VI High 16: LabVIEW 2011 New Feature - How to Create a SubVI

We took a bit of a VI High summer vacation (stretching well into fall…) but we’re back with several new, shorter videos on new features in LabVIEW 2011. Our first one has to do with the improvements in creating subVIs.

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Experience Level: Basic

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“In LabVIEW 2011, there are some improvements when you create subVI’s. So if I were to click and highlight this section of code, go to Edit, and then Create SubVI, my SubVI has been made.

I double-click, open up the front panel, and we see that we have a connector pane right here, with our connections already made. So if I click on the terminal, I see the corresponding object highlighted.

I can always change this pattern, so the default pattern in LabVIEW 2011 is 4x2x2x4. I can always right-click, go to Patterns, and see other available ones. Though, this is the recommended.

If I go to my block diagram, of course, I see the code, or the subVI. Right now, we just have Untitled 1 (SubVI), so I’ll go to Save, and I’ll call it, ‘Area of a Triangle subVI 2.’”

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VI High 5: Reassign Connector Pane Terminals in LabVIEW 2010

In this short episode, we learn about a handy new features in LabVIEW 2010: switching connector pane terminals with a few quick clicks. This video is a brief, direct excerpt from the LabVIEW Fundamentals Course offered by Sixclear. To find out more visit sixclear.com. It also makes no attempt at humor, so watch for information and soothing narration only.

Experience Level: Basic

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“A useful new feature in LabVIEW 2010 is the ability to switch connector pane terminals. Now, to make it more clear, I’m going to put another control here, a Boolean in this case, put that right there, and I’ll assign the Boolean right here to the upper left. Now let’s say that at some future point I want to switch these terminals. Previously, I would have to right-click on either of them, disconnect and then reconnect them. But now with LabVIEW 2010, I’m going to hover over one of the terminals, hold down control, click and then click on the other terminal I want to switch it with, click, and there we are, a very quick and handy way of reassigning terminals.”

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