LabVIEW Idea Exchange

Just as for Clusters, I would like to be able to change a Map constant on the Block Diagram to be viewable as an Icon when it has been made a TypeDef.  You can't directly edit the constant data, so for me it doesn't make it worth the large amount of real estate that it can take up, especially if you have a Map of Maps/Sets.

So for example, instead of this:

I would like:

If you have mulitple versions of LabVIEW installed, some of them show up in the "Open With" menu, but regardless of which item you select, the VI will always open in whichever version of LabVIEW was opened most recently.

Example: if I opened a legacy VI in LabVIEW 2009, closed that version of LabVIEW completely, and opened another VI using the "Open with" menu and selected LabVIEW 12..., LabVIEW 2009 is relaunched and is unable to open the VI because it should have launched in LabVIEW 2012.

The current workaround is to add all installed versions as options in the "Send to" menu, but this is not nearly as intuitive as using "Open with" would be.

Currently, the markers of intensity graphs are left-aligned with the intensity pixels. This is most noticable when graphing small arrays, but is a general problem. Have a look at the left picture (x0 and dx are at the default). There is one too many markers on each axis and it is errorprone to read out the coordinates of a certain pixel because it is always betwen two adjacent markers.

(If we graph a 1D array with 10 elements on a plain graph with the same size (loose fit off), the axis will go from 0..9. It is misleading to show another marker at 10 in the case of the intensity graph!)

Correct would be to center the axis markers on the pixels as simulated in the image on the right. Now the limits are correct!

The problem is even more severe with cursors locked to the plot. The cursors align with the markers and thus fall right between four adjacent pixels (left) while they should be smack dab in the middle of exactly one (right). Currently, we have a 25% chance of picking the right pixel with a cursor unless we are very carefully!

Idea summary: The markers of intensity graphs need to be centered on the graph pixels. Same for cursors.

(...of course the same applies to intensity charts and similar)

Ther are 10 pages of suggestions coming up when typing "probe location on wire".

AFAIK, none of them addresses this irritating behavior of probes:

The probe icon will snap to some algorithmically determined location which might result in illegible data flow during debugging, or might end up in a region of the diagram far from where the critical action takes place.

I know that what matters should be the VALUE of the probe, but WHEN to check the probe value is also critical, and in a visual development environment, this time is determined by monitoring the data flow (among other methods). This is where this uncontrollable probe location can be annoying at times.

My suggestion: just as for labels, let the user choose the location of a probe anchor point on a wire (especially when it branches off).

I would like to have an option to export a simplified image of a graph directly into png. The image formats available in LV2010 are bmp, eps, emf and pict. Png is superior to bmp with rougly 100-50 times smaller file sizes. At the moment if I want to export a simplified image of a graph to png then I have to use the extra code below or alternatively export the image to clipboard, paste that into a graphics editor an save it to png. It would be much more simple to have an option to directly export to png. My suggestions below:

I think the Array Element Gap should be sizable. This would facilitate lining up FP arrays with other items on the FP, or simply as a mechanism to add more apparent delineation between elements.

The size should be set in the Properties box, not by dragging the element gap with the mouse - that would add too much "cursor noise".

A new Property Node for this feature would complete Idea.

Help! I need a way to pack more Classes onto my Block Diagrams!

This idea is simple and quite subtle- reduce the size of the Class Constant on the Block Diagram. The majority of the footprint belongs to the Class Icon, which cannot be sized smaller, but the additional border graphic that creates the "Object Cube" effect can be reduced to give a total footprint of 42x42 pixels down from 48x48 pixels. (If you're counting, that's a 42% reduction in "fluff", discounting the 32x32 that must remain!)

If you're not crazy about the first-draft artwork, feel free to post a new rendition in the Comments section!

Wire : Right Click --> Visbile --> Label  (Its void Now )

Solution : It can take the control Name as default label of the wire,  instead of  being Void

Not sure if this idea is already proposed.