National Instruments BridgeVIEW 用户手册

Chapter 9

Creating VIs

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The icon of a VI represents it as a subVI in the block diagram of other VIs. 
It can be a pictorial representation of the purpose of the VI, or a textual 
description of the VI.

1.

Open 

Temp & Vol.vi

 in the 

BridgeVIEW\Activity

 directory.

2.

From the front panel, pop up on the icon in the top right corner and 
select Edit Icon…. You also can double click on the icon to invoke the 
icon editor.

Note

3.

Erase the default icon. With the Select tool, which appears as a dotted 
rectangle, click and drag over the section you want to delete, and press 
the <Delete> key. You also can double click on the shaded rectangle in 
the tool box to erase the icon.

4.

Draw a thermometer with the Pencil tool. 

5.

Create the text with the Text tool. To change the font, double-click on 
the Text tool. Your icon should look similar to the following 
illustration. 

6.

Close the Icon Editor by clicking on OK. The new icon appears in the 
icon pane.

7.

Define the connector terminal pattern by popping up in the icon pane 
on the front panel and choosing Show Connector. By default, 
BridgeVIEW selects a terminal pattern based on the number of 
controls and indicators on the front panel. Because there are two 
objects on the front panel, the connector has two terminals, as shown 
at left.