Support languages

• Visual Basic
• Visual C++
• C#
• J#
• or any programming languages which support COM model

Built-in Graphics editor

• full-page WYSIWYG graphics editing mode
• optional on-screen rulers in either metric or English units
• optional page guidelines
• changeable mouse cursor
• editing tools: copy, cut, paste, undo; group, ungroup; zoom, and unzoom
• drawing toolbox: commonly used shapes, and text
• customized hot keys

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line size from 1 to 100 with an unit of 1/288 inches

• data inspection: verification of data point
• moving, resizing, and rotation in 2D and 3D
• multiple graphs in one page

• user-designed background patterns for slide presentations
• conversion from color to gray scale
• global change of line size and symbol size

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Real-time data display

• real-time data display for multiple channels of data

Graph export

• exportation to most popular graphics formats: EPS, Postscript, WMF, EMF, GIF, BMP, JPG, TIFF, and PNG

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 Annotations

• text tool for annotation: text sizing and rotation
• creation of equations including symbols, superscripts, and subscripts
• alignment of text and graphics objects

Plot types

• 2D curve: scatter, line, drop-line, smooth curve
• polar plot
• area chart: open or closed area chart
• vector plot
• step curve
• ternary (triangle plot)
• Smith chart
• whisker and boxplot:  three commonly used plot types: skeleton boxplot, fenced boxplot, and percentile boxplot
• high-low chart
• stock bar chart
• histogram
• error bar chart: vertical and horizontal error bars

• auto- error bars
• user-defined symbol plot: different color, symbol style, symbol size, and text label for each data point
• 2D pie chart
• 2D bar chart: horizontal and vertical
• stacked bar chart
• grouped bar chart,
• bar charts with error bars
• quality control chart: X Chart (R), X Chart (s), Moving Range, and Moving Average, R-Chart, S-Chart, X Bar Chart, and S-sq Chart, P-Chart, NP-Chart, C Chart, U-Sq Chart
• 3D plot: linear and log scales
• 3D curve: scatter, line, vector, drop line, and projection
• 3D error bar
• 3D bar: vertical and 3D histograms
• 3D surface: Cartesian, spherical, and cylindrical
• contour plot: line or filled contour, automatic label contour levels
• multiple surfaces and curves

Function Plot

• function plot: 2D curves, 3D curves, and 3D surfaces

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Error bars and confidence intervals

• automatic or user-defined error-bar values
• simultaneous vertical and horizontal error bars
• mean, standard deviation, standard error, median, quartile, and percentiles

 Coordinate system

• Cartesian (2D and 3D), Smith, polar, ternary, spherical, and cylindrical

Legend Editor

• easy-to-use legend editor with 35 user-controllable entries
• WYSIWYG preview

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Axis types and labels

• linear, reciprocal, log decimal, log exponential, log(log), ln, logit, 10 base, probability, probit, percent, currency, day, month, date, date-time, and text

Axis mode: linear scale

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Axis mode: nonlinear scale

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• axis breaking
• optional arrowhead: user specified arrow length, width, and fill style
• automatic or user-defined axis ranges and increments
• reverse axis scale, flip axis
• user-designed background patterns for axes frame
• multiple axes with independent scales
• user-controllable grid-line style, size, and color
• automatic or manual labeling
• any angle rotation of axis labels

Axis attributes