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2. 2 LabVIEW 2011 Versus 8.6 Doug Norman National Instruments January 6, 2012

3. 3 LabVIEW FRC 2012 FRC Edition 2011 used LabVIEW 8.6.1 Pro FRC Edition 2012 uses LabVIEW 2011 Pro Many new features from 3 versions:  LabVIEW 2009  LabVIEW 2010  LabVIEW 2011

4. 4 New Features from LabVIEW 2009 VI Snippets Recursion Probe Watch Window Quick Drop additions New icon editor Partial Diagram Cleanup Parallel For Loops Timing sources Command Line compare New 2D and 3D graphs

5. 5 VI Snippets Save a section of diagram code into a.png file Edit>>Create VI Snippet from Selection The image shows a picture of the code and contains the actual code Makes it easy to share code Just drag the.png file onto a block diagram

6. 6 Partial Diagram Cleanup Select wires and objects  Edit>>Clean Up Selection  Or Ctrl+U Code within structures can be excluded  Right-click structure >> Exclude from Diagram Cleanup

7. 7 Recursion Configure a VI to be reentrant  Select Share clones between instances Drag the icon of the VI onto its own block diagram LabVIEW Real-Time supported, but not deterministic

8. 8 New Features from LabVIEW 2010 Versioned VI Snippets Owned Labels on wires Export Graph/Chart data New T and F constants Undo buffer from 8 to 99 VI Scripting Cluster constant as icon Quick Drop - replace Rewire Conn Pane Merge Error is growable Packed Project Libraries Inlining SubVIs

9. 9 New Features from LabVIEW 2011 Performance & stability Improved RT deployment Conn Pane always shows Create subVI improvements Booleans accept error wire Undo after save Ignore all subVIs Silver controls Type def from diagram Align, Distribute wires

10. 10 Create SubVI Improvements 4 x 2 x 2 x 4 connector pane by default Error terminals in lower corners Refnum or class terminals in upper corners Controls aligned on left side of front panel Indicators aligned on right side of front panel

11. 11 Conclusion Many new features between LabVIEW 8.6.1 and LabVIEW 2011 Many are useful for FRC Questions?