OriginLab Releases Origin 8.6 and OriginPro 8.6

By DE Editors

OriginLab announced the release of Origin and OriginPro version 8.6. This new version provides a series of upgrades and feature enhancements that were developed based on customer feedback.

OriginLab now offers a native 64-bit version of the software, which will support customers as they work with large datasets. In addition to increased data storage, version 8.6 also features three new gadgets: Vertical Cursor, Sigmoidal Fit, and Curve Intersection. Originally introduced in Origin 8.5, gadgets provide an intuitive interface for performing data analysis on a selected region of data in a graph.

OriginPro includes all the new Origin features as well as advanced statistical tools in the area of Principal Component Analysis and Cluster and Discriminant Analysis. More Normality Test methods have also been added.

Other features include a new messages log window, a split worksheet tool, raw and index data support for more statistical tools, the ability to specify data range using X values, improvements to distribution curves for histogram plot, and flat sheet output for column statistics.

For more information, visit OriginLab.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.