National Instruments Corporation

Adam K Gabbert

Jeffrey L Kodosky

Jeffrey N Correll

Jacob Kornerup

Timothy J Hayles

Jenifer M Loy

David W Fuller, Iii

Steven W Rogers

Mohammed Kamran Shah

Christopher G Cifra

Matthew C Curtis

Charles E Crain, Ii

Jeff D Washington

Scott D Postma

Richard M Ashby

Jayson P Ryckman

Providing zooming within a system diagram. Initially, a diagram of a system may be displayed. The diagram may include a plurality of icons representing physical components of the system. These plurality of icons may be initially displayed at a first level of magnification. User input to zoom on a first physical component in the diagram may be received. Accordingly, the first physical component may be displayed at a second level of magnification and other ones of the physical components may be displayed at a third level of magnification. The second level of magnification may be greater than the first level of magnification and the third level of magnification may be less than the first level of magnification. Alternatively, or additionally, different representations for various components of the system may be displayed in the diagram during or after the zoom.

Semantic zoom within a diagram of a system

Displaying physical signal routing of a system. A diagram of the system may be displayed. The system may include physical components connected via physical connections and logical components implemented on various ones of the physical components. The diagram may include a plurality of icons connected by wires. At least a first subset of the icons may represent logical elements of the system and wires between the first subset of icons may represent logical connections between corresponding logical elements. User input requesting signal routing information of the system may be received. In response, a signal route corresponding to a first logical connection between a first logical element and a second logical element may be visually indicated.

Displaying physical signal routing in a diagram of a system

Presenting different views of a system based on input from a user. A first view of a first portion of the system may be displayed. For example, the first portion may be a device of the system. User input specifying a first gesture may be received. In response to the first gesture, a second view of the first portion of the system may be displayed. For example, the first view may represent a first level of abstraction of the portion of the system and the second view may represent a second level of abstraction of the portion of the system. A second gesture may be used to view a view of a different portion of the system. Additionally, when changing from a first view to a second view, the first view may 'morph' into the second view.

Gestures for presentation of different views of a system diagram

A system and method for creating a graphical program utilizing one or more self-determining behavior (SDB) nodes. An SDB node may include associated generation code for programmatically generating execution-time code associated with the SDB node. The generation code associated with the SDB node may programmatically generate or modify the execution-time code based on or in response to any of various factors.

Self-determining behavior node for use in creating a graphical program

A system and method for creating a graphical program including a plurality of portions to be executed sequentially. User input may be received, e.g., during development of the graphical program, wherein the user input indicates a desire to specify a plurality of portions of graphical source code to be executed sequentially. In response, a plurality of frames may be displayed in the graphical program, such that two or more frames from the plurality of frames are visible at the same time. A portion of graphical source code may be included in each frame in response to user input. The plurality of frames may define an execution order for the corresponding portions of graphical source code, such that during execution of the graphical program, the portions of graphical source code are executed sequentially according to this execution order. In the preferred embodiment, all of the frames are visible at the same time, thus giving the program developer a complete view of the graphical program.

System and method for creating a graphical program including a plurality of portions to be executed sequentially

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Adam K Gabbert