Grapher Changelog

What's new in Grapher 22.1.333

Oct 13, 2023

Automation:
Polar Function Plot: Improved recalculation of points when switching between types.
Box Plot: Now allows the option to skip repeat error messages in automation.
Fit Plots:
Preserve fit plot objects even when the linked data file is missing.
Default polar angle limits now align with your pre-set plot's clipping settings.
Graph Gallery:
New tags for "3D Pie Chart.grf" and "Stacked + Adjacent Bar Charts.gpj."
Improved loading speed.
Mouse scroll now jumps two lines instead of three.
Labels:
Label/numeric format now rounds numbers ending in 5 up.
Reset Positions for Plot Labels now applies to multiple selected plots at once.
Axis labels now auto-update tick spacing when opening older GPJ files with a break.
Performance Improvements:
Built an advanced axis position calculator to improve performance.
Sped up the process of accumulating unaccounted data extents for axes.
Improved the speed of building line plot points.
General Improvements:
New sample files located at C://Program Files/Golden Software/Grapher 22/Samples
Options to no longer display certain warning dialogs
Easier to use Remap Worksheets functionality.
Easy to see indications that a Data Filter is in use
Fixes:
Data after special characters that stop CSV imports are no longer imported
Various automation/script recorder improvements

New in Grapher 21.1.299 (Mar 15, 2023)

New Features and Improvements:
Add Custom Fit: improve dialog and overall fitting experience
Bar/Histogram Groups: Rename groups
Changing worksheet paths has been updated to remapping them via a dialog
Drag and drop project page tabs to reorder pages
Draw graph background line over axes and grid lines
File menu: reorganized Online/Feedback sections to be more intuitive
Graph Gallery: a new tool for displaying sample graphs
Graph Wizard: improve ease of use and user experience
Imagery with 5 color components from NAIP import correctly
Improvements were made to increase speed and decrease processing times
Legend: Click and drag to move entries in Legend Entries dialog
Option to turn off some warnings
PDF export (vector): decrease the minimum dash length, so dots look like dots
Print: option to only print the current view
Print: print preview displayed
Ribbon: Graph Tools page: always show
Ribbon: Home page: removed ‘Add to Graph’ group
Ribbon: Home page: reorganized the ‘New Graph’ group into more intuitive groupings
Save as PDF: added to Print dialog and File menu
Thinned Plot: display only some data when plotting from a large data set
Thumbnails for GRF/GPJ files can be displayed in Windows Explorer
Fixes:
Automation: internal error setting fit option to 0 on 3D graph
Axis ticks do not appear when using small numbers
Box Plot: Labels incorrect when Data in rows is used
Box Plot: Not all data appears when Data in rows is used
Colormap: Custom colormap with single quote character in name causes launch error
Crash when opening a Grapher 1 GRF file after Trial expired
Crash when opening SQL server database connection string
Crash when selecting a color scale
Crash when start Grapher
Crash when trying to load larger size grid into smaller custom size limits
Crash when turning off visibility in Object Manager
Duplicate Axis: Cannot Delete
Internal Error when importing an EMF as a base map and break apart metafiles (EmfImportFilter.cpp)
Lock size: can still change size in property manager controls
Math Plot component plots get out of sync when you change the plot order in the Object Manager
PDF export: Dashes in dashed lines are shifted
PDF export (vector): doesn't export page correctly when map is >200" and using application page size
PDF export (vector): doesn't export properly if text object contains parentheses in math text filepath
Print: Save As PDF: dialog is Save To PDF. Should be consistent
Redraw issue with axis visibility and grid lines
Reload Worksheet: loads worksheets that are no longer in use
Ribbon: View | Redraw: new script icons keep getting added if you cancel adding scripts
Vector PDF import: vector objects are displaced from image

New in Grapher 20.2.321 (Feb 19, 2023)

Improvements:
Duplicate command does not have a name/description/tooltip in the menu
When removing fit or confidence plot, remove themselves from all axes, not just linked axes
Options: plot palette option to use should be renamed and have more help
Axis Label Alignment for X Axis and Box Plot Axis seem backwards
Export PDF vector: unsupported fonts that can't be embedded look much closer to their original font
Fixes:
2-Point vector plot: when creating from worksheet or Add Plot, creates 1-point instead (and vice-versa)
3D graph: moving plot causes non-angled axis titles to move very strangely and aren't undone correctly
Auto recovery: can get stuck opening empty recovered files every time new instance launches
Automation: Docs.Add does not add specified data to GRT files
Automation: Math plot removed after calling RemoveAllPlots method and deleting line plot
Automation: Plot Label: Font size isn't recorded for all plots when multiple plots selected (or any PM spinner/slider controls)
Axis Break: Tick spacing after break incorrect
Can define custom fit equations with words for parameters but Properties expects single characters
Choose Axes: when axes are also selected, cancelling results in axes pasted as free-floating
Class Legend: still shows old entry names after changing to class by name
Class scatter: odd behavior with Object Manager when converting class scatter in 3D graph
Confidence interval shifts when changing color of associated line plot
Convert Plot Type: Changing 3D Bar Chart to Horizontal Bar Chart makes plot and axes distorted
Crash (no reporter) when adding confidence interval to polar fit plot
Crash when deleting plots
Crash when importing DXF
Crash when loading DXF file after error about file being in use by another process
Crash when opening CSV in worksheet
Crash when starting Grapher
Crash when trying to load a TIF file
Crash when trying to set axis limits
Defaults: X and Y Axis title font size does not work
Disperse Overlapped Labels dialog: Untitled dialog is raised when invalid value is entered
DXF import: mirrored polyline
Export: directory is not remembered
Fit Curve: Confidence Intervals no longer display
Internal Error after changing axis limits (AxisSupport.cpp)
Internal Error editing confidence plot when fit doesn't support it
Internal Error when exporting PDFv, EMF (Dib.cpp)
Internal Error when selecting Property Manager for multiple plots (ObjTreeCtrl.cpp)
Legend: partial border is still visible when setting legend visibility off
Link axis: Axis length does not adjust automatically after linking
Math plot: after removing with undo, data is incorrectly plotted on Y axis
Metafile is flipped vertically for 3D bubble plot
Move Label: 3D rotation can cause opposite movement of labels than expected (improve direction for movement)
Open/Import DXF: std exception error (vector too long)
PDF Export: fill between plots produces thin lines when printed to PDF or exported to PDF(vector)
Properties: Remove Average Value Symbol Properties when not appropriate
Radar Graph: when including columns with no numeric data there are weird rendering issues (+ changes in worksheet can lead to a crash)
Recorder: DateType and TimeType not recorded for required SetDateTimeFmtType parameters
Recorder: PasteSpecial for wks format needs to record wksClipboard value
Symbol Properties: improve behavior of disabling/hiding properties that aren't applicable
Tick Marks: Minor tick label options for log10 axes changed from previous versions
Undo does not restore title text after enabling Link Title
Undo/redo does not restore state after data range updates
XYZ Line: fit curve does not update when data is deleted
XYZ Vertical Bar Chart: Z axis labels are getting cut off
Z axis: flipping direction with angled title also moves position

New in Grapher 19.3.323 (Apr 6, 2022)

New in Grapher 19.2.305 (Feb 10, 2022)

New in Grapher 18.3.400 (Oct 6, 2021)

New in Grapher 18.2.373 (Oct 4, 2021)

New in Grapher 18.1.334 (Jun 8, 2021)

New in Grapher 17.4.481 (Apr 6, 2021)

New in Grapher 17.3.454 (Feb 11, 2021)

New in Grapher 17.2.435 (Jan 15, 2021)

New in Grapher 17.1.408 (Dec 8, 2020)

New in Grapher 16.5.478 (Nov 12, 2020)

New in Grapher 16.5.474 (Nov 4, 2020)

New features and Improvements:
Ternary graph was drawn upside down after resizing
3D Pie/Doughnut plot had color bleed
3D Pie/Doughnut was missing the bottom line of the plot
NULL criteria is now treated as blanks when Missing Data is being shown as Discontinuous. This will effect the way an existing plot looks.
Fixes:
Polar function plot: discontinuous data is honored in the line plot. This will effect the way existing projects look when opened in the current version.
Automatic backup was failing when saving worksheets
Crash when opening an empty file
Internal Error occurred when importing GPX files
Internal error occurred while changing label column for bubble plots
Labels on a scaled 2D plot with an offset can be rotated
Crashed when saving GRF file
Torus was missing a slice when the start angle was set to specific degrees
Crashed when changing the opacity (or toggling on/off) of objects, including line plots
Crash when saving a file with bar charts
Crash after undoing paste
Saving GRF file corrupts the file and appears to save GRF as an image
Opening GPJ saved to OneDrive corrupted the file
Print: Fit to Page was not printing whole project as expected
In automation, using Worksheet Range Parent created an error
When using a line plot, the symbol table legend changed state of existing legends
Automation: AutoAxis.Max did not update right away when changing value in a worksheet
Histogram: "Exponential PDF Fit" Scale Value could not be changed
Error bars: Vertical error bar connection fill disappeared when Custom negative applied
Error bars: Connect error bars by sorted order not drawing/worksheet order. This will effect the way an existing project looks when opened in the latest version.
Adding a contour grid map to 3d bar/floating bar chart resulted in an invisible graph
Symbol rotation behavior now matches Grapher 12 and previous per requests
Changing the orientation for group in a 3DXYZ Bar Chart caused huge aliased bars
Rotating a legend did not locate the legend in the expected location
Defaults were not overwriting Options when it should be
Rose axis labels in wrong position after rotating using the Free Rotate tool.
Rotating cone shaped bars in a bar chart resulted in errors.
The spread across plot option was not clipping the fill to the Bar Style shape correctly

New in Grapher 16.4.432 (Sep 3, 2020)

New in Grapher 16.3.410 (Aug 6, 2020)

New in Grapher 16.2.354 (May 13, 2020)

New in Grapher 16.1.335 (Apr 17, 2020)

New in Grapher 16.0.314 (Mar 11, 2020)

Crashes:
Crash when cancelling loading worksheets for GRF
Crash when using Open Excel to import an XLSX file with a missing sheet
Crash when accessing contour map Levels defaults
Crash when undoing while a script was running, then closing Grapher
Crash when canceling an export
Crash when changing Worksheet for a line plot to a file opened with the Open Excel command
Crash when copy/pasting in data
Automation: Crash editing text properties of a legend
Automation: Crash quitting after closing a file containing a grid map
Internal Error when selecting a plot pasted into a group
Internal Error when opening the Text Editor
Grapher closes when a polar wind plot is deleted
Axes:
Rounding errors around "0" for a descending axis
Changing X axis position moved the entire plot
Turning off axes titles in the last Graph Wizard dialog didn't remove axes titles from the graph
Incorrect Y axis limits when adding error bars to a horizontal category bar charts
Displaying Radius Axis labels for a wind chart as percentages did not affect the minor tick labels
Implemented smarter tick spacing for date/time axes to minimize risk of overlapping labels
Implemented smarter axis limits when changing a plot's axis from one axis to another that is a duplicate of the first
Plot-specific:
Pie charts:
Background fill properties were not displaying in the Property Manager at times
Added Redo support for fill for Pie/Doughnut Plot
Bubble plots:
XYZ Bubble Plot: Properties were not updated automatically when the fill method was changed
Creating multiple plots from the worksheet didn't work for 2D and XYZ bubble plots
Function plots:
Changed initial First/Last value to be the axis limits
Clipping: Plot was not clipped to Y min/max consistently
Math plots: Plots are now drawn independently of the sort order of the X variable data
Stiff plots: Vertical alignment was not working properly for labels
Line plots: Adding end styles to a line plot and then smoothing the plot line added end styles all along the line
Bar charts: Changing a shared property of bar charts changed the Z column
Legends:
Opening the Select Plots dialog caused fonts to change
Line/fill properties were not applied for wind chart legends
Fit curves:
Inserted statistics did not update correctly when fit type was changed
Lognormal fit curves did not appear inside of the confidence interval
Custom fit equations disappeared from the Property Manager when the equation was changed
Worksheet:
Clicking to a Plot document from the Worksheet window turned on the Property Manager
Sort did not work as expected on some computers
Labels:
Source text alignment was lost when using labels from a worksheet
Move Labels: Pressing TAB did not work to select the next label
Text:
Text Editor: New template was inserted with too much space
Improved speed when opening a file containing polar plots
Moving rotated text with arrow keys didn't always work as expected
EMF Export or copy/paste: Rotated text appeared bolded
MathType 6.0 Equation object didn't appear in the Object Manager initially
Grid divisions:
Grid Divisions did not appropriately divide grid by centimeters
Zooming removed some grid dots
Automation:
Box plot last row didn't update initially
Error raised in Scripter identified wrong parameter as cause of error
Run Script: When script got to break point, new scripts could not be run with this command
AngleWidth did not give the correct value without UI interaction
LastTickValue did not return the correct value until changes were made to the axis
Fill PatternName was not returned correctly
Deleting a legend through automation did not work the same as through the UI
Script Recorder: Editing properties of individual entries in a class legend via the Text Editor didn't record anything
UI warning propagated through Automation as a status bar warning with no ability to dismiss
Sheet name was not recorded when new plot data was selected for the first time
Defaults/Options/Settings:
Cleaned up settings/defaults file duplication
Other:
Digitize Fixed: Cursor jumped off of the line
Implemented smarter initial x/y columns when creating a plot (no text columns)
Adding new plots to a row-data plot stopped incrementing the rows when the column count was reached

New in Grapher 15.3.339 (Feb 7, 2020)

New in Grapher 15.2.311 (Nov 20, 2019)

New in Grapher 15.1.284 (Sep 24, 2019)

Crashes:
Fixed multiple crashes resulting from setting defaults
Fixed crashes and “No RTTI data” errors when opening or saving files
Fixed a crash when accessing properties for objects (like labels) that included a “None” option for a Worksheet field
Fixed a crash when unchecking “Show color scale” in the Property Manager for a vector plot
Fixed a crash when adding a function surface plot to a graph
Fixed a crash when undoing class changes
Fixed a crash when copying an axis object
Fixed a crash when saving back to a Grapher 13 file format
Fixed a crash when setting/changing the worksheet for a plot from the Property Manager
Fixed a crash when double clicking on an OLE object
Fixed a crash when opening a file as invalid license error appeared and closed Grapher
Fixed a crash when opening a specific GRF and specifying the XLSX data file
Fixed a crash trying to save after deleting an object that had already been deleted
Text:
Fixed an issue where axis title font properties were reset when the title text was updated
Fixed an issue where parameters in inserted fit results for custom fit curves did not change color with the rest of the text
Fixed an issue where some individually-edited legend entry text was updated when the properties for All Entries were changed
Fixed an issue where files opened with all text bolded/italicized/colored when only part of the text should be
Fixed an issue where setting font properties in the Text Editor did not change the font properties in the Property Manager for multi-line text
Property Manager:
Fixed an issue where the incorrect between fill value was showing in the Property Manager when using different fills above and below the plot intersections
Fixed an issue where Average Value Symbol Properties were available for bubble plots and class scatter plots, despite not being able to add error bars to those plot types
Fixed an issue where Radial gradient type was not available for bar charts where the bar value was less than the base value
Script Recorder:
Fixed an issue where the incorrect command was recorded when setting the Labels Line Style for pie/doughnut plots
Fixed an issue where turning on script recording slowed Grapher down over time
Fixed an issue where using the slider/spinner to adjust the line or label properties for contour levels resulted in only one script line being recorded, for the last level
Other:
Fixed an issue where 3D Graph titles could not be removed in the Defaults dialog
Fixed an incorrect file path warning when trying to use the internal worksheet in a GPJ to create a new plot
Fixed an issue where data was not updating when plot worksheet was changed
Fixed an issue where the Symbol Frequency property was not being honored for stiff plots
Fixed an issue where saving a 3D bubble plot back to a previous version file format resulted in an “Unexpected file format” error when attempting to open the file
Fixed an issue where individual symbols in symbol table could not be edited for ternary plots
Fixed wording and behavior of Export Data dialog for X=F(Y) fits (when not using default settings)

New in Grapher 15.0.259 (Aug 6, 2019)

New in Grapher 14.4.420 (Jul 25, 2019)

New in Grapher 14.2.371 (Apr 25, 2019)

Fixed a crash when aborting/canceling the loading of data for a GRF file
Fixed a crash when pasting into a group
Fixed a crash when loading data for a GRT template file
Fixed a crash when running a script to a break mark then closing a fit report opened in the script with the script still paused
Fixed a crash when saving, after a "No Error Occurred" message appeared
Fixed a crash in licensing files when closing Grapher caused by a bug in third party Sentinel code
Fixed a crash in a message box caused by a bug in third party BCG code
Fixed an internal error when setting the explosion factor for a pie chart slice to a negative number
Fixed a "Vector subscript out of range" error changing an Exponentail histogram fit curve to a Power fit curve
Fixed an issue where it was no longer possible to add a fit curve to an XYZ scatter plot
Fixed an issue where height/width values in a script were always recognized as inches even if page units were set to centimeters
Fixed an issue where the Edit Classes dialog for class scatter plots showed symbol sizes in inches even if the page units were set to centimeters
Fixed an issue where the Grapher application sometimes stayed open in the background after closing, so files were appearing as locked for use
Fixed an issue where points imported in a DGN file came in with incorrect sizes and colors
Fixed an issue where plots renamed to their default names after reloading data
Fixed an issue with inconsistent default directories appearing in the Save As dialog when saving multiple open projects
Fixed an issue where the Scale setting for a lognormal histogram fit curve was incorrect
Fixed an issue where plotting some row data caused the plot not to appear
Fixed an issue where XYZ plots disappear yet have large bounding boxes when saved back to Grapher 12/Grapher 13 file formats
Fixed a redraw issue where the Y axis for a stiff plot did not completely disappear when unchecked
Decreased the internal Width minimum value for the Limit label width axis label property
Removed the Margin option from the context menu in the Text Editor (it is still available from the Property Manager)

New in Grapher 14.1.346 (Mar 26, 2019)

New in Grapher 13.3.754 (Nov 2, 2018)

New in Grapher 13.2.734 (Aug 14, 2018)

Improved license logging when performing an offline activation and license update
Made offline upgrades / license renewals easier (Single-user licensing)
Changed grid linse to draw under axes
Added ability to mass-edit shared properties of text objects without text changing
Improved overflow errors for custom fit calculations so error is only issued once
PDF Import: Fixed an issue where raster images were skewed when using "alternate rasterizer plug-in" option
PDF Import (vector): Added ability to select which layers to import
Fixed an issue where Text Editor was always showing left alignment
Fixed a crash loading XLSX file
Fixed an issue where rounded legend shadow is not properly rounded
Fixed an issue where recording a script while adding a duplicate axis did not record the correct command (DuplicateAxis)
Fixed a crash when aborting an XLSX import
Fixed a crash when opening a file
Fit curve: Fixed an issue where date/time clipping options were not displayed when there were empty rows above the header row
Fixed an Internal Error in LineStyleManager.cpp, line 152
Fixed a crash when importing a worksheet
Fixed a crash when setting the worksheet for a line plot
Fixed a crash when installing Grapher using WINE on an Ubuntu system
Fixed a crash when opening a template
Added the ability to set plot columns to empty column
Added the ability to copy line properties as well as text/limits/scaling properties when duplicating axes
Automation: Fixed an issue where setting plot size to grf11x17 produces a plot that is 10x17
Print Multiple: Fixed a "failed to save document" error messages
Fixed an issue where a new Y axis is not positioned correctly during addition of new plot to graph
Fixed an issue wehre Text Editor was inserting incorrect time (dependent on time zone)
Fixed an issue where the Property Manager automatically scrolls up when a spinner arrow is clicked
Added more information to offline activation and license update txt files (standalone licensing) for easier debugging of issues
Fixed an Internal Error when opening an ESRI FLT dataset with an invalid CELLSIZE parameter
Fixed an Internal Error when importing a WMF file
PDF Export: Fixed an error merging files in Arcobat if image compression was turned off
Fixed an issue where italizized text was not properly right-aligned
Fixed an issue importing BigTIFF files
SHP Import: Fixed inability to import SHP files due to invalid shape type 4294967295
Fixed an Internal Error when importing a DXF file with invalid line widths
Fixed an issue importing PLY files (no known objects)
PDF Import (vector): Fixed an issue where raster and vector layers don't overlay properly
PDF Import (vector): Fixed an issue where objects outside of the PDF mediabox were being imported
PDF Import: Fixed an issue where a blank page was imported
SHP Import: Added support for multipatch objects
DXF Export: Added transparency support for PNG attachment
Fixed a crash running AutoPieChart2 test script
Fit Curve: Fixed an issue where changing Family for a Loess fit caused Grapher to close immediately without issuing any errors
Fixed an issue where 'alternate' alignment for ternary plot labels did not work
Script Recorder: Fixed an issue where changing the class method was not recorded
Script Recorder: Fixed an issue where "show class legend" is not initially recorded
Removed extra legend entries for piper plots
Fixed a crash when rotating an object
Fixed an issue where Grapher continued to run in the background after it was closed
Automation: Fixed an incorrect error when trying to set AutoFitPlot Equation to Loess or RMA fit types
Removed collinearity checks when gridding
Fixed an Internal Error in in the Welcome dialog

New in Grapher 12.7.126 (Jul 6, 2017)

New in Grapher 12.6.121 (Jun 30, 2017)

New in Grapher 12.5.77 (Mar 29, 2017)

Fixed a crash when attempting to save a GRF file
Fixed a crash when exporting a text object with font height of 0 to vector PDF
Fixed a crash when closing Grapher if an embedded plot is open in MS Word
Fixed a crash when attempting to open a Grapher file stored on Sharepoint
Fixed a crash when closing the program after opening many files
Fixed a crash when initializing customer tracking
Fixed a crash when undoing an Arrange command
Fixed a crash when undoing an operation and then clicking in the view window
Fixed a crash when loading an Excel file
Fixed a crash when selecting many line/scatter plots
Fixed a crash when performing a Save As operation on an Excel file opened with the Open Excel command
Fixed a crash when attempting to remove the Excel document window after closing it
Fixed a crash when clicking and dragging a file into Grapher to open it
Fixed a crash trying to format a date with a NAN value
Fixed a crash entering the Graph Wizard from the welcome dialog, selecting a graph and clicking Next, clicking Back and selecting a new graph type, then clicking Next again
Fixed an issue where pasting an EMF with broken apart enabled resulted in an upside-down image
Fixed a “Catastrophic Error” when running a script recorded with the Script Recorder
Fixed an issue where clicking Apply before clicking OK to add a fit curve caused custom clipping limits to be applied, so it looked like the fit was not added
Fixed an issue where the Align commands were not available when multiple objects within a graph were selected
Fixed an issue where automatic logarithmic axes limits didn’t update properly with a negative fit curve
Fixed an issue where resizing polar vector plots caused the arrows to become incorrect lengths
Fixed an “Incomplete point entity” error when importing a DXF file containing one point entity that is missing its layer group
Fixed an “Unrecognized or invalid shape type 4294963199” error when importing a malformed SHP file where the record sizes don’t match the sizes indicated in the record headers
Fixed an “Unrecognized or invalid shape type 1027679809” error when importing a SHP file containing points missing the ‘m’ portion of the record
Fixed an issue where SID files imported at different scales had different limits
Fixed an internal error when importing a GSB file where the number of vertices didn’t match the vertex count
Fixed an issue where SHP point files were opening in the worksheet if you used the LiDAR import
Fixed an issue where a GSB file could be exported with an incorrect vertex count
Fixed an issue with date/time format not being applied via Scripter
Fixed an issue where copy/pasting into a clean worksheet did not mark it as changed
Fixed an issue in the Text Editor where the selection was too big if the font size was small
Fixed an issue in the Text Editor where the cursor was in the wrong location if the text was small
Fixed an issue where a filled contour map is not displaying the gradient fill in the legend
Fixed an issue where GPX files containing Unicode names don’t load properly
Fixed an issue where importing a large BNA with a polyline composed of many many vertices is much slower in the current version than in an older version
Fixed an issue where resizing the bottom pane in the Options dialog makes the main pane disappear
Updated the Piper Plot.grf sample file to show all data points in the diamond plot and to display only one symbol for the orange data points

New in Grapher 12.4.46 (Feb 14, 2017)

New in Grapher 12.3.734 (Nov 2, 2016)

New in Grapher 12.2.728 (Oct 26, 2016)

Corrected an issue where recording a script with a custom cutoff value filled down to the axis because FillCutoffAuto was still set to True
Corrected an issue where adding a few average fits curves resulted in incorrect fit curves
Corrected a crash after opening a graph
Corrected a crash after selecting an empty fit curve
Deprecated a few duplicate automation commands (TitleFont, TitleText)
Corrected a crash when creating a plot from the Graph Wizard with an ACCDB file and changing the worksheet
Corrected a crash when opening specific GPJ files
Corrected an issue with getting a “Value must be >0” error when clicking buttons in the Color Gradient dialog
Corrected an issue where custom first row and last row settings for box-whisker plots were not accepted if the assigned rows contain empty or text values
Corrected an issue where Disable tick marks/labels and Flip tick marks/labels were not working when adding a duplicate axis
Corrected a crash when deleting a class plot and/or class plot legend
Corrected a crash when opening a Grapher 10 GRF file with nonstandard date/time label format
Corrected an issue where the custom color option in the Text Editor had disappeared
Corrected an issue where custom class plot legend names changed when the plot name changed
Corrected a crash when printing using the Truncate print method
Corrected an internal error when assigning coordinates to an image
Corrected a crash when closing a file
Corrected a crash when copy/pasting a bar chart with gradient fill
Corrected an issue where lines are too wide when exporting to EMF if page units are set to cm
Corrected a crash when saving a GRF file
Corrected an issue where moving a copy/pasted 3D ribbon plot causes the plot to show up in the incorrect location relative to the axes
Corrected an internal error when importing an EMF file with a 24-bit or 32-bit image
Corrected an issue where importing a WMF file causes non-rotated text to stretch when the image is imported as broken-apart
Corrected an issue where polylines stop antialiasing at certain widths and zoom levels
Corrected an issue where Unicode text in the Text Editor cannot be selected
Corrected a crash when copy/pasting a surface function map
Corrected an issue where line plot fill was not vertically down to the axis if clipping was applied
Corrected an issue where dragging and dropping a plot in the Object Manager into a graph with multiple axes cannot be canceled
Corrected a crash when selecting an object or group
Corrected a crash when changing the default floating bar chart orientation to horizontal
Corrected a crash when typing eleven or more numbers into the Custom Line dialog
Corrected a crash when editing multiple wind charts’ speed bins at the same time
Corrected a crash when selecting/editing inserted Word documents
Corrected an internal error when reloading data
Corrected an issue where showing grid lines at major labels only shows no grid lines at all if the axis is descending
Corrected a crash when copying a floating bar chart
Corrected a crash when copy/pasting a box-whisker plot
Corrected a crash when editing defaults and then selecting a plot that does not have that default property
Corrected an issue where importing a SHP file with an incorrect code page number resulted in an “Invalid parameter passed to subroutine or function” error
Corrected an issue where importing a SHP file with an incorrect header object results in an “Unrecognized or invalid shape type” error
Corrected an issue where importing a binary DXF file results in an “Unknown record format” error
Corrected an issue where changing the page setup margins from the worksheet results in an error: “Margin does not fit on page”
Corrected an issue where inserting a template in the Text Editor didn’t allow for selection of the upper box
Corrected an issue where importing a SHP file containing a record with zero vertices results in an “Unrecognized or invalid shape type” error
Corrected an issue where importing a TIFF with AdobeDeflate compression results in an error: “Specified TIFF file contains an unrecognized image format or file is corrupt. Can’t import.”
Corrected a crash when loading a TIFF with tiling and horizontal differencing
Corrected an issue with opening a large DXF file in the worksheet view
Corrected an issue where importing an EMF results in an incorrectly-sized image with extra space in the bounding box
Corrected an issue where copy/pasting from the worksheet puts contents in quotes
Corrected an issue where the 00 and 12 hours were listed with incorrect AM/PM designation
Corrected an internal error when deleting and cutting data from the worksheet
Corrected a crash when copying large polygons to the Windows clipboard
Corrected an issue where certain date/time values in the worksheet display with 60 seconds rather than the next minute value (i.e. 12:29:60 rather than 12:30:00)
Corrected an issue where importing a tiled TIFF image that is not DCT/JPEG compressed results in a “This format is not supported” error
Corrected an issue with exporting DXF files containing layers/objects with colons or other non-alphanumeric characters in the name
Corrected an issue where exported DXF files result in a FATAL ERROR when opened in AutoCAD/TrueView 2017
Corrected an issue where the incorrect worksheet is loaded when opening a GRF file if a worksheet with that same name is already open
Corrected an issue where the last tick mark on a date/time axis is not being displayed
Corrected a crash after selecting Maps | Contour XZ Grid Map in the Defaults dialog
Corrected a crash when editing a worksheet cell for a function plot
Corrected a crash when changing the gradient fill direction for a candlestick plot

New in Grapher 12.1.651 (Oct 26, 2016)

Improved text selection in the Text Editor.
Updated the gradient fills to flip direction when the axis “Descending” option is checked.
Updated the automation Vertices option to allow vertices for existing polygons to be extracted and reloaded using the Polygon.Vertices options.
Updated the script recorder to properly record tables, queries, and columns when opening an Access database.
Corrected a crash that occurred when copy/pasting a plot that had any clipping on it.
Corrected a crash that occurred when saving a graph with a bad legend.
Corrected a crash that occurred when deleting plots linked to top-level legends.
Corrected a crash that occurred when sheets in an Excel file with spaces at the end or beginning of the sheet name would not open.
Corrected a crash that occurred when older Grapher files were opened. Some may not prompt for changed worksheet data properly. Program may cause a crash. Dialogs now appear requesting new data files or Excel sheets.
Corrected a crash that occurred when copy/pasting a bar chart. Bar charts can now be copy/pasted correctly.
Corrected a crash that occurred at various locations in the program for some users.
Corrected a crash that occurred when the axis minimum value was exactly equal to the axis maximum value and the Tick Marks tab was clicked in the Property Manager.
Corrected a crash that could occur when saving text to a Grapher 9 GRF format.
Corrected a crash that occurred when double-clicking on a DBF file associated with Grapher.
Corrected an internal error that occurred when exporting a graph with metafile objects to a vector PDF file.
Corrected an internal error that occurred when changing the Maximum value in the Color Gradient dialog.
Corrected an internal error that occurred when opening some files.
Corrected an internal error that occurred when exporting thousands of data points to an ESRI SHP file and XLSX file.
Corrected an internal error that occurred when changing the axis scale on some graphs.
Corrected an issue where some Grapher 11 files would not open in Grapher 12.
Corrected an issue where discontinuous data was not plotting properly. Sometimes extra fill patterns appeared in the plot.
Corrected an issue where entries in a class plot legend may not appear correctly.
Corrected an issue where labels on 3D plots may appear too far away from the actual plot.
Corrected an issue where reversing a gradient colormap may result in the gradient type also changing.
Corrected an issue where checking the “At labels only” option on the Grid Lines tab for an axis showed all of the grid lines, instead of only those with tick labels.
Corrected an issue where the bounding box for a legend would not resize appropriately after changing the text in the legend.
Corrected an issue where pie chart labels were cutoff when changing the data associated with the pie chart.
Corrected an issue where the class plot text classes could not be edited.
Corrected an issue where an extra ) appeared in inserted fit statistics for an exponential fit curve.
Corrected an issue where histogram graphs disappeared when rotated exactly 90 degrees.
Corrected an issue where the boxes in a wind chart legend were not appearing correctly.
Corrected an issue where plot labels were not appearing correctly when using the Alternate above-below and Alternate left-right label locations.
Corrected an issue where some duplicate axes were placed inappropriately. Axes now placed at the correct location.
Corrected an issue where saving a ternary plot to Grapher 11 format removed all plots from the graph. Plots are now saved appropriately.
Corrected an issue where changing the X position or Y position of a ternary axis did not move the graph.
Corrected an issue where clipped box-whisker plots displayed incorrectly and did not align with the axis labels.
Corrected an issue where changing an axis tick range options on the Tick Marks tab to Axis minimum or Axis maximum would not stick.
Corrected an issue where using a color gradient on a 3D ribbon/wall plot would result in incorrect fill.
Corrected an issue where gradient colors were not used when changing a plot from one plot type (example bar chart) to another plot type (example line plot). Gradient colors are now used in both plots.
Corrected an issue where the legend for a bar chart with a gradient radial fill was displayed with the colors reversed. Colors in legend now match colors in the plot.
Corrected an issue where arrowheads were not copy/pasted when pasting the graph as a bitmap into other programs. Arrowheads are now included.
Corrected an issue where date/time axis tick mark labels were placed incorrectly when using multiple months or years as the tick mark spacing. Date/time labels are now placed correctly, regardless of the number of months/years between tick marks.
Corrected an issue where superscripted text could appear off the Text Editor window.
Corrected an issue where lines in a Text Editor template may be drawn in the wrong direction.
Corrected an issue where importing some WMF files would issue an error message and only part of the file would appear.
Corrected an issue where loading some JP2 files would not open in Grapher. Files now open properly.
Corrected an issue where exporting to a vector PDF was not exporting the page size.

New in Grapher 12.0.607 (Mar 8, 2016)

Corrected an issue where some dialogs may appear the incorrect size or not appear in the viewable window.
Corrected an issue where moving a ternary diagram could cause points to appear in incorrect locations.
Corrected an issue where moving a detached class scatter plot legend could result in extra text to appear beside the legend.
Corrected an issue where detaching a legend with multiple columns could result in text to appear in incorrect locations.
Corrected an issue where changing the gridding Power for a contour data map had no affect on the graph or contours.
Corrected an issue where copying and pasting a ternary class plot could result in a graph with incorrect axes and no plot.
Corrected an issue where axis titles were not being properly repositioned when the tick label font size changed.
Corrected an issue where 2D and 3D class plot symbols were not being properly displayed when the plot had clipped data.
Corrected an issue where histogram minimum values change location when changing from auto to custom bin method.
Corrected an issue where 3D class plot symbol properties could not be changed.
Corrected an issue where rotating a ternary plot causes data points to move off the graph.
Corrected an issue where 3D bubble plots could not change the Z column.
Corrected an issue where column columns for bar charts and floating bar charts could not be set when the worksheet contained empty columns.
Corrected an issue where opening multiple plots had some plots with an incorrect view.
Corrected an issue where bold and italics may not be applied in the Text Editor.
Corrected an issue where opening a CSV file multiple times causes the CSV file name to be listed multiple times in the "Open Worksheets" section of the Open dialog.
Corrected an issue where copying/pasting text as a metafile could cause the text to appear as polygons instead of text.
Corrected an issue where opening some TXT files could cause an error.
Corrected an issue where exporting a GSI file could remove bold text formatting from text objects.
Corrected an issue where exporting a metafile to PDF could cause text to appear rotated.
Corrected an issue where importing some EMF files with "Break apart metafile" could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where deleting and undoing plots used by a summation plot could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where opening a symbol table in the Graph Wizard could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where ungrouping multiple doughnut plots could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where deleting a class plot could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where copying a surface map and pasting and then canceling the object creation could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where digitizing a plot with no data points could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where editing some Default color propertiies could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where opening Grapher when the Symbols directory was deleted from the installation folder could cause a crash.
Corrected an internal error that could appear when opening an Excel XLSX file without any spreadsheet styles.
Corrected an internal error that could appear when importing some MIF files.
Corrected an internal error that could appear when importing a GPX file without a defined coordinate system.
Corrected an internal error that could appear when copying data from the worksheet and pasting in another program as a bitmap.
Corrected an issue where opening a multi-sheet Excel XLSX file from automation caused an error message in the program.
Corrected an issue where recording a script that changes object alignment records the incorrect alignment.
Corrected an issue where changing the 3D floating bar chart width settings in automation could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where detaching a legend in automation could result in the wrong legend being detached

New in Grapher 11.9.913 (Mar 8, 2016)

Corrected an issue where some dialogs may appear the incorrect size or not appear in the viewable window.
Corrected an issue where moving a ternary diagram could cause points to appear in incorrect locations.
Corrected an issue where moving a detached class scatter plot legend could result in extra text to appear beside the legend.
Corrected an issue where detaching a legend with multiple columns could result in text to appear in incorrect locations.
Corrected an issue where changing the gridding Power for a contour data map had no affect on the graph or contours.
Corrected an issue where copying and pasting a ternary class plot could result in a graph with incorrect axes and no plot.
Corrected an issue where axis titles were not being properly repositioned when the tick label font size changed.
Corrected an issue where 2D and 3D class plot symbols were not being properly displayed when the plot had clipped data.
Corrected an issue where histogram minimum values change location when changing from auto to custom bin method.
Corrected an issue where 3D class plot symbol properties could not be changed.
Corrected an issue where rotating a ternary plot causes data points to move off the graph.
Corrected an issue where 3D bubble plots could not change the Z column.
Corrected an issue where column columns for bar charts and floating bar charts could not be set when the worksheet contained empty columns.
Corrected an issue where opening multiple plots had some plots with an incorrect view.
Corrected an issue where bold and italics may not be applied in the Text Editor.
Corrected an issue where opening a CSV file multiple times causes the CSV file name to be listed multiple times in the "Open Worksheets" section of the Open dialog.
Corrected an issue where copying/pasting text as a metafile could cause the text to appear as polygons instead of text.
Corrected an issue where opening some TXT files could cause an error.
Corrected an issue where exporting a GSI file could remove bold text formatting from text objects.
Corrected an issue where exporting a metafile to PDF could cause text to appear rotated.
Corrected an issue where importing some EMF files with "Break apart metafile" could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where deleting and undoing plots used by a summation plot could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where opening a symbol table in the Graph Wizard could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where ungrouping multiple doughnut plots could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where deleting a class plot could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where copying a surface map and pasting and then canceling the object creation could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where digitizing a plot with no data points could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where editing some Default color propertiies could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where opening Grapher when the Symbols directory was deleted from the installation folder could cause a crash.
Corrected an internal error that could appear when opening an Excel XLSX file without any spreadsheet styles.
Corrected an internal error that could appear when importing some MIF files.
Corrected an internal error that could appear when importing a GPX file without a defined coordinate system.
Corrected an internal error that could appear when copying data from the worksheet and pasting in another program as a bitmap.
Corrected an issue where opening a multi-sheet Excel XLSX file from automation caused an error message in the program.
Corrected an issue where recording a script that changes object alignment records the incorrect alignment.
Corrected an issue where changing the 3D floating bar chart width settings in automation could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where detaching a legend in automation could result in the wrong legend being detached

New in Grapher 11.8.863 (Mar 8, 2016)

Corrected an issue where exporting a PDF file with a large image can cause a Failed reading from temporary file error message.
Corrected an issue where some TIF files with a GDAL_NODATA tag would not import into Grapher.
Corrected an issue where exporting a vector PDF with custom line styles with very small dashes may cause an error in PDF readers. PDF can now be opened appropriately.
Corrected an issue where the E00 Import Options dialog and SDTS TVP Import Options dialog could not be moved on the screen.
Corrected an issue where the Defaults button in the image Export Options dialog was not changing the pixels per inch or pixel dimensions. Pixel sizes are now updated to the default values appropriately.
Corrected an issue where some XLS files opened with additional information in the cell. This happened when the cell format was set to Number (1234). Files now import correctly.
Corrected an issue where the FitPage option in automation was not exporting the page to PDF files. Page size now exported.
Corrected an issue where fit plots added from the Graph Wizard could cause a crash when the creation was undone.
Corrected an issue where saving a Grapher file could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where setting a discontinuous class plot to be clipped to limits could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where Grapher could crash when deleting a class legend if the class plot did not exist. Class legend now always deleted when the class plot is deleted.
Corrected an issue where the AddLinePlot command in automation would name the graph object instead of the new plot object.
Corrected an issue where the ternary tick marks could not be changed from angled to normal or vice versa.
Corrected an issue where clicking on a point could cause a crash when Show value on click is checked and the point is clipped.
Corrected an issue where an internal error could occur when inputting an incorrect formula for a contour function map.
Corrected an issue where a crash would occur when trying to edit the levels for multiple selected contour plots at once. Levels can only be edited for a single contour map at a time.
Corrected an issue where breaking an axis that is linked to another axis could cause Grapher to stop responding.
Corrected an issue where page location for a selected object does not update when the page orientation is changed. New page location is now automatically updated in the Property Manager and ribbon.
Corrected an issue where entering a group, deleting an object, and undoing the deletion could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where a crash could happen when a Graph Magnifier was selected and a script was run.
Corrected an issue where the class plot “Equal Number” method could result in different numbers of points in each class. Classes are now more appropriately divided.
Corrected an issue where stiff plot axes could not have the axis minimum or maximum changed. Axis now updates appropriately.
Corrected an issue where clicking on Box Plot in the Defaults dialog could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where linked fit statistics were not being deleted correctly after deleting the fit curve.
Corrected an issue where math text commands that were not correct could cause a repeating error message when opening the Grapher file.
Corrected an issue where extra symbols could be displayed on older Grapher files that contained average value error bars.
Corrected an issue where spline fit curves could cause an internal error message.
Corrected an issue where changing the worksheet of multiple selected plots could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where DXF files were exported with incorrect coordinates when the page units are centimeters.
Corrected an issue where a pie chart created from a text column in a worksheet window could not have the number of slices increased.
Corrected an issue where the number of tick marks between the end of a month and the beginning of the next month may not be correct when using date/time tick marks.
Corrected an issue where closing one plot and activating another could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where the Script Manager font settings could cause a crash when closing the program.
Corrected an issue where step plot labels could not have the same minimum and maximum label row number. Label rows can now be the same.
Corrected an issue where detaching a legend with linked text would not display the proper information. Linked text now correctly displayed after the legend is detached.
Corrected an issue where loading a CLS file for a class plot could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where a plot with a single data point did not display error bars properly.
Corrected an issue where a dialog would appear when exporting from automation, even when the show progress indicator was set to false.

New in Grapher 11.7.825 (Mar 8, 2016)

New in Grapher 11.6.801 (Mar 8, 2016)

New in Grapher 11.5.791 (Mar 8, 2016)

New in Grapher 11.4.770 (Jan 28, 2015)

Corrected an issue where 0 values were being ignored in histograms when the minimum bin was 0.
Corrected an issue where saving an older version GPJ file in a script did not save the worksheet data.
Corrected an issue where the date was not always being entered correctly in the Property Manager when the Windows Locale was set to a date format that used dd/mm/yyyy. Date is now always in mm/dd/yyyy format in the Property Manager.
Corrected an issue where the First row and Last row for Tick Labels did not always work correctly when the Data column was set to Sequence Number or Row Number.
Corrected an issue where an error message would appear when reloading an Excel file with renamed or deleted sheets.
Corrected an issue where editing a histogram to include negative bins could cause a crash if an Inverse Gaussian fit curve had been added to the graph.
Corrected an issue where creating a custom line style when the page units are centimeters does not save the line style correctly.
Corrected an issue where the axis title would not automatically adjust the position when the tick marks/labels were on the non-default side of an axis and the length changed.
Corrected an issue where 3D bar charts were being stacked when any X value matched instead of both the X and Z values. Bars will now only stack when both the X and Z are the same value.
Corrected an issue where contour and surface function plots could not set the Y or Z values to numbers that contained decimals.
Corrected an issue where setting the margin for text in the Property Manager would cause the margin to be set to 2 inches.
Foreground opacity applied to colored image fill patterns for symbols
Corrected an issue where DTED files could not be used as GRD files when creating contour and surface grid maps.
Corrected an issue where creating a worksheet from a plot in a script did not always work as expected.
Corrected an issue where closing a worksheet while the program was exiting could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where an error message could appear after changing the gridding options and worksheet for a surface data map.
Corrected an issue where some older files crashed when manipulating the objects, when a fit statistics existed without a fit curve.
Corrected an issue where the Welcome screen would not appear for demo users.
Corrected an issue where changing the rows for a radar graph did not update the number of plots for the graph.
Corrected an issue where the legend would not display properly and error messages may appear when opening a Grapher 8 GRF file that contained a legend, 2 or more class scatter plots, and one or more line/scatter plots.
Corrected an issue where bar chart widths could not be based on page units.
Corrected an issue where converting a line/scatter plot to a bar chart in a graph that contained a summation plot could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where box plot worksheet row maximum values could not be set properly when the columns contained different number of rows. Rows can now be set correctly.
Corrected an issue where using sequence number for an X value could cause redraw issues when applying criteria clipping.
Updated the radar plot.gpj file in the Samples directory.
Corrected an issue where changing a bar chart base value to a value outside the axis limits could cause Grapher to become unresponsive.
Corrected an issue where plots with a large number of points could cause round-off error to occur when only small variations exist in plotted point values.
Corrected an issue where some Cyrillic text would appear incorrect in the worksheet window.
Corrected an issue where an extra ; appears after some date values in the worksheet window.
Corrected an issue where the delimiter for a worksheet could change if the text in the worksheet is too complex. Additional data is now examined to determine the automatic delimiter.
Corrected an issue where some date/time cells showed ENERAL instead of the date/time.
Corrected an issue where exporting Cambria font to a vector PDF with embedded fonts resulted in incorrect results.
Corrected an issue where exporting to vector PDF could result in extra lines.
Corrected an issue where the worksheet would add a 0 in Excel files for IF statement cells that are empty.
Corrected an issue where importing GSB files with a single symbol could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where exporting a graph and a metafile to a vector PDF could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where exporting a graph and a metafile to a GSB version 3 format could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where the “Retaining Undo Information is degrading performance” error message would appear too often in the worksheet. Memory allocations are now better handled.
Improved the TIF import filter to handle more images with transparency settings.
Improved logging for crash reports.

New in Grapher 11.1.681 (Sep 1, 2014)

Corrected an issue where using the Digitize or Digitize Fixed commands could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where right-clicking on a plot after ALT+TABbing to the Grapher window could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where editing a class scatter plot class properties could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where adding multiple polar bar charts could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where undoing linked axis equations could cause a crash.
Corrected an issue where setting the linked axis properties for multiple selected axes could cause the program to freeze.
Corrected an issue where Graphs | Digitize | Assign Coordinates could freeze the program.
Corrected an issue where properties may not be updated correctly in the Property Manager. This could cause an internal error to display.
Corrected an issue where setting the scale for a linked axis with very large values could cause an internal error to display.
Corrected an issue where setting the equation for a linked axis to a very large power function could cause an internal error to display.
Corrected an issue where the Digitize Fixed cursor did not stay on the plot when the plot had been moved.
Corrected an issue where opening a Grapher 10 file where the Use color table option for a bar chart was checked did not have the option checked when the file was opened in Grapher 11.
Corrected an issue where a wind chart or class scatter plot legend could not be detached.
Corrected an issue where the Welcome dialog did not display after entering a serial number.
Corrected an issue where the File | Options Automatically check for updates being unchecked prevented manual updates.
Corrected an issue where clicking on File | Online or File | Feedback made the menu disappear.
Corrected an issue where creating a 3D bar chart from the Graph Wizard could cause an error message.
Corrected an issue where rotating a doughnut plot or pie chart with the Arrange | Rotate | Custom Angle or Arrange | Rotate | Free Rotate commands would cause an incorrect result.
Corrected an issue where moving plot labels with the arrow keys on the keyboard may not always move the labels.
Corrected an issue where the Script Recorder was always adding GradientType = grfGradientLinear for pie and doughnut slice edits.
Corrected an issue where zooming in or out with the mouse wheel while digitizing exited the digitize mode.
Corrected an issue where undoing a label movement for a pie chart did not undo the movement correctly.
Corrected an issue where axis labels using exponential format with No 1x’s checked could cause a zero value to not be aligned with the rest of the labels properly.
Corrected an issue where the Object Manager may not refresh properly when resizing the Object Manager.
Corrected an issue where undoing error bar average symbol colors did not undo correctly.
Corrected an issue where clicking off a 3D graph when rotating caused the graph to shift on the page.
Corrected an issue where undoing the order of objects in the Object Manager did not undo correctly.
Corrected an issue where summation plots did not update properly when changes were made to the worksheet data.
Corrected an issue where the bounding box for 3D plots did not fully include all labels.
Corrected an issue where ALT+TABbing back to Grapher from Word when an inserted graph was in the Word file could cause the incorrect plot window to be displayed in Grapher.
Corrected an issue where an incorrect function could be entered for function plots and linked axis limits.
Corrected an issue where a large text string pasted into a worksheet cell was truncated.
Updated the File | Options names to more accurately reflect the option for Automatically check for updates and Automatically check for announcements.
Updated the Classes Symbol dialog.
Updated Grapher’s open process so that when you open multiple files from Windows Explorer, all of the files open in the same Grapher instance.
Updated the DXF import process to speed up imports and redraws of large DXF files.
Updated the page position when multiple files opened at once.
Updated the Select Plots dialog for summation plots.
Updated the speed that large Excel files take to open.
Updated the JPG2000 import to support additional file types.
Updated the WMF and EMF import appearance.
Updated the SVG export to better support exporting graphs with graph coordinates.
Updated the ODBC database importer for SQL databases.
Added FloatingBarChart.WidthType, FloatingBarChart.WidthCol, FloatingBarChart.WidthUsePU, and FloatingBarChart.FixedWidth to automation to control the width of floating bar charts.

New in Grapher 11.0.659 (Jul 31, 2014)

User Friendly:
New Welcome dialog allows Grapher to be opened with only the windows you want.
Updated Group properties:
Right-click on multiple selected objects to add the selected objects to a Group.
Right-click on a Group object to enter or exit the group.
Right-click on a Group object to ungroup the sub-objects into separate objects.
Right-click on an object or a group of objects and choose Zoom Selected to zoom to the selected objects.
Right-click on an object or a group of objects and choose Free Rotate to rotate the objects with the mouse.
Updated Property Manager with many new features, including:
Automatic updating with property changes.
Ability to select contents of a cell in the Property Manager with CTRL+A.
Better location of and options to easily see where sub-object properties are.
Use the keyboard UP and DOWN buttons to automatically increase/decrease the value and update the graph.
Set the color gradient directly in the Property Manager.
Use a slider for opacity settings.
Updated the Options dialog for easier access to default program settings.
Updated the Defaults dialog for easier setting of default options for all plot, graph, and axis types.
Updated the Graph Wizard dialog for easier setting of plot options.
Added a method to close all open documents and choose not to save any with a single click.
Last export and save formats always used the next time the Export or Save As dialog is opened.
Zoom to the cursor location using the mouse.
Added X to close tabs to the tab directly.
Graph Features:
New plot type - ternary class plots display ternary diagrams with different symbols for each class.
New plot type - doughnut plots display similar to a pie chart, but with options for multiple rings of data.
New plot type - 3D doughnut plots display similar to a 3D pie chart, but with options for multiple rings of data.
New plot type - polar vector plots display vectors on angle and radius graphs.
Added new class scatter method based on text. Now, all class plot types can use text columns for class designations.
Increased the maximum number of classes for any class plot type to 300 classes.
Added lighting options to 3D bubble plots.
Added lighting options to 3D pie charts.
Set the size of pie charts and 3D pie charts in page units.
Set the X and Y center position for pie charts and 3D pie charts.
Set histograms and 3D histograms to display as a normal histogram or as a cumulative histogram.
Box-whisker plots column step is now set from the first displayed column, instead of the first column with data.
Keep the plot columns when changing the plot's worksheet for all plot types.
Display average values for plots without displaying error bars.
Display different positive and negative error bar values on the same plot.
Fill between more plot types, including line/scatter plots, step plots, function plots, fit plots, or summation plots on 2D graphs.
Export fit curve data with selected limits and spacing to a data file.
Axis Features
Link axes to automatically control scale, limits, location, and tick mark spacing.
Set the default axis position with the File | Defaults command.
Axis tick labels set to display between major tick marks display the last label after the last tick mark.
Set the axis tick label starting and ending values separately from the axis tick mark starting and ending values.
Keep the axis tick label Data column and Label column when changing the label Worksheet.
Automatically switch an axis to use numeric or date/time tick labels when the data columns change.
Drawing and Digitizing Features
Set the digitizing symbol to any symbol set, shape, size, and color.
Data Features:
The default save as format from the worksheet is .DAT.
Last save formats always used the next time the Save As dialog is opened.
Updated the date/time formats in the Cells | Format | Format Cells dialog.
Added a new \n math text directive to create new lines.
Use any date/time values from BCE to CE.
Format date/time values in any language.
Treat empty cells as blank, as the number zero, or as an empty text string when transforming data.
Treat text strings as blank, as text, as the number zero, or convert to a number (if possible) when transforming data.
Treat numbers as blank, as text, as the number, or as an empty text string when transforming data.
Calculate statistics on all data values in the range or on a subset of data in the range.
Use AutoCAD DXF files as data files.
Import data from SP1 and SEG file formats.
Import and Export Improvements
Export SVG file formats.
Import AutoCAD DXF files as data files and create plots directly from the DXF.
Import SP1 and SEG file formats.
Export SP1 and SEG file formats.
Exported GIF files are always exported at 72 DPI, to match the GIF file format definition.
Export transparency to TIF files.
Export transparency to GSI files
Export transparency to vector PDF files.
Export vector PDF files with compressed pages, making much smaller files.
Export vector PDF files with embedded fonts. Embedding fonts makes PDF files larger, but retains the exact text appearance in the exported file.
Export raster PDF files with a page size.
Import PDF files with higher resolution.
Set the blanking flag when exporting a BLN file.
Update the CSV file format so that semi-colon separated variables with comma as the decimal delimiter can be imported.
Automation:
Added a Transform3 command to transform worksheet data with various options for empty cells, text cells, and numeric cells.
Added Background, Line, and Side properties to the AutoAxisTitle object.
Added LineOpacity and FillOpacity to the 3DBubblePlot object.
Added a ColorCol option for the BoxPlot object to set the color column for the boxes.

New in Grapher 10.5.1011 (Mar 11, 2014)

User Friendly:
Updated to the modern ribbon appearance. This makes all commands easily available with a mouse scroll and click. Ribbon is fully customizable.
Lock the position and size of objects separately.
Copy and paste the format of a selected object to other objects.
Moved label format options from a pop-up dialog to the Property Manager for quicker label format and font changes.
Added a method to display the ribbon with a classic menu view.
Graph Features:
New QQ plot and normalized QQ plot.
New contour function map.
New 3D XYZ-XYZ vector plot. Vectors are plotted between the two XYZ coordinates.
New 3D XYZ-dx, dy, dz vector plot. The dx, dy, and dz values tell Grapher how long each vectors should be in each direction.
Color 2D vector plots and 3D vector plots based on the magnitude of the vector length.
Display notches on box-whisker plots, indicating significance of the median as compared to other box-whiskers.
Define outliers in box-whisker plots based on percentiles, minimum and maximum, or the previous inner-quartile range method.
Display notch labels on box-whisker plots.
New histogram fit curves. Add lognormal, exponential, power, inverse Gaussian, or Gaussian fits to histograms.
Display class scatter plots with a gradient of colors ranging over the classes.
Display class scatter plots with a range of symbol sizes over the classes.
Set all class scatter plot symbols to the same symbol shape with a single option.
Set all class scatter plot symbols to the same symbol size with a single option.
Inserted linked fit statistics are now fully editable.
Export error bar values to a worksheet.
Connect error bars with a line.
Improved the graph wizard.
Add a background line around any label.
Axis Features:
Move box plot axis labels and reset positions back to default location.
Legend Features:
Change the symbol sizes of all items in a legend at once.
Display pie chart slices in legends.
Drawing and Digitizing Features:
Define line thickness for a symbol.
Define fill patterns and colors for a symbol.
Worksheet text linked in plot window Text object now appears with the same formatting in the plot window as the cell has in the worksheet window. This allows better control over date/time formats, number of decimal places, and text formats.
Add a rectangle or rounded rectangle frame to text.
Improved display of multiple lines of text in text templates.
Improved location of lines in text templates.
Improved scrolling of multiple lines of text in the Text Editor.
Text Editor window can now be resized.
Data Features:
Flip or transpose columns to rows and rows to columns.
Round data with the Data | Transform Round equation.
Calculate values in the worksheet with the PI expression in Cells | Data | Transform.
Added a percentage number format for easier conversion of data.
Save data files as Excel XLSX format.
Import data in Excel XLSM format.
Set the decimal separator in the worksheet to either period or comma.
Set the decimal separator for individual worksheets when importing.
Use the + option in data transforms to combine cells with text.
Improved the data Transform command's automatic detection of the first and last rows used. When an empty column is selected, the first and last rows are the first and last rows used in all other columns in the worksheet.
Improved copying/pasting ability from Excel to Grapher.
Added new date/time formats.
Updated the available numeric formats.
Import and Export Improvements:
Import PDF files.
Export PDF files with page sizes.
Export GIF and PNG files with transparent backgrounds.
New compression options for raster and vector PDF files, creating smaller exported files.
Export partially transparent objects to vector PDF file format.
Improved import and export of metafile images with partial transparency.
Import and export JPG2000 files.
Export GSI files for easier import into other Golden Software programs.
Improved export of graphs to image file formats. Set the pixels per inch and plot size independently so the exported graph more closely matches the graph in Grapher.
Automation:
Pass command line arguments to a script.
Fill confidence intervals from a script.
Set and control gradient fill properties from a script.

New in Grapher 9.3.777 (Apr 3, 2012)

User Friendly:
Full Unicode integration to allow international fonts and characters in all aspects of the program.
Install 32-bit or 64-bit version of Grapher 9.
Updated to modern Windows look.
Moved Grapher.INI file settings to Tools | Options command for easier setting of default values.
Drag and drop plots into or out of graphs and to another graph.
Added a Printer button in Page Setup under Windows Vista and 7.
New update feature lets you know when a new program update is available or when there is news from Golden Software.
Control the display of thick lines on the screen.
Graph Features:
Display clipped bars to the clipping limit, rather than always removing clipped bars.
Clip fit curves using the standard clipping options.
Clip confidence intervals using the standard clipping options.
New label all portions of box and whisker plots.
Move log axis option to remove zeros from INI to axis properties.
Move graph titles with the mouse with the Move Labels command.
Label floating bar charts from worksheet columns.
Improved gridding accuracy for contour and surface maps.
Axis Features:
Limit worksheet tick mark labels from a worksheet to only certain rows in the worksheet.
Set minor axis tick marks using Date/Time settings.
Display minor axis labels using Date/Time formats.
Set the minor tick mark labels on a log axis to display only a single digit.
Move axis tick mark labels to any desired location with the mouse with the Move Labels command.
Move axis titles to any desired location with the mouse with the Move Labels command.
Added an option to set the exponential label formatting to one digit display. So, 1.0E008 can now be displayed as 1.0E8.
Legend Features:
Change the class scatter plot legends to display any text for the legend items.
Change the class scatter plot legend symbol properties.
Added a default setting for "Linked" legend entries item to Tools | Defaults command.
Added a default legend name (or no name) item to the Tools | Defaults command.
Drawing and Digitizing Features:
Display of linked text with empty worksheet cell improved.
Improved linked text display abilities when graphs created from template files.
Add ability to edit individual objects in a composite without breaking apart
Enhanced image fill patterns when opacity is less than 100%.
Data Features:
Read data from an Access database query.
Read data from an Access ACCDB file.
Automation:
Updated Scripter program uses a more modern interface for easier scripting.
Added the ability to reference grid files in plots created from templates.

New in Grapher 7.0.1871 (Feb 21, 2007)

Script (macro) recorder added via a Script Manager window.
Text objects can now take text from a worksheet cell.
A relative path for worksheets can now be set.
Bar chart groups can now be controlled through a plot group section.
Line plots can now be grouped (stacked) in a manner similar to bar charts.
Bar chart width can now be controlled via a data column.
Bar chart width can now be set to a fixed page unit width.
Class scatter, polar class scatter and XYZ class scatter plot types added.
Legend entries font settings can be set via a single operation.
Legend entries can be linked to the plot name so if the plot name changes, the legend entry name automatically changes to reflect this.
Legend title can be linked to the graph name so if the graph name changes, the legend title changes to reflect this.
The definition of outliers used by the box-whisker plot can be changed.
Multiple plots may be created in a single operation by selecting multiple columns in the worksheet window with the first column be used as the X column and the following columns being used as Y columns.
Fit statistics can be inserted as a dynamic text object which updates as the fit properties are changed.
Plot symbols can be assigned via a symbol table in a similar manner to using the color table option.
Angle control for plot symbols added.
A symbol column option has been added to allow a data column to be used to specify what symbol is to be displayed.
Box and margin settings added to the text editor for the text object.
File open dialog remembers last file type selected.
An auto-backup option to automatically backup any open files at set time intervals has been added.
The tabs in the Property Inspector may be set to be displayed at the top of the PI.
When changing the worksheet used by a plot, all selected plots, regardless of which graph owns them, will have their worksheet changed.
For the floating bar chart, plot labels may be displayed only at the top or bottom of the chart.
Bubbles may be displayed on the ternary plot now.
Stiff plots added to program.
The import and export dialogs are now resizable.
Databases can be imported into the Grapher worksheet now.
Spline polyline and spline polygon drawing tools added.
Option to allow the page header and footer to be exported added.
2D plots can now be changed to 3D and vice-versa as long as the plot has a corresponding type.
Option to draw connection lines between plot labels and plot data points added.
The between fill can now be drawn vertically or horizontally.
A category bar chart type can now be created through the use of the Graph Wizard.
Axis tick labels can now be drawn between the tick marks.
The Graph Wizard has been redesigned for more power and usability.