Is it possible to display the color map of a 3D Surface plot on the Front Panel?

This would be a very useful feature to include, especially if you are just displaying the top-down (XY) projection of your plot (otherwise there's no way to visualize the amplitude that a given color represents). I know that the Intensity Graph allows you to display the Z-axis color map, but I want to use the 3D Graph control for some of the other features it offers...

I had the same question. After quite a bit of playing around with properties, methods, color ramps, viewing examples and reading a bit about it, I discovered a way to do this. Basically use the ColorMapValues and ColorMapColors properties from the 3D graph and modify them slightly and feed these into the ZScale.Marker.Vals[] on an intensity chart or the Scale.MarkerVals[] on the color ramp. See the attached example.
I think the diagram is self-documenting and pretty darn simple. I have a couple of notes on the front panel that help explain the vi.
Good luck.
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3D_Intensity_ColorMap_Example.llb ‏51 KB

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Is there possibility to use the front panel without installing Labview?

Hallo,
i have two small questions:
1- Is it possible to use the front panel of a labview software without needing to install Labview itself? i mean something similar to the "power point viewer" which can view the Power Point files without installing the microsoft office.
2- In an intensity Graph, how can one change the color?
thanks.
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Hi,
Regarding your questions
1)You need to have Labview and Application builder installed on your machine. If you have that you can make an stand alone application (EXE) and then you can deploy it on systems that does not have LabView and can view it, However you will not be able to see the block diagram.
Here is a link that explains how to do so
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361A-01/lvhowto/exe_ex/
2) You can either do it by using propery node or marker method. The following link explains it
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/1ADFF221E27F5B5886256E6F007C7B58?OpenDocument
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Fawad
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How can I display the front panel of the dinamically loaded VI on the cliente computer, the VI dinamically loaded contains files, I want to see the files that the server machine has, in the client machine

I can successfully view and control a VI remotly. However, the remote VI dinamically loads another VI, this VI loaded dinamically is a VI that allows open others VIs, I want to see the files that contains the server machine, in the client machine, but the front panel of the dinamic VI appears only on the server and not on the client, How can I display the fron panel with the files of the server machine of the dinamically loaded VI on the client computer?
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I down loaded your files but could use some instructions on what needs run.
It seems that you are so close yet so far. You need to get the data on the server machine over to the client. I generally do this by doing a call by reference (on the client machine) of a VI that is served by the server. THe VI that executes on the server should pass the data you want to diplay via one of its output terminals. You can simply wire from this terminal (back on the client again) to an indicator of your choosing.
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Is it possible to use a Case Structure to hide numeric indicators on the Front panel when they are not in use?

I am rather new to LabVIEW, have only been using it for about 1.5 weeks as of this post, which means I may be missing something rather obvious due to ignorance, but is there any way to have my front panel change as my case changes due to user selection of a certain case via the front panel?
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Check out the property node for the controls
Visible Property
Short Name: Visible
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Class: Control Properties
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This property is similar to the Show Control and Hide Control options on the shortcut menu of a control.
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Is there a way the user can change the equation in the formular node from the front panel on the fly, dynamically?

Is there a way the user can change the equation in the formular node from the front panel on the fly, dynamically?

Sorry, I don't think so. That would be pretty cool if you could create a property node for a formula node and then enter a formula on the front panel and use it to update the formula. But you can't create a property node for a formula node and the only way of modifying the formula is by typing it into the formula node on the diagram. And you can't modify a diagram of a running VI.
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I have a VI and an attched .txt data file. Now I want to read the data from the .txt file and display it as an array in the front panel. But the result is not right. Any help?

I have a VI and an attched .txt data file. Now I want to read the data from the .txt file and display it as an array in the front panel. But the result is not right. Any help?
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The problem is in the delimiters in your text file. By default, Read From Spreadsheet File.vi expects a tab delimited file. You can specify a delimiter (like a space), but Read From Spreadsheet File.vi has a problem with repeated delimiters: if you specify a single space as a delimiter and Read From Spreadsheet File.vi finds two spaces back-to-back, it stops reading that line. Your file (as I got it from your earlier post) is delimited by 4 spaces.
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2. Change the source file to be delimited by a single space (rather than 4), then wire a string constant containing one space to the delimiter input of Read From Spreadsheet File.vi.
3. Wire a string constant containing 4 spaces to the delimiter input of Read From Spreadsheet File.vi. Then your text file will run as is.
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