PISTON /Hydraulic Control GUI or UI

I want to make a GUI which is well animated showing the fluid flow.
I am using six Hydraulic Cylinder which are piston type.
I want make a Piston type action with the labview.
I have DSC module and checked the image navigation. I could'nt find the some good clipart.
I found a picture on net which can be used but I am not sure how can show the flow of liquid within the picture.
The Hydraulic Cylinder expant and retract, position sensors are also attached.
How can I make my UI more realistic or animated?
How to make animation in the GUI? There are no images which are animated in the DSC module also.
Please advice!
Attachments:
hydraulic_cylinder4bucket_wheel1.JPG ‏14 KB

Hello KRAZE4LV,
If you want to use an animated GIF, there are a couple of resources out there about how to set it up.
Here is a knowledgebase article:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/726108fbedfe5f9d862571de00505051?OpenDocument
This is an article about someone who set up an animated GIF as a control:
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-7482
This article shows examples of different animated buttons and indicators:
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-4035
You can also create custom controls, and have the two (or more) states of the control correspond to different images. Then within your code just have a loop that access the control through property nodes and modifies the state of the control in order to switch between the two images - thus creating an animation.
If you want a higher resolution animation, you can use a picture ring control. See:
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-2270
Colden

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