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Consider the ability to add a non-orthogonal secondary axis to an axis system in VIEW and REPORT and a non-orthogonal axis system with arbitrary angle. Many complex plots have typical 2D axes and additional axes overlayed at some angle. This would allow creating complex plots (ternary plots, psychrometric charts etc.)

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When selecting a matrix structure set of channels for the z-matrix, DIAdem currently allows a user to select the first channel when the triplet channel radio button is chosen, and then locks that first entry as the first Z channel in the z-matrix. When the user wants to select the last channel in the z-matrix, they then have to click the "..." box to the right of the greyed out box that has the first Z channel in the z-matrix displayed. I was going to suggest that R&D work on the ability to chose channels that are not consecutively arranged within the data portal. I feel it would be more intuitive to hold down CTRL and select the Z channels that make up the z-matrix.

Cheers!

Shawn S.

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Greetings NI Wizards,

My compliments on a very fine software package, which I admittedly have only begun to explore via your trial period. I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I only recently discovered it though we've been trying for more than a year to figure out how we could attach large amounts of sensor data onto our CAD models (the only real way to look at it). This seemed to be the obvious future of data (experimental) visualization. Shame on me for not looking beyond my familiar neighborhood of NI hardware and LabVIEW.

Wonderful as this tool is, might it be possible to jigger the solid model rendering so that the user-defined color palette in "surfaces/color surfaces" resulted in true transparency when one chooses "no color"? Right now it seems to just leave a grey part behind. This would allow one to have parts of the solid model disappear over time. We're doing erosion experiments, and once a part of the model reaches a certain temperature, it dissolves. This would be a fantastic way to visualize the data as we could watch both temperature changes and erosion of the model. Others might have parts appear in time, making the model appear to grow. There could be lots of animation possibilities as things blink in and out.

Cheers,

Steve

Efficient view of large files

Waiting for very large measurement files to load can take very much time. In our case, we sometimes load a file to have an overview of the complete measurement and then zoom into some specific parts of the measurement.

Idea:

Do not load into memory all data as long as the user has not zoomed in a specific area.

For example: if a channel has 100000 values, for a complete overview of the measurement, only 50000 values would be used. And when the user zooms in, then all data in that area will be loaded.

This way it is much easier to look for important parts in a measurement without waiting for all data to be loaded.

While it's possible to find out from the DIAdem Help the explanations on the Operations and Special Variables in the Calculator, it would be a lot easier to add some brief descriptions in the tooltips when we mouse over them.

The current tooltips contain no useful information. If my mouse hovers over the Operations "ArcSin(Arg)", the tooltip just contains a simple repetition which serves no purpose (see attached screenshot).

Quick Data Browsing

I have talked to Brad, Otmar, and (most recently) Darrin about this, so here is an explanation if you guys are reading...

I use DIAdem for data browsing and analysis, but I also use another program (which shall remain nameless) from another company (which shall remain nameless). This program sets stuff up a little differently, and by doing so has a huge time-saving advantage. An individual test run (or a collection of runs) is stored in a folder. Inside each folder is one file per recorded channel. So, if I wanted to look at some data, I would select the channels I want, and then graph them. I can, of course create multiple graphs, channel tables, etc. So this is similar to the VIEW pane in DIAdem, and there is no evident advantage with one program over the other at this point.

Now, let's say I wanted to view those same graphs and channel tables based on a different set of data. In DIAdem I would have to delete the data from the DATA PORTAL and then load in the new data which would then update the items in the VIEW pane. In this other program, though, all I have to do is select the folder where the other data channels are stored by either clicking on it or cursoring to it and all graphs, tables, etc. are automatically updated. This is a tremendous time-saver, and makes it easy to browse through different data sets to find what I am looking for.

Implementing something like this in DIAdem would be really helpful. I love DIAdem, but it is frustrating that it doesn't do what this other program does. I suspect there are not too many people out there that use this other program and DIAdem. If there are, I hope that they will weigh in on this issue by adding a comment to this post. Even if you don't use both, think about how much time you could save if DIAdem operated like the other program.

Y2 axis for unit conversion

Unfortunately, I do a lot of work with non-Metric units, but generally take the measurements in Metric. I'd like to be able to have the Y2 axis display converted units without creating a new channel, adding to the graph, adding a new channel to my graph, modifying the begin/end points so that the new signal perfectly matches the metric version, etc.

For example, if I had position vs time, and my Y1 data is in meters, I'd like the option to add the Y2 axis in feet from the graph setup.

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Non-orthogonal axis systems in VIEW

Area Titles in View Layouts

Contour Plot Matrix Structure Channel Selection Modification

same x-axis in view

Visualizing erosion and/or growth of 3D models

Harmonic Cursors in View, Report

Efficient view of large files

Add Brief Explanations in Tooltips in Calculator

Quick Data Browsing

Y2 axis for unit conversion