How to Create a Linked Axis in Origin

Right click on your graph to bring up the ‘layer management’ dialogue.

Add layers if Needed

I’m going to be using the layers generated when I created subplots, but you might need to add an extra layer to hold your new axes. You can set up your axes and new layers here.

Link Axes

With your new layers added as necessary, go to the ‘Link’ tab. Here you need to select which layer you would like to link the selected layer to.

In most cases you will probably need the ‘Straight'(1 to 1)’, as selected here.

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Click ‘Link’ for each of the layers you want to link from, so that the ‘Link to’ column is filled for them.

You do not need to change anything for the Layer you are linking to.

Make Adjustments to Your ‘Linked-to’ Layer

Now when you make changes to the layer you linked to, these changes should also be present in the layers you were linking from.

Here’s an example of linked axes when making a subplot. Notice the tick marks and scales are all identical.