Is it posible to import files from Electronics Workbench programs such as "Multisim" into Labview 6.1

[Darren]

Hello,

LabVIEW has the ability to read in a variety of data files using the File I/O VIs. Most commonly, LabVIEW customers deal with ASCII files...that is, text files that they can read into LabVIEW as strings. I am not familiar with Multisim, but I would imagine that data files from this program are either ASCII format or binary format. If the files are binary, you must know the format of the data in the file. Specifically, you must know if the data consists of single-precision floating point numbers, unsigned 8-bit integers, signed 16-bit integers, double-precision floating point numbers, etc. If the data file has a header describing its content, you can use that header to determine the file's datatype so that you can read it into LabVIEW. There are some File I/
O examples that ship with LabVIEW that demonstrate how to read a header to determine the datatype of a data file.

I hope this suggestion gets you on the right track. Good luck with your application, and have a pleasant day.

Sincerely,

Darren Nattinger
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[John_Pasquarette]

NI now has some tools that work specifically with Multisim to do what you are asking. They are available on the Web at the following link:

http://digital.ni.com/express.nsf/bycode/ex838p?opendocument〈=&node=

[PGriese]

Starting with Multisim 9:

Seamless file interchange with NI LabVIEW – Multisim can read and write NI LVM and TDM files:
    Use captured data as a source in Multisim – drive your circuit with real-world data
    Export simulation results to LabVIEW – easily compare predicted and actual results

Custom LabVIEW Instruments
Create your own instrument or source using LabVIEW. You can then link it into Multisim and wire it to your circuit like any other instrument.
Sample:  http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/3BEAC593104848D58625717700518B36

[PGriese]

For older Verions of Multisim or LabVIEW, try this link:
Spice Integration VIs (SPICE, PSPICE, Multisim)
http://sine.ni.com/apps/utf8/niepd_web_display.display_epd4?p_guid=C445A0AB1FB13312E034080020E74861