@bugsmashers wrote:
I use a local variable whenever a wire would cross another wire more than once, or if I can't see the source and sink in the same screen shot.
Do you know where I can find some good examples of large, professionally written VI's? The samples I found on this site and that came with the software are great to explain any specific technique, but they are relatively small and can't explain how to put it all together.
Aiye Caramba!!! LOL!!! 😄 😄
Okay.. that appears to be a large number of local variables, right? I would rather cross wires a number of times than using Local Variables. From experience, of course. We've all been there, so don't knock down your vi. You simply need to tidy things up 😉
As for "large, professionally written vi's", you'll discover that they are a bunch of small vi's. I break down a "large vi" by functionality into a number of smaller, re-useable vi's. It keeps the code cleaner, easier to maintain & expand, as well as preventing too many cross wires. As a rule of thumb, I keep the vi's no larger than a screen (21", of course) 😄
Actually, the sample files have small vi's. It is good to study them, because they were carefully designed to be small. As for putting them together, it boils down to the basic inputs & outputs. Learn what the inputs do and what the outputs do. In many cases, you do not need to use all inputs & outputs. You can do the same when creating your vi's (or called sub-vi's).
As recommended by others, try to avoid Locals. They are nice and clean, but are very memory hungry. I cannot remember if using proprty nodes is a lesser memory hungry approach. I seem to recall that it is.
And remember on important thing about Labview. Have fun wiring!!
Regards,
JLV
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