http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/ 2012-05-19T07:08:44+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/ http://www.magicplot.com/wiki//www.magicplot.com/wiki/lib/tpl/vector/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-11-05T17:51:12+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/add_axes?rev=1288968672&do=diff You can add new Axes on Figure using Add menu either in Figure window or in Figure properties window. If you want to arrange existing Axes as table also select Add & Arrange Axes as Table item. [Add Axes menu in Figure window] [Add Axes menu in Figure properties window] text/html 2011-02-25T16:04:41+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/antialiasing?rev=1298639081&do=diff Antialiasing off Antialiasing on You can toggle curves antialiasing (smoothing) by selecting View -> Curves Antialiasing in main menu. Please note that antialiasing may slow down the drawing if you have many data points (~100K). text/html 2011-02-25T18:15:47+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/axes_components?rev=1298646947&do=diff The best way to create a Figure with desired data is to select x and y data columns in Table and use Create Figure in Table context menu. There are different ways to add data to existing Figure: * Select x and y columns in table with data, open table context menu (right click) and select Add to Selected Axes sub-menu. All currently opened Figures are listed in this sub-menu. * Open Figure Properties window and go to Axes Properties -> Components tab. Here you can select the Table in the pr… text/html 2012-01-30T12:08:52+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/batch?rev=1327910932&do=diff MagicPlot Batch Processing allows to automatically process multiple similar data in the same way without programming (scripting) and recording of macro. One only have to ordinarily process the first data set manually and then use it as a template for processing of the rest data sets. Batch Processing includes the processing of data itself and semiautomatic fitting of the series of similar data. text/html 2011-02-26T12:46:22+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/calculator?rev=1298713582&do=diff MagicPlot Calculator is a useful formula calculator built in MagicPlot. To open calculator use Tools -> Calculator menu item. Calculator window stays on top when MagicPlot main window is minimized to task bar (Dock on Mac), so you can use the Calculator when working with other applications. text/html 2011-02-23T16:10:06+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/cloning?rev=1298466606&do=diff You can create a full copy of selected project components (Tables, Fit Plots, Folders, Figures) by selecting Create a Copy item on context menu. ['Create a Copy' menu item] What Data are Plotted on the Copied Fit Plots and Figures If the only Fit Plots and Figures are selected for creating a copy, the created Fit Plots and Figures will use data from the same tables and columns as initial ones. If you select also the Tables which contain plotted data, then the created Fit Plots and Figures wil… text/html 2010-11-05T18:21:52+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/colors?rev=1288970512&do=diff In MagicPlot you can set the opacity of each object (curve, text label, rectangle, etc.) to make it semi-transparent. Opacity is treated as a property of object color. You can set opacity in Opacity sub-menu in color pop-up menu which opens by clicking on color button. Opacity percentage is shown on colour button. text/html 2012-01-17T19:39:51+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/comparison?rev=1326814791&do=diff The table below shows the comparison of MagicPlot Student and MagicPlot Pro editions. MagicPlot Student MagicPlot Pro Price Free of charge, Non-commercial usage only $149 Get free trial General Multiple operating systems support (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like) + + No installation procedure, portable installation is available + + Unicode support in projects + + Undo and redo for all actions (with unlimited depth and history list) + + Import tables… text/html 2010-07-11T13:44:04+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/copy_image?rev=1278841444&do=diff When you edit a presentation or report, it is very useful to paste images from MagicPlot to another application directly through clipboard without saving them. MagicPlot supports copying images to clipboard in both raster and vector formats from Edit menu. Transferring vector images is always preferable because these images are scaled more precisely. However, we have found that some applications do not support pasting vector images, or paste vector images with distorted text. In this case, ple… text/html 2011-03-01T11:51:29+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/curves?rev=1298969489&do=diff MagicPlot shows mouse cursor data coordinates in status line. If you have several axes on one Figure, cursor coordinates relative to selected axes are shown. Crosshair Cursor MagicPlot can draw crosshair cursor. To turn it on use View -> Crosshair Cursor menu item. text/html 2011-02-25T16:00:42+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/custom_fit_equation?rev=1298638842&do=diff To specify custom fit function formula, press Add button and select Custom Equation in popup menu. * Enter your formula in y(x)= text field below. Use x as fit function argument. See formula syntax for details. * You may recall last entered custom fit functions using Recently Used Custom item in Add popup menu. text/html 2010-06-26T21:45:51+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/differentiation?rev=1277574351&do=diff Open Table or Figure or Plot with initial data and use Processing -> Differentiate menu item. [Differentiate table columns dialog] [Differentiate curve dialog] Formula To perform differentiation you should specify two columns: x and y. Missing values are ignored. text/html 2011-05-29T13:11:11+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/dimensions?rev=1306660271&do=diff This toolbar is intended for precise setting of the position and size of one or more selected drawn objects on Figure or Fit Plot. You can open Drawing Dimensions toolbar by selecting Tools -> Drawing Dimensions in main menu. Drawing Dimensions toolbar may be left opened. text/html 2011-02-26T12:27:54+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/drawing?rev=1298712474&do=diff You can draw the following kinds of objects on Figures and Fit Plots (Pro edition only): * Text labels with formatting support * Lines * Arrows * Rectangles * Ellipses Select an appropriate instrument in the toolbar to draw an object. The properties of selected objects can be changed in the inspector toolbar (the second row of toolbar). text/html 2011-02-28T12:43:08+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/fft?rev=1298886188&do=diff Open Table or Figure or Plot with initial data and use Processing -> Fast Fourier Transform menu item to perform FFT. Fast Fourier transform algorithm computes discrete Fourier transform exactly and is used to considerably speed up the calculations. Note that FFT is not an approximate method of calculation. text/html 2010-07-06T01:59:22+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/figure_properties?rev=1278367162&do=diff Axes style can be set in Figure Properties window (or Fit Plot Properties for Fit Plot). This window contains multiple tabs with axes drawing settings. [Figure Properties window] text/html 2011-09-05T13:49:15+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/fit_equations?rev=1315216155&do=diff All predefined Fit Curves are listed in this table. You also can specify custom fit equation. Unlike custom fit equations these curves can be adjusted with mouse on Fit Plot. Name Formula Parameters meaning Additional Properties Line a -- linear b -- constant Parabola a --- quadratic b --- linear c --- constant Vertex: Spline Natural cubic spline, on each i-th piece: xN --- anchor point x-coordinates yN --- anchor point y-coordinates Gaussian a --- amplitude dx… text/html 2011-11-26T13:02:00+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/fit_formulas?rev=1322298120&do=diff MagicPlot uses iterative Levenberg–Marquardt nonlinear least squares curve fitting algorithm which is widely used in most software. MagicPlot fitting procedure takes all advantages of multi-core processors. Nonlinear Least Squares Algorithm Fit procedure iteratively varies the parameters βk of fit function f(x, β1, ..., βp) to minimize the residual sum of squares (RSS, χ2): text/html 2012-02-01T23:31:18+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/fitting?rev=1328124678&do=diff Creating a Fit Plot Nonlinear least squares data fitting can be performed using Fit Plot. To create a Fit Plot, select your X and Y columns in Table, then select Table -> Create Fit Plot in main menu, or use the same item in Table context menu, or use Create Fit Plot button in the toolbar. text/html 2011-08-29T19:09:46+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/formula?rev=1314630586&do=diff Formula editor is used in the following cases: * Setting Column Formula * Custom Fit Curve * Entering value in any numeric field and in tables * MagicPlot Calculator MagicPlot uses standard IEEE 754 double precision floating-point arithmetic. Double precision floating point takes 8 bytes per number and provides a relative precision of about 16 decimal digits and magnitude range from about 10-308 to about 10+308. text/html 2011-11-24T23:37:16+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/getting_started?rev=1322163436&do=diff MagicPlot Projects contain Tables, Figures and Fit Plots. MagicPlot Project files have .mppz extension. * Tables contain data in various formats. * Tables which contain associated data are located in one Folder. * Fit Plots are intended for non-linear curve fitting and subtracting baselines. * Figures are intended to graphically represent multiple data. text/html 2011-02-25T14:14:10+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/guess_peaks?rev=1298632450&do=diff MagicPlot can approximately locate peaks in spectrum. To locate peaks click on Guess button in Fit Curves tab of Fit Plot. Peak guessing is performed by looking for local minimums of second derivative of data-baseline. When Guess Peaks window is open you can see the preview of guessed peaks on Fit Plot. This preview is updated every time you change the parameters in the window. text/html 2011-05-25T00:26:47+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/histogram?rev=1306268807&do=diff Open Table or Figure or Fit Plot with initial data and select Processing → Histogram menu item to calculate histogram. [Histogram creation dialog] Binning Options You can either set the bin size/count manually or specify auto binning criteria. Bin Bounds MagicPlot align the the lower limit of the first bin exactly at the beginning of specified histogram range (From field). The upper limit of the last bin is calculated on the basis of the specified bin size and may be greater than the speci… text/html 2012-05-17T01:33:14+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/image_export?rev=1337203994&do=diff To export Figure or Fit Plot image click on Project -> Export Image menu item or use corresponding toolbar button. You can set various options of file export format by clicking on Format Options button in Export Image dialog window. You can also copy image to clipboard. text/html 2011-02-26T12:16:59+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/image_preview?rev=1298711819&do=diff Use Project -> Image Preview menu item to open image preview window. You can also use the Preview button of the toolbar or Ctrl+Shift+P keyboard shortcut (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac). Preview Features In preview mode you can: * Preview in gray scale * Transparent images can be previewed on selected background color * Change the zoom of the image text/html 2011-02-25T17:19:47+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/import?rev=1298643587&do=diff Use Project → Import Text Table menu item to import table(s) from text file(s), also referred to as ASCII file(s). You may select multiple files in opened standard file dialog by holding Ctrl or Shift. * If you open multiple files, you can select the file to preview in files drop-down list (in Text Input Preview frame) * If you select incorrect file(s) by mistake, click on Open icon to open file dialog once again and select other file(s). * You can set Create Figure or Create Fit Plot ch… text/html 2011-05-20T18:05:50+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/integration?rev=1305900350&do=diff Open Table or Figure or Fit Plot with initial data and select Processing -> Integrate menu item. [Integrate table columns dialog] [Integrate curve dialog] Baseline Correction If your initial data to be integrated contains a baseline (usually constant or linear), you may want to subtract it from data before integrating. (A constant baseline will result in linearly growing integral.) text/html 2011-05-29T13:55:24+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/interval_statistics?rev=1306662924&do=diff Setting of intervals in Fit interval tab of Fit Plot was initially intended for specifying the range of data which are used for fitting by sum of fit curves. However, this tab can also be used to calculate integrals and statistics on these intervals (Statistics is only available in Pro edition). Data-Baseline is used to calculate the results. text/html 2011-05-25T12:14:11+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/ipc?rev=1306311251&do=diff " Q.: My firewall says that MagicPlot is trying to connect to the Internet, 127.0.0.1 IP-address. What is the purpose? " MagicPlot uses TCP/IP Internet protocol to maintain single instance of application launched. The 127.0.0.1 IP-address is a loopback address which can be used only on local machine for programs communication. text/html 2011-02-23T16:00:27+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/joining?rev=1298466027&do=diff In some cases you may want to fit the data with two peaks with the same amplitude for example. You can do this in two ways: by specifying custom Fit Curve with your equation or by joining the 'amplitude' parameters of two peaks. [Joining parameters example] text/html 2011-02-22T13:13:50+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/keyboard_shortcuts?rev=1298369630&do=diff MagicPlot keyboard shortcuts are almost the same in different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, UNIX-like). The main difference is in modifier keys used: Ctrl on PC (Windows, UNIX-like) and Command on Mac. Some shortcuts were altered to avoid coincidences with system ones. text/html 2011-02-25T16:10:00+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/launch?rev=1298639400&do=diff MagicPlot is a cross-platform application based on Java technology. You need to install Java software (Java Runtime Environment, also referred to as the Java Runtime, Runtime Environment, Runtime, JRE, Java Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine, Java VM, JVM, VM) with version not older than 6. Java 6 is also referred to as Java 1.6. text/html 2012-02-01T23:36:01+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/magicplot_wiki_home?rev=1328124961&do=diff MagicPlot is a plotting, curve fitting and data analysis tool for Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like systems. MagicPlot comes in two editions: MagicPlot Pro and MagicPlot Student. MagicPlot Student is free but does not contain some major features and can be used only for non-commercial purposes. text/html 2012-01-29T15:04:43+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/manual?rev=1327835083&do=diff Compiled from online help on <date> (c) 2012, Magicplot Systems, LLC Alexander Levantovsky MagicPlot.com System Requirements and First Launch MagicPlot is a cross-platform application based on Java technology. You need to install Java software (Java Runtime Environment, also referred to as the Java Runtime, Runtime Environment, Runtime, JRE, Java Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine, Java VM, JVM, VM) with version not older than 6. Java 6 is also referred to as Java 1.6. text/html 2011-02-25T17:31:29+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/nan?rev=1298644289&do=diff In computing, NaN, which stands for Not a Number, is a value or symbol that is usually produced as a result of an operation on invalid input operands. For example, most floating-point units are unable to explicitly calculate the square root of negative numbers, and will instead indicate that the operation was invalid and return a NaN result. text/html 2012-02-01T23:37:51+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/navigation?rev=1328125071&do=diff * Table of Contents * Keyboard shortcuts * This manual in PDF ---------- * MagicPlot.com * Forum text/html 2011-02-22T13:24:13+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/new?rev=1298370253&do=diff * In Joining the Parameters of Fit Curves - new topic from Nonlinear Curve Fitting: Fit Plot * In Creating a Copy of Table, Fit Plot, Folder or Figure new topic * In Nonlinear Curve Fitting: Fit Plot: * about changing curves order by dragging * about adjusting parameters with mouse wheel * fit has not converged, suspicious curve text/html 2010-06-14T21:20:10+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/point?rev=1276536010&do=diff In typography, a point is the smallest unit of width or height measure. It is commonly abbreviated as pt. The desktop publishing point (DTP point) is defined as 1/72 inch, it is approximately 0.0139 inch or 0.353 mm. Twelve points make up a pica, and six picas make an inch. text/html 2011-02-26T12:46:59+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/portable?rev=1298713619&do=diff You can copy MagicPlot executable file to your portable USB drive and launch it on some other computer directly from this USB drive, without installation. To do this, you have to copy MagicPlot preferences file to the folder on USB drive which contains MagicPlot executable file. Here are step-by-step instructions: text/html 2011-02-17T09:34:48+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/preferences?rev=1297924488&do=diff Preferences window can be opened from menu Project-MagicPlot Preferences or by Ctrl+U (Command-U on Mac OS) shortcut. Numeric Format Fitting Axes Rendering Text Layout text/html 2011-05-25T11:11:01+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/quick_plot?rev=1306307461&do=diff Quick Plot tool is used for viewing a plot of Table columns without adding new Figures to Project. Select Tools -> Quick Plot item to open this tool. [Quick Plot tool] When Quick Plot window is open select some columns in Table to view the plot. text/html 2012-05-17T10:03:15+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/release_notes?rev=1337234595&do=diff MagicPlot 2.2, Major update Introducing MagicPlot 2.2 Improvements in Vector Image Export * EPS, PDF: Font embedding fixed, including non-Latin characters * EPS, PDF: Writing correct Postscript font names for 14 standard fonts * PDF: Transparency support fixed * EPS: Transparency support added (with pdfmark tags) * SVG: New export format added * EMF: Objects misplacement fixed * Unnecessary items removed from file format options dialogs text/html 2011-02-26T12:24:32+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/scale_navigation?rev=1298712272&do=diff MagicPlot provides useful plot data navigation (scale scrolling and zooming). Here are several tools and methods: * Mouse wheel rotation inside the current Axes box scrolls x/y or zooms x/y scale. Ctrl and Shift keys toggle the mode * Scale box zoom tool * Hand tool (only if the image zoom is 1x, otherwise the while image will be scrolled in window) * Right mouse button dragging always works as Hand tool (except Mac OS X) * The scrollbars (only if the image zoom is 1x, otherwise the w… text/html 2010-11-11T21:12:42+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/screenshots?rev=1289499162&do=diff Click on image to enlarge. MagicPlot Pro 1.3 on Windows Vista MagicPlot Pro 1.3 on Mac OS X MagicPlot Pro 1.3 on Ubuntu 10 text/html 2011-11-23T15:46:04+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/set_column_formula?rev=1322048764&do=diff Use Table -> Set Column Formula menu item to open column formula dialog window. See formula syntax for details. [ Set column formula dialog] Row Index Variable i contains the current row index. Rows are enumerated from 1. Rows Evaluation Order Rows are always evaluated one after another from the first to the last in the specified range. Accordingly the row number i is incremented after each step. text/html 2010-11-08T11:16:38+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/shift_curves?rev=1289204198&do=diff MagicPlot allows you to set individual x and y shifts for every Curve on Figure. This feature may be used to compare several similar Curves on one Figure. [2D Waterfall Figure] Specified Curve shifts do not affect your data and are used only for drawing current Figure. text/html 2011-05-25T11:00:51+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/sorting?rev=1306306851&do=diff To sort Table select Table -> Sort Table menu item. You can sort the entire table or only selected area (columns and rows selection). You can also use Sort by This Column item in Table context menu (exactly one column must be selected). Sorting Criteria [Sort table dialog] text/html 2011-05-29T16:54:43+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/special_symbols?rev=1306673683&do=diff MagicPlot supports any Unicode symbols, including Greek letters and many special symbols. The help on inserting Greek letters and special symbols is also available in Help menu. Typing Greek letters with Keyboard Shortcuts To insert Greek letter type Ctrl+G (Command G on Mac OS) and then type Latin letter mentioned in the table below. text/html 2011-02-25T14:32:09+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/spline?rev=1298633529&do=diff You can use cubic spline to subtract baseline on Fit Plot. To create spline curve click on Add button in Fit Curves tab of Fit Plot and select Spline menu item. Do not use splines to subtract baselines which can be fit well enough with Line curve (line or constant baseline). You may mistakenly subtract wide peaks using spline. In some cases Parabola curve may be more suitable. text/html 2011-05-20T19:44:45+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/statistics?rev=1305906285&do=diff Select Tools -> Statistics menu item to open the statistics dialog. Statistics dialog shows statistics on currently selected table columns or curves on plot. The statistics is updated every time you activate different windows or change the selection in active window. Select multiple instances in one window (columns or curves) to view multiple statistics data. text/html 2011-11-23T15:40:30+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/table?rev=1322048430&do=diff In MagicPlot Tables are used to store numeric or text data depending on column type (numeric/text). Data Types MagicPlot supports these data types in Tables: Format Description Numeric 64-bit double precision floating-point numbers (IEEE 754) Text Unicode string with unlimited length Notes: text/html 2011-12-03T01:20:10+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/table_from_curves?rev=1322860810&do=diff Fit Curves and Fit Sum are treated as function equations in MagicPlot Fit Plots. But in some cases (e. g. to export and plot fit data with other application) you may want to create (x, y) table with Fit Curves y-values. For this purpose use Tools -> Create Table from Curves menu item when Fit Plot is active. This dialog is also available for Figures. text/html 2011-05-29T14:19:58+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/templates?rev=1306664398&do=diff Figure Templates is a powerful tool for reusing axes layout of previously created Figures. To use Figure Templates, open Figure Properties window and select Templates tab. Templates are stored in a special folder in your operating system account profile. Project files do not contain templates; changes in Projects do not affect Templates. text/html 2011-05-29T14:15:08+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/transform_xy?rev=1306664108&do=diff You can quickly transform X or Y data on Fit Plot by using Transform Plot Data items in Processing menu. These menu items open set column formula dialog for table column which is used as X or Y. Note that this transformation affects the table with plotted data. text/html 2011-02-26T12:01:07+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/transparent?rev=1298710867&do=diff To create an image with transparent background open Figure Properties or Fit Plot Properties dialog window and set Transparent Background radio button in Canvas tab. The background of transparent Figures and Fit Plots is shown with a grey-and-white chequerboard. If you are preparing a picture for a dark background you can change the colour of chequerboard to dark grey by selecting View -> Transparency Checkerboard in main menu. text/html 2011-02-26T12:41:15+04:00 http://www.magicplot.com/wiki/typography?rev=1298713275&do=diff MagicPlot provides accurate typography in text labels and axes labels. You may toggle some features in 'Typography' tab of MagicPlot Preferences. [Typography tab in MagicPlot Preferences window] Ligatures Support MagicPlot supports Latin ligatures in text labels. If you type 'fi', 'fl', etc., those symbols will be shown with ligature glyphs when you exit edit mode.