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camLine Launches the New Cornerstone 8.1 to Improve Users’ Data Analysis Experience

The latest version of Cornerstone software empowers users to perform complex analyses with greater ease and accuracy. Enhancing Leadership in Semiconductor Process Excellence

Petershausen, March 11, 2025

camLine, a high-tech manufacturing software solutions specialist, launches Cornerstone 8.1, the latest version of their renowned desktop application for technical data analysis in the industrial field. This version comes with many new features and functions to enhance your experience in Design of Experiments (DoE), data navigation, data handling, and graphs in visualizing data storytelling.

Cornerstone is a flexible data analysis tool for various disciplines and industries including manufacturing, research, development, quality assurance, and education. Today’s further development of version 8.1 is driven by statisticians in discussion with industrial clients, making it compact and efficient for engineers to achieve quicker results.

Cornerstone 8.1

What’s new in Cornerstone 8.1?

The Design of Experiment (DoE) Module allows users to define General Constraints to optimize Space-Filling Designs. In addition, users can add Constant Factors and output a Design Info Table to easily document the design.  

The Data Navigator now offers to read and write data from and to Apache Arrow, Parquet, and Feather Sources, ensuring compatibility and efficiency in handling large datasets. 

The latest Cornerstone version also includes various advanced data handling tools: merge and transpose datasets to achieve the desired table structure effortlessly, and by assigning subsets to derived datasets, the data organization and analysis precision improved. It also comes with new column functions infoVal, lag, and lowess, making it easier for engineers to compare data or analyze trends. 

The graph tools have been expanded to enhance visual storytelling with new features such as ordering bars by category for grouped histograms and bar graphs and modifying the appearance of box plot median lines to suit users’ preferred presentation style. Moreover, the drag-and-drop function allows adjustment of tick labels in discrete x-axes, and the new options for the position of data labels offer more flexibility.  

Lastly, the new version allows users to gain more control over their variable selection for R Scripts with a reimagined dialog option that adapts to their unique needs. 

Why upgrade to Cornerstone 8.1?

This release redefines the boundaries of data analysis by providing innovative tools and enhanced usability features. Cornerstone 8.1 empowers users to perform complex experiments with greater ease and accuracy, integrate seamlessly with modern data ecosystems, and gain insights faster with refined data handling and visualization. 

Cornerstone 8.1 is now available. Contact your camLine key account manager or info@camline.com to learn more. 

About camLine

camLine has been recognised as a valued IT solution partner for high-tech manufacturing over the past 35 years. Industry automation systems are based on MES/MOM modules. Numerous implementations can be found in semiconductors, electronics, automotives, solar, batteries, medical devices and renewable energy across Europe, North America and APAC. In addition to service domains on quality assurance, process integrity, production logistics, OEE, monitoring and reporting, camLine’s solutions feature the orchestration of shop floor activities among different communication layers. As part of Elisa IndustrIQ, AI and machine learning (AI/ML) techniques are integrated with statistical methods to foster optimal engineering analysis and defect control. camline.com

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