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Lesson 2 Designing Front Panels
Exercise 2-1
Objective:
Scope Panel.vi
To logically arrange and separate front panel objects to make the user interface of
a VI easier to read and use.
You will resize, reorganize, and rearrange the objects on the front panel to
make the user interface easier to use. You will also setup the graph to resize
along with the front panel.
Front Panel
1. Open the Scope Panel VI from the c:\exercises\LV basics 2
directory. The front panel is shown previously.
2. Move the controls around as to logically group the controls that share
similarities (not all can relate to a group). For example the Channel A
ON/OFF button, Channel A Position knob, and Channel A Volts/Div
knob all operate on channel A and it makes sense to have them close to
one another. Two other example groups would be the three Channel B
controls and the three trigger controls.
Tip
Remember to use the Align Objects and Distribute Objects features in the tool bar.
3. After making groups out of the controls, use the Raised Box decoration
on the Controls»Decorations palette to make visible separations
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