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Evaluation of Graphics Packages for PCs
Axis and Scaling Options
| Feature | Stanford Graphics | DeltaGraph | Origin | Sigmaplot |
| Axis options | ||||
| Top x/Right y | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Double y and x axis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple scales on one axis | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Scale axis by constant or other parameter | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Ticks | ||||
| Minor/Major | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| In/Out | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Adding text to every Nth ticks | Yes | Yes | Poor | No |
| Axis breaks / Separated Axes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scaling options | ||||
| Logarithmic-logarithmic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Base 10 logarithmic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Natural logarithmic | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Probabilistic scaling | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Probit Scaling | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Range | ||||
| Automatic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Manual | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Notation | ||||
| Scientific | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exponential | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Control of decimal spaces | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grid lines | ||||
| Show grid lines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vertical or horizontal lines only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Background grid on 3-d charts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Backplanes in 3-d charts | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Frame around 3-d plot | Yes | No | Yes | No |