Personalising the LabVIEW Environment to Accelerate productivity

Personalizing the LabVIEW
Environment to Accelerate
Productivity
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Motivation
We all have preferences when accomplishing our
tasks.
Personalize your tools to match your preferences.
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Agenda
Standard LabVIEW options
Built-in tools in LabVIEW and their modifications
Additional tools and their modifications
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Agenda
Standard LabVIEW options
Built-in tools in LabVIEW and their modifications
Additional tools and their modifications
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Getting Started Window
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Getting Started Window
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Getting Started Window
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Tools -> Options
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Tools -> Options
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Tools -> Options
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Tools -> Options
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Tools -> Options
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LabVIEW.ini
The LabVIEW.ini holds your
customization preferences in a key /
value configuration.
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LabVIEW.ini
API to read and write keys to
LabVIEW.ini
Located at
LabVIEW\resource\dialog\Lvconfig.llb
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LabVIEW.ini
Undocumented INI tokens:
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QuickBold
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BookmarkManager.ShowVILIB
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BookmarkManager.ShowRESOURCE
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Many more...
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Agenda
Standard LabVIEW options
Built-in tools in LabVIEW and their modifications
Additional tools and their modifications
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Palettes
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Tools -> Advanced -> Edit Palette Set…
Create your own palettes.
Drop code instead of a VI.
Be Careful!
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Icon Editor
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Icon Editor
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Tools for LabVIEW
You can place your own tools here!
Just put your LabVIEW VIs here:
[LabVIEWXXXX]\Project
Folders or VIs with underscore at the
beginning will not be named here.
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Quick Drop
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Quick Drop
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Quick Drop
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Quick Drop
Standard Quick Drop Plugins:
Crtl+I
Insert
Crtl+T
Move labels
Crtl+R
Remove and rewire
Crtl+P
Replace
Crtl+B
VI server rename
Crtl+D
Wire all terminals
Crtl+W Wire multiple objects together
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Quick Drop
Quick Drop Plugin Template:
[LabVIEWXXXX]\resource\dialog\Quick
Drop
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Bookmark Manager
Create your own!
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Agenda
Standard LabVIEW options
Built-in tools in LabVIEW and their modifications
Additional tools and their modifications
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Find LabVIEW Add-ons…
The App Store for Engineers and
Scientists
• 250+ third-party add-ons
• Free and paid
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Find LabVIEW Add-ons…
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Find LabVIEW Add-ons…
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Find LabVIEW Add-ons…
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Find LabVIEW Add-ons…
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Find LabVIEW Add-ons…
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Probes
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Find LabVIEW Add-ons…
VI Box Probes - SAPHIR
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Find LabVIEW Add-ons…
NI GOOP Development Suite
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Quick Drop – Plugins in the Community
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VI snippet Quick Drop plugins
Wire label
Clear array
Mission control for multi-frame
structure
Create multiple wire labels
automatically from first element of the
wires
Align front panel controls
to connector pane
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Sources
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www.labviewwiki.org
http://labviewartisan.blogspot.com/
www.ni.com/labview-tools-network
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