3D Solidworks Model with Temperature Sensors

Hey all,
For my senior design project, I've been trying to create a incorporate my Solidworks model that I have previously into my Labview program. I have watched a few tutorials outlining different ways to incorporate a Solidworks model and test stress and movement of this model. For my application, I am trying to incorporate around 16 different heat sensors in different positions around this model in Labview. I want my program to give a 3D representation of the positions of these sensors in space so that the user knows exactly where a certain temperature reading is occurring. This way, the user can pinpoint the position in this model where the temperature is increasing or decreasing. I am having a great deal of trouble trying to create this code and haven't found any tutorials outlining similar situations as mine. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could go about creating this code? How does one incorporate heat sensors into a Solidworks model via Labview? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

jab10015,
I initially saw this and asked Spicy to jump in because I thought you were trying to interface with Solidwords directly. Your latest post made me realize I had misunderstood the question, and I believe I have an answer for you. Just to make sure, you're wanting to take physical measurements and then map them on to a virtual 3D model within LabVIEW, correct?
If so, there is an express VI that you can find under the programming/graphics and sound/3d picture control/helpers that is called Sensor Mapping (provided you're running a LabVIEW 8.6 or higher). It sounds like it will do what you're after.
As far as documentation for it goes, you can find the manual page here:
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361K-01/lvpict/sensor_mapping/
A community example here:
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-2059
And a solution for a common issue here:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/2D8235CFB7C06A21862574BE00595B9B
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