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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Anand Kodaganur, Bangalore, IN;
Subbaiah Kandera Gopal, Bangalore, IN;
Vineeth Kashyap, Shimoga, IN;
Craig Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Bharath Dev, Mysore, IN;
Anand Kodaganur, Bangalore, IN;
Subbaiah Kandera Gopal, Bangalore, IN;
Vineeth Kashyap, Shimoga, IN;
Craig Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Bharath Dev, Mysore, IN;
National Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a system and method for automatically arranging or positioning objects in a block diagram of a graphical program are described. The graphical program may include a first plurality of interconnected nodes that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program, where the first plurality of interconnected nodes includes a structure object having a border visually defining a sub-diagram that includes a second plurality of interconnected nodes that visually indicate functionality of the structure object. The method may operate to automatically re-arrange the graphical program. Re-arranging the graphical program may include shifting the structure object and the second plurality of interconnected nodes included in the sub-diagram of the structure object to new locations without re-arranging the second plurality of interconnected nodes with respect to each other.