PISTON /Hydraulic Control GUI or UI

[KRAZE4LV]

I want to make a GUI which is well animated showing the fluid flow.

I am using six Hydraulic Cylinder which are piston type.

I want make a Piston type action with the labview.

I have DSC module and checked the image navigation. I could'nt find the some good clipart.

I found a picture on net which can be used but I am not sure how can show the flow of liquid within the picture.

The Hydraulic Cylinder expant and retract, position sensors are also attached.

How can I make my UI more realistic or animated?

How to make animation in the GUI? There are no images which are animated in the DSC module also.

Please advice!

[ColdenR]

Hello KRAZE4LV,

If you want to use an animated GIF, there are a couple of resources out there about how to set it up. 

Here is a knowledgebase article:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/726108fbedfe5f9d862571de00505051?OpenDocument

This is an article about someone who set up an animated GIF as a control:

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-7482

This article shows examples of different animated buttons and indicators:

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-4035

You can also create custom controls, and have the two (or more) states of the control correspond to different images. Then within your code just have a loop that access the control through property nodes and modifies the state of the control in order to switch between the two images - thus creating an animation. 

If you want a higher resolution animation, you can use a picture ring control. See:

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-2270