National Instruments Corporation

Richard M Ashby

Jeffrey L Kodosky

David W Fuller, Iii

Jeffrey N Correll

Jacob Kornerup

Mohammed Kamran Shah

Christopher G Cifra

Timothy J Hayles

Charles E Crain, Ii

Adam K Gabbert

Jenifer M Loy

Scott D Postma

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

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