Efofex News

We have uploaded a new video which gives a quick overview of the features in FX Graph 5. It’s a great way to quickly show new users the power available in FX Graph.

The video is available from the FX Graph product page

FX Graph is extremely flexible and can produce graphs that suit all of the various “standards” that exist around the world. One problem we have had is that users have not always found the right preferences to get what they want. In response to this, FX Graph (5.005.10 and later) will give you a short interview that allows you to set up the most important preferences.

The first selection is probably the most important and potentially frustrating. There are definitely two schools of thought as to which one is “right”! FX Graph doesn’t care – it just needs to know which one you want.

The first version of the interview has eleven selections that take a minute or so to answer. The pay-off is that FX Graph will fit your needs that much better. The interview will run once, the first time you start FX Graph after installing the latest version. You can re-run it any time you like by choosing this option from the Tools menu.

We will be implementing similar interviews for our other products in the near future.

Upgraded Unit Circle Tool
We have given the unit circle tool a major overhaul with a number of new features that make the tool much more useful for demonstrations and graphic production.

1. The unit circle tool can now interpret and show angles greater than 360 degrees.

2. The arc now has the option of an arrow head as shown above.

3. The unit circle can also show negative angles.

4. You can set the unit circle to larger angles and negative angles by using the unit circle’s keyboard short cuts (up arrow = +1 degree, down arrow = -1 degree, page up = +10 degrees and page down = -10 degrees). You can also explicitly set angles for the unit circle on the unit circle’s property page.

5. There are a number of usability improvements, particularly when controlling the angle line with the mouse.

The changes have been included into the latest upload of FX Draw 5. If you hold a perpetual licence for FX Draw 5 or if you are currently hold an FX MathPack subscription, you can download the new version (5.005.9) immediately.

Many thanks to J Moor for his suggestions!

In response to a user need, we have implemented a “Merge File” feature. This is most useful if you are using FX Draw with Connections as it will allow you to merge images from two files.

The Merge Files option is available from the File Menu of FX Draw, FX Graph, FX Stat and FX ChemStruct.

We have also changed the icon that allows you to add a graphic to a file. It was red + on a green parabola, which made sense for FX Graph but was less intuitive for the other products. The new icon is

which is simpler and probably more intuitive.

With our new website, a few people have “lost” the EmPower program. For those of you new to Efofex, our EmPower program offers free licences to students with special needs.

The good news is that EmPower still exists, it has just moved into the Products menu rather than having its own entry on the menu bar.