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- SAN RAFAEL, CA, March 12, 1992 - In response to hundreds of customer
- requests, Jandel Scientific has released SigmaPlot 5.0, the 3D version of
- its popular graphing software. Version 5.0 is a major update to version
- 4.1 which is currently used by over 30,000 scientists and engineers
- worldwide to create publication quality technical charts and graphs.
- Unlike business graphics packages, SigmaPlot includes a full range of
- scientific features such as automatic error bars, huge dataset handling,
- non-linear curve fitting, axis breaks, multiple axes, regression lines,
- confidence intervals, quality control lines, and more.
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- With version 5.0 users can create mesh and scatter plots in 3D using
- commands similar to those used in version 4.1 for 2D graph creation.
- Graphs can be interactively rotated using a unique sparse matrix
- representation method that allows the user to see the graph as it is
- adjusted. Researchers with x,y,z scatter data can use the "Interpolate
- Mesh" command to convert their data to a 3D mesh format. Other useful 3D
- options include hidden line removal, filled or unfilled polygons, frame
- lines, backplanes with color and grids as well as drop lines for scatter
- plots. Labels for tick marks and axes can be rotated relative to the axis
- and text labels can be rotated at any angle. 3D graphs can be resized,
- edited, moved and rescaled interactively using SigmaPlot's WYSIWYG
- graphics page and by simply pointing and clicking with the mouse or
- keyboard.
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- Many new enhancements have been added to version 5.0 making it easier and
- faster to use than ever before. The program now features hierarchical
- sub-menus, improved user prompts and the process for creating a graph has
- been streamlined into 3 easy steps. Users can select the "Current Graph
- Only" command to speed up page redrawing time. Alignment and position
- tools have been added allowing users to automatically center, left and
- right justify labels, graphs and objects to each other and to position
- graphs on the page. "Front to Back" and "Back to Front" commands have been
- added to the toolbox menu for "layering" text or graphic objects.
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- Another exciting addition to version 5.0 is a new file merging command
- which takes a user-compiled list of SigmaPlot graphs and merges all the
- contents of each file onto the page, in one quick and easy step. SigmaPlot
- will also resize and scale the merged graphs if requested by the user.
- This is a great improvement over the earlier cut and paste method.
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- Additional import options for Lotus (.WKS, .WK1, .WK3), Symphony, Quattro
- and Microsoft Excel files have been added to SigmaPlot 5.0 making it
- compatible with all the popular spreadsheet packages. In addition, all
- data files are now pasted directly to the worksheet instead of the
- clipboard. Other improvements to the worksheet include an edit cell and
- insert status line similar to spreadsheet packages. SigmaPlot will now
- also allow longer labels (up to 15 characters) in both upper and lower
- case in worksheet cells and longer default axis titles (up to 80
- characters). Users can now fit multiple equations simultaneously with the
- curve fitter as well as fit equations to their 3D data.
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- Improved and expanded documentation comprising over 800 pages is now
- divided into three easy to use references. Getting Started includes a
- "Quick Start" tutorial and other basics which make learning to create 2D
- and 3D graphs quick and easy. The User's Manual and Transforms and Curve
- Fitting are comprehensive references detailing SigmaPlot's many features
- and functions. The on-line help screens within SigmaPlot have also been
- updated for easier access.
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- SigmaPlot 5.0 retains complete compatibility with DOS version 4.1 and 4.0
- files as well as with SigmaPlot for Macintosh°. Users can read all graph,
- transform and curve fit files created with version 4.x or SigmaPlot for
- Mac in their entirety.
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- Jandel Scientific has been providing software to the scientific and
- engineering communities since 1982 and has been listed as an INC 500
- company for the past three years. SigmaPlot 5.0 for DOS is available for
- $495 and comes with a complete money-back guarantee and free unlimited
- technical support. It may be purchased directly from Jandel Scientific
- (2591 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901, 800-874-1888 or 415453-6700).
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