FigSys from Biosoft

US $300 | UK £175

FIGSYS FEATURES

User Interface

Compatible with all versions of Windows from Windows 98 onward
Copy objects for transfer to other figures
Create complete documents with texts, data, graphs, symbols, arrows, boxes etc. No spread-sheet or wordprocessor required
Automatic data-plot creation using built-in Wizards for lines, bargraphs, stacked bargraphs, floating bargraphs, scatter plots, drop-plots, areagrams, 3D plots etc
Create your own templates for figure styles you use often
All objects in a single layer; just click and edit anything anytime
Numerous sample figures supplied
Comprehensive Help facility
HTML support if Internet Explorer installed
Modern GUI with logical document structure displayed in tree view
Move or resize figures or parts of figures at any time. Edit on-screen or use wizards
Multiple pages can be included in one workspace file
Multiple graphs and other objects can be include on any page
Notes can be added to any object
Optionally visible grid with snap-to facility
Order the depth of superimposed objects e.g. ‘send behind’ or ‘bring to front’
Render any element invisible without losing its other functions
Resize completed figures
User-specifiable toolbars gives one-click access to your selection of key program functions
User-modifiable palettes of lines, colors and fonts
Write scripts to control all FigSys functions
Zoom facility

Data Entry

From keyboard and clipboard
Import ASCII (text) files
Import from Excel and ODBC databases
Direct data acquisition from instruments via RS232 port. Optionally write scripts to control instruments
Worksheet size limited only by hardware

Data Processing

Area-under-curve computation
Data statistics automatically calculated: mean, range, SEM, SDn, SD(n-1), confidence limits, skewness, kurtosis and more
Drag and drop or copy and drop blocks of data on worksheet
Fast Fourier Transforms and Inverse FFT
Missing data and replicate handling
Number of datasets limited only by hardware
Numerous worksheet transformations given or create and store your own.
Print data
Statistical tests of comparison: t-tests, F-test, Mann-Whitney U test and more
Data Grid supports cell formulae

Two-dimensional Plots

Areagrams with variable fill patterns
Bar graphs, single, stacked or over-lapping; adjustable width, displacement and infill, optionally floating, optional pseudo-3d appearance
Data pair connectors
Equation plotter with non-linear curve fitting; genetic algorithm for initial parameter estimating; easy-to-use equation editor; numerous parameters per equation; simultaneous fitting of multiple variables; numerous functions built-in; numerous equations supplied including sigmoid models, enzyme kinetics, ligand binding, linear and bilinear regression etc., weighting system includes simple, robust, statistical and proportional; table of residuals; calculation of unknowns for assays; confidence bands; fix parameters within specified limits. Reports include advanced statistics of fit.
Freehand graph drawing; drag a line to smoothly fit your data
Histograms
Line graphs
Needlegrams
Plot functions with user-defined parameter values
Drop plots
Scatter plots with optional clean-scattering of superimposed points
Polynomial regression curve fits
Cubic spline and Bezier plots
Staircase (plateau) diagrams

Three-dimensional Plots

Axes

Graph Markers

Labels and Text

Automatic or user-controlled tick-mark labeling including replacement of numbers by texts on screen
Complete control of position, size, color, border, font etc for labels
Labels can include Greek and scientific characters selected from on-screen character map and can also include data markers
Labels have highly flexible arrangement of super- and sub-scripts including above, below, before and after or all of these simultaneously
Axis labels can be vertical (up or down) or horizontal. Other labels are fully rotatable
Separate Rich Text on-screen editor facility similar to Microsoft Wordpad gives multiple format options including mixed fonts, bold, italic, underlined, justified etc, allowing large or small bodies of general text to be added to the page

Other Features

Full manual including beginners’ tutorial
Arrows of many styles, including curved, in any position
Boxes in any size or position, filled or not
Complete color control over all objects
Error bars (SEM, SD(n-1), SDn, range, confidence limits) automatically calculated or imported; any style (up, down, symmetrical, transverse or individualized direction) with user-defined terminal cross line. Also line extensions of user-defined size can be added to graph markers
Import WMF, BMP, TIF image formats
Lines touching markers or not
Multiple fill-patterns for bar graphs, histograms and areagrams
Multiple line types (solid, dashed, curved etc.) and full control over line thickness
Optional frames around graphs etc.

Output Options

All Windows output devices can be used including printers, plotters, laserprinters, slidemakers, file-output etc. Color fully supported.
Copy figures to clipboard as Bitmaps or Enhanced Metafiles (BMP and EMF)
Save figures as BMP, EMF, TIF, JPG, TGA and EPS for export to other software, slide bureaus etc.