Looking for ready-to-use indicator that looks like a horizontal-platform panel in an airplane

[Altair]

My device can measure the attitude of a vehicle.
Here I want to display the result (roll, pitch and azimuth) in a fancy way, i.e. like the display panel of the aircraft (see attached plot).
Is there such kind of function, module or example based on LabView?
Thanks!

[chutla]

This can be done, but it will take some work. There are two approaches. You can use the PICTURE functions, and build the diagrams up a layer at a time. (Your PICTURE vi's are loop through, meaning you can take the output of one, say a grid, and input it to another, to overlay a pointer, for example) Another way, probably more labor intensive, is to use the property node to modify a button of some kind ( color, shape, etc) to make it appear like the indicatory you want. You might want to look through the NI database to see if there is anything similar that someone has written that you can "embrace and extend" to fit your application. In the meantime, you have given me a personal challenge! I think this would be a good extra-curricular project for me 🙂

Eric

[Ben]

Clue:

On this web-site under examples there is an example that demonstrates how to rotate an image in a picture control.

Throw some grid line on top of that and you are there.

Ben

[Altair]

Thanks Chutla and Ben!
I found an example
NI Home > NI Developer Zone > Development Library > Measurement and Automation Software > LabVIEW > Development System > Building User Interfaces > Displaying Data > Pictures > Rotating Graphics (Pixmaps) in LabVIEW

Ben, do you mean this one?

[Ben]

You Win!

There is another example near that one that shows how to draw a pie-chart.

Parts of that example can be used to add your over-lay yur grid (i.e. do not fill).

Ben