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Release Notes

Solo version 4.1 includes a number of new tools in our graphical interface as well as new powerful command-line functionality. Ease-of-use flowcharts and ModelSense information help guides you through the steps necessary to build and investigate multivariate models. New graphical tools help you visualize and understand the data. The following is a list of significant changes in Version 4.1. The [Show me!] link which follows some items will send you to a page detailing the new feature!

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In addition to the listed changes, Version 4.1 also includes a number of bug fixes and general usability improvements which are not listed. If you have specific questions, please direct them to helpdesk@eigenvector.com

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Graphical Interface Changes

Analysis / Workspace Browser

New "flowchart" to guide user through standard model building procedures. [Show me!]

New ModelSense alerts to advise when possible modeling issues exist. [Show me!]

Enable use of new DataSet object feature allowing text-based classes. [Show me!]

Shortcuts visible in Workspace Browser can be customized. [Show me!]

Improved access to a larger number of customization settings (see Edit/Preferences)

Default preprocessing can now be set through the preferences expert GUI (see options for analysis function).

Add support for reduced metrics in PCA (See options for plotscores_pca).

Plot Controls (plotgui)

Right-click data to view quantile-quantile plot of data (fit distribution to data) [Show me!]

Right-click on data to exclude/include and change class of plotted items.

Confidence ellipses around classes (via View/Classes/Connect Classes menu) [Show me!]

Can now plot "number missing" in data summary mode to show how many are missing in the specified item.

Selection "Tools" button makes it easier to switch selection tools.

Right-click label to remove from plot.

Improved zoom logic (recognize when only y or x needs to be unzoomed - leave other axis as-is).

Selection of points in 3D plots and other previously unsupported formats.

Automatic y-scale of data puts all selected items on a normalized y-scale for ease of viewing.

Right-click on y-axis menu option to automatically choose (and plot) all items in the list that are in a given class.

Improved help while using selection tools.

Preprocess

Enable resizing of window.

Improved plot display and updating.

Figbrowser 

Added Auto Dock menu item. When enabled, user figures are automatically "docked" in Figures window. Allows all-figures-in-one-window interface.

General

Many GUIs now allow for double-clicking to get default behavior (see Preprocess and Analysis GUIs)

CaltransferGUI

New GUI to simplify calibration transfer operations using a single interface (see also the new caltransfer function)

Wafer Digestor 

New GUI to pre-processes semiconductor wafer (or similar batch-type) data for MPCA or Summary-PCA analysis. Steps user through the selection of how to break the data down into batches / wafers and specifying the type of output needed by the user.

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High-Level Function Changes

caltransfer

New command-line function to simplify calibration transfer operations using a single interface (see also the new caltransferGUI).

cluster

added improved class handling and legend capability

New Importing Features and Changes

jcampreadr

add for basic support of reading jcamp files

xyreadr

added as XY import method

DataSet Object Changes

Classid: Classes can now be assigned and returned as strings. You can access a "lookup table" of class numbers and their respective strings through the DataSet Editor. These strings will be increasingly used by Solo and are already used by the main plotting interfaces.

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