Changes:
- Several changes associated with retaining all 3D points (as opposed to tossing out points with identical X,Y coordinates) broke the ability to generate 3D plots via DDE (with DPLOTLIB, for example).
- Although the description of 1.8.3.4 mentions the Insert Link command and 3D data in the same paragraph, it wasn't possible to use this command to retrieve 3D data from a server app
. The Insert Link command was only present on the menu for XY plots, and if used then the data was interpreted as X,Y1,Y2 (one shared X column and 2 curves). Insert Link is now included on the menu for contour plots. To use Insert Link for 3D data, first select File>New>3D plot. - Insert Link and Paste Special with the Link box checked didn't work particularly well for 3D data. Links were set up to add to rather than replace data. Although this behavior was intentional (allowing you to copy/paste repeatedly to add new points to a plot) it made it impossible to act as you'd normally expect. In this version the existing data is wiped out and replaced with incoming data whenever an update message is received.
- And one new feature: Added Delete Thin Triangles command for random 3D data. This command is handy for cleaning up plots generated from truly random data, removing slender triangles from the edge of your surface (also from any interior holes you've created with Delete Triangles)