Navigating a complex block diagram

[Assad]

Hello Guys,

I already have an existing VI which is very complex with several tabs. The block diagram is pretty huge and i am having difficulties in finding SUB VIs in the block diagram. Clicking on any of the tables in the front panel doesnt take me to block diagram. Does any one ahs any suggestion as of how to traverse through a design.

Thanks,

Assad.

[C. Allen Weekley]

Assad,

Click on Browse->Show VI Hierarchy to see your application in layers.  If your VI takes up more than one screen, Ctrl-Shift-N will display a navigation window.  Also, if you know the name of the subvi you are looking for you can hit Ctrl-F, click on Select Object, then choose VIs by Name.  But, you may consider breaking your application into smaller components.  A good reference is "A Software Engineering Approach to LabVIEW" by Conway and Watts.

http://authors.phptr.com/watts/

Also see the white papers on GOOP at

http://www.endevo.se/default.asp?lang=eng

and

http://vista.viengineering.com/articles/default.aspx

Hope this helps.

Allen

www.weekleyconsulting.com

[altenbach]

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@Assad wrote:

Clicking on any of the tables in the front panel doesnt take me to block diagram.

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Why should it?? 😮

However, you can always right-click on any FP object and select "find terminal", "find local variables", "find property nodes", etc. All these will take you to the right place on the BD. 🙂