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OriginPro 8.5.1 - A New Point of Origin
29 July, 2011
In the data-driven worlds of research and engineering, more truly is better. OriginPro 8.5.1, released in April, “provides tools for serious data analysis, such as Peak Fitting, Surface Fitting, Statistics, Signal Processing, and Image Handling,” says Joe Przechocki, business development manager of OriginLab Corp., Northampton, MA.
Origin began in the early 1990s as a utility for processing data from microcalorimeters from MicroCal Corp. (now part of GE Healthcare). Its beginnings focused the product on publication-quality graphing and easy-to-use curve-fitting for Windows users. MicroCal quickly recognized its value and flexibility early on, and a new company called MicroCal Software was developed for the sole purpose of developing Origin for wider applications. In 2000, the company changed its name to be more in line with its popular product name. OriginLab Corp. was born.
In a nutshell, Origin, the base version, and OriginPro, with extended functionality, provide point-and-click control over every element of a plot. Additionally, users can create multiple types of richly formatted plots, perform data analysis and then embed both graphs and results into dynamically updated report templates for efficient re-use of effort.
“At a conference, you can tell right away who’s using a graphics program like OriginPro and who’s not,” notes Jeff Thompson, a research scientist at the Energy & Environmental Research Center in Fargo, ND. He frequently acquires data in relatively short-duration projects that needs to be analyzed, then published or presented. The “polish” and personalization he can add to a report drew him to Origin Pro, he says.
All data, plot types and settings are saved in a single project file (called an OPJ file), so organizing, archiving and sharing is practically painless. Furthermore, OriginLab offers a free Origin Project Reader so that any colleague "or customer "can access OriginPro data without a copy of the software installed.
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Vince Adams, currently an account manager for LMS, is a longtime simulation educator, consultant and speaker. He has authored three books on finite element analysis and numerous magazine articles.