Waveform graph bug found while displaying X scale (screenshot)

[Barneyho]

Derek, did you have to keep your volts scale on the left side then?  I've got this issue and still can't seem to make it work.  I need my 'volts' to stay on the left side of the screen (just because thats where it was while my program was running LabVIEW 6.1). 

[altenbach]

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@Barneyho wrote:
Derek, did you have to keep your volts scale on the left side then?  I've got this issue and still can't seem to make it work.  I need my 'volts' to stay on the left side of the screen (just because thats where it was while my program was running LabVIEW 6.1). 

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1. First, you need to do the "Reset Scale Layout". All scales will now be on the left. This is already what you want, right?
2. If you want any of the y-scales on the right, you can right-click on the desired scale and select "Swap Sides".

The x-scale alignment will remain OK. Have you tried this?

[Barneyho]

When I tried this on my real VI it reset the layout so all of my graphs were now overlapping each other and without re-sizing them it seemed to work.  However, I then resized them and the problem returned.  I also tried it on my test VI and even without re-sizing the 'reset scale layout' did not work.  Do you think its a cluster issue?  The reason I put it in a cluster is so that I can make it visible and invisible easily.  I could take it out and have 9 separate graphs if that would help but I'd rather not.

When you do the auto-scale on this test VI I have attached does it work for you?

[altenbach]

You seem to have a somewhat different problem.

First, you need to disable "Auto adjust scales" for all charts, this causes the plot size to change depending on the space needed for the axis. You should also change the formatting of the y-scales for e.g. a fixed number of decimal digits so their lenght does not jump as much depending on scaling. Leave enough room for the largest expected numbers. Since you only have one x-axis you must ensure that all plots remain aligned. Autoadjust scales is this not allowed.

You should also do a "Reset scale layout", then resize the graph to the desired size using the outer boundaries, not the graph area. This avoids all the overlap. (remove the transparency on the background temporarily for better control).

See how far you get. 🙂

[Ben]

Nice Post Christian!

I had written this bug off.

This thread has been added to the "Interesting" list here.

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=BreakPoint&message.id=1117

Ben

[Thaison_V]

Hi Err,

Can you please provide more information about what your post in this thread is about?  I don't see a direct correlation between your code and the contents of this thread (which was from almost a year ago!).  Is your post in this thread related to the thread you started here?  If so, please keep all related questions within the same forum thread, so it's easier for other forums to track.  Thanks!

Thaison V
Applications Engineer
National Instruments