Support SVG as an image format

[Arun_Persaud]

SVG would be a great image format for icons. It would also be nice if you could use it for front panel designs or as background images. Exporting a VI as an SVG might also be a nice way of printing a VI or copying it into a presentation.

The advantage would be that it's scalable and an W3C standard.

(see also  http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=449853#M449853 )

[AristosQueue (NI)]

> Exporting a VI as an SVG

Since none of LV's graphics are vector based, exporting to SVG would not give you scaleability.

[Arun_Persaud]

well, if you start using SVG for icons a big part of the graphics on (at least my) VIs would be vectorbased already and the wires would be easy to convert I imagine, leaving only loops, etc.

Anyway, I really would like to see it for icons and front panel elements. 

[Viper]

"Since none of LV's graphics are vector based, exporting to SVG would not give you scaleability."

That's funny cause if you pdf a LabView front panel most everything is vector based. The only time you don't get a vector is if a raster is laying on top of it.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

I was mistaken earlier... aparently there are a lot of vector graphics -- on the front panel. I spend most time working on the block diagram. Sorry for the confusion.

[randol]

This should not even have to be requested, even low end applications that deal with graphics support SVG.  LabVIEW is "supposed" to speed application development.

I develop customer facing applications and in my experience the time saved developing on the block diagram is wasted getting the front panel to look and work to a minimum specification.  SVG support would be one step in the right direction.

Take a look at Inkscape or SVG++ for some ideas/inspiration.

[LabBard]

I agree with Randol.  LabVIEW needs to support SVG, and NI needs to keep improving the front panel objects.  For example, I am trying to make an interactive map using vector graphics and the 2D picture control doesn't have the interactive tools that the XY graph control has.  If I want to use the 2D picture control with zooming, panning, select window, pick objects ... it seems I will have to do some lower level programming, which has limited options.  And, I don't have time for doing that.  Another option would be to use .NET, but I would much rather that LabVIEW GUI objects have better functionality.

[crossrulz]

LabBard, if you support this idea you need to give it a Kudo.  NI does not look at the comments until it is being considered.  To get considered, NI looks at the Kudo count.

[Aplonis]

Insofar as I have recently coded a VI which generates an SVG as the graphical portion of its output, it is rather disappointing that LabVIEW cannot also display said SVG, and that I must instead call up a 3rd party software (Inkscape) to view it. Especially as this thread in support of SVG is now more than 13 years old.