PSI-Plot version 8.8 new features (Show me in printer friendly format: plotnew.pdf)

• Version 8.8 is fully compatible with the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system and earlier versions of Microsoft Windows.

• Expanded data sheet handling data up to 524,288 rows and 1024 columns.

• New and improved data editing and management features including filling missing cells with linear or spline interpolated data, inserting data block, and improved editing undo.

• Improved multiple levels data sorting for both balanced and unbalanced data.

• Enhanced mathematical transformation with references to column and cell indices.

• New and enriched data-displaying formats, importing data directly from the Wave format files.

• New mathematical and statistical features such as column statistics and function evaluation.

• Over 100 new predefined fitting models. These new models include popular peak fit models, logistic and sigmoidal models, dose-response models, ligand binding models, Lorentian models, rational models, and many others.

• Dose-response analysis for estimating: LD50/LC50 and EC50/IC50.

• Weibull analysis for estimating the characteristic life and failure rate of a product.

• Simplex and Powell methods for nonlinear fitting with enhanced model diagnostic report.

• Kaplan-Meier survival and hazard estimates.

• In the new program, you can add multiple fitted curves with user controllable data ranges and best-fit parameters graphically.

• Inserting data points into an existing plot graphically.

• New plot wizard will create your desired plot in a more convenient and intuitive way.

• New plotting tools and line types.

• With the new program, you can directly export your plots in PDF file with a few clicks of your mouse.

• The improved object linking and embedding (OLE) server functions allow you to insert your PSI graphics inside word processors (such as Word) and presentation programs (such as PowerPoint) seamlessly. The in-place editing feature offers you the power to edit your PSI graphics inside Word (or other word processing programs) and PowerPoint.

• New document format control allows you to set the page mode, margin sizes, and many other options such as data title, time stamp, page count, etc.

• New plotting tools have been added to the new program to offer you extra power to customize your graphs.

• The new optional grid lines in the plot window will help you locate your plotted objects easily and more precisely.

• The expanded status line hint message will report virtually all the information regarding your mouse location such as screen position, axes coordinates, data values, data source, related calculation results, and many others.

• Several new plotting types have been added to the new program, such as candlestick charts for stocks, floating column charts, Nichols charts, tableau plots (animal zoo plots) for 2D scattering curves, vertical bars, and horizontal bars.

• Many enriched axis formats and new features including the new decibel (dB) and BER (bit error ratio) axis scaling modes, optional comma separator, and prefix and suffix labels for axis tick marks

• For 3D plots, new real time drawing option for 3D move, resize, and rotation and new capability to turn the grid lines on and off on each plane separately.

• For the 3D surface and contour plot, the new program offers you the option of drawing the contour on the surface or on the projection plane.

• For surface plot, a new interpolation method will interpolate any irregular data and generate smooth surface.

• Many new features have been also added to the polar plot, such as the new decibel (dB) axis scaling, polar bar charts, polar histograms, and Nichols chart.

• New function plot commands have been added for create cluster function curves under both the Cartesian coordinate system and the polar system. With these new commands, you can plot a cluster of functions simply with a few mouse clicks.

• Fine-tuning a text object with new alignment, size, location, and space capability.

• Moving an object with arrow keys.

• More optional error specifications for creating automatic error bar charts.

• Expanded drop line options to plot drop lines in any direction for both 2D and 3D plots.

• With the improved template and batch plot functions, you can reproduce a similar graph for any plot type with just a few mouse clicks.

• Enriched online help with a special "How to" section for commonly encountered tasks. New dialog box help system.

• PSI-Plot version 8 is the biggest upgrade since version 4. The user interface for the new PSI-Plot was built on the newest Microsoft Foundation Class Library. The benefits of this new developing platform are overwhelming. It offers the most advanced industrial standard user interface. The new programs run faster and smoother under all Windows operating systems.

• The enhanced object linking and embedding (OLE) implementation allows you to insert your PSI graphics inside word processors (such as MS Word) and presentation programs (such as PowerPoint) seamlessly. The in-place editing feature offers you the power to edit your PSI graphics inside MS Word (or other word processing programs) and PowerPoint.

• With the new programs, you can directly export your plots in the most commonly used graphics formats (Postscript, EPS, WMF, EMW, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, and TIFF) with a few clicks of your mouse. For bitmap images (BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, and TIFF), you can set the desired resolution to satisfy your document publisher’s requirements.

• The newest versions of the programs use the HTML online help system with a user-friendly interface. The online help content has been totally rewritten with complete menu command references.

• The enhanced missing point handling and error control techniques make the new programs more robust for numerical calculation and data processing.

• The newly improved spreadsheet preview offers you the true WYSIWYG on your printout. The updated printing routines let you print your spreadsheets or graphs on virtually any printer supported by Windows.

• The new programs maximize the use of your mouse control and bring new power and convenience to your fingertips. The new programs use both of your mouse buttons and your mouse wheel for different tasks. The changeable cursor shapes make your plot editing easier and more enjoyable.

• New plot types include three commonly used box and whisker plots: the skeleton boxplot, fenced boxplot, and percentile boxplot. The ternary plot supports user-defined symbol colors and styles for each plotted data point.

• Numerous new and enhanced features in data management and manipulation:

  • Automatic file type detection for data importation.

  • Drag-and-drop operation.

  • Additional built-in math functions.

  • Simultaneous mathematical transformation with multiple equations.

  • Interpolation procedure for handling missing points and multiple-values problems.

  • Advanced methods for creating 3D mesh data.

  • Curve fitting with user specified constraints on the parameters.

  • Multilevel data sorting

  • Logistic regression (or curve fitting).

  • Multiple linear curve fitting.

  • Stepwised multiple linear curve fitting.

  • Butterworth digital signal filters.

  • Enhanced matrix manipulation.

  • Hints for speed buttons.

  • User’s remarks on a data sheet and on each column.

• Many new and improved features in plot creation and editing:

  • New multiple level undo.

  • User predefined colors for symbol sequence, line sequence, surface color, and bar chart patterns.

  • Changeable mouse cursor for editing graphs. As you move the mouse over various areas of your graph, the cursor will change into ten different shapes.

  • Additional multiple layer control.

  • Advanced algorithms for creating smooth 3D surface and 3D bar plots.

  • New text object allows you put a shadow in four different positions at various depths in any color.

  • Enhanced legend editor.

  • Three commonly used box and whisker plot types: skeleton boxplot, fenced boxplot, and percentile boxplot.

  • 3D scatter plot with user controllable symbol color, style, and size for each plotted data point.

  • Ternary plot supporting user defined symbol colors and styles for each plotted data point.

  • Hints for speed buttons and the tool box.

  • Conversion from color plot to gray scale.

  • Global change of line size for all plotting objects.

  • Global change of symbol size for all curves.

• Revised users’ handbook.