows at once, or filter by type, name, and/or wave to find that one special graph among a sea of great data.
    Window Browser in IGOR PRO 8
  • Toolbar
    The new toolbar provides easier access to frequently used features.
    Toolbar in IGOR PRO 8
  • Procedure Browser
    The redesigned Procedure Browser allows you to quickly find and filter symbols (functions, macros, etc.).
    Procedure Browser in IGOR PRO 8

Graphics

New Box Plot and Violin Plot graph types make it easy to show the distribution of values within a data set.

New Diagramms in IGOR PRO 8

Programming

  • Command Completion
    Procedure windows and the command line now suggest options to complete the current command.
    Autocomplete in IGOR PRO 8
  • Go Back/Forward
    New Back and Forward buttons in procedure and notebook windows allow you to quickly navigate in these window types.
    Go Back/Forward functionality in IGOR PRO 8

Data Analysis

  • Transformations
    • New Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) operation
    • Added seven new dialogs for transformation operations
  • Curve Fitting
    • New built-in Voigt and dblexp_peak fit functions
    • ODR fitting is now thread safe and has built-in parallelization

Igor Filter Design Laboratory

Igor Filter Design Laboratory (IFDL), which was previously a separate paid product, is now part of Igor Pro 8. IFDL is a sophisticated and flexible environment for interactive design, evaluation, and application of Finite Impulse Response (FIR) and Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) digital filters.

Igor Filter Design Laboratory in IGOR PRO 8

Performance Improvements

  • Greatly improved the speed of creating and looking up waves by name when there are many similarly-named waves in a data folder.
  • Drawing speed of graph traces on High-DPI displays under some specific circumstances is dramatically improved.
  • Improved speed of displaying notebooks, help windows, and procedure windows.