most efficient way of displaying large numbers of graphs

[RotorcraftJoe]

My program captures vibrations from an arbitrary number of planets in a planetary gear system using an arbitrary number of sensors. Right now I set the limit for each to 4 since I needed 16 waveform graphs for each planet/sensor combo possibility, (if there are fewer than 4 of either, the graphs are either empty or display a flat line at zero). I need to expand these limits, but the main window is just not going to be big enough for possibly 64 graphs. Any suggestions as to the best way to display large numbers of graphs in real-time, (while prog is running)? Thanks a lot for any help!
-Joe

[Liz F]

Hello Joe,

I hope your application is going well. There are a lot of interesting options for handling a large number of graphs simultaneously. If all did not have to actually appear at the same time, you could have them stacked on top of each other and make them visible or invisible based on user inputs and property nodes. Or you could have subVIs appear and disappear with each of the different sets of graphs. The subVI option could be especially neat if you do the same analysis for every graph, and you just want to change the inputs to various things and display them.

If the dats is being added to one point at a time, you could also use charts, and display multiple charts in the same area. You can do this by right-clicking on the chart and selecting "Stac
k Plots".

Please let me know which of these ideas sounds like it might work for you, and I would be happy to provide additional help. Also, please tell me if none of these will work and we'll try and keep brainstorming. There is no "correct" way to display many graphs, it just really depends on your application. I hope this helps! Have a great weekend.

Liz Fausak
National Instruments.