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douwe123

"Punch-through editing" on case structures

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It would be nice if I could simultaneously edit all cases of a case structure. There are times when I need to edit all cases of a case structure in the same way, e.g. adding a constant to an output or pulling shift register wires from one side to the other. Right now I need to step through each of the cases and perform this task. It would be great if I could select a "punch through" option on the case structure context menu at which point my block diagram changes are applied to all cases in the structure.

 

 

 

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altenbach
Knight of NI

"... or pulling shift register wires from one side to the other".

 

Have a look at "linked tunnels". Already implemented. 😄

 

Similarly, to add a diagram constant to an output, you can often do "use default if unwired". If it is often the same value (bot not the datatype default), place the constant before the structure and use a linked output tunnel to wire it to the relevant output.

douwe123
Member

Thanks for the pointer to "linked tunnels" I obviously didn't know about them and they solve the majority of my problems. 

Darren
Proven Zealot
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