Avizo integration with LabVIEW from National Instruments

Advances in sensor and data acquisition capabilities have led to an explosion of experimental data. There are consequently growing needs to visualize and process large amount of measurement data with hardware in-the-loop, often in real-time. To meet these challenges, VSG works with National Instrument on an integration prototype between Avizo and LabVIEW.

This integration will allow LabVIEW users to take advantage the advanced 3D visualization capabilities offered by Avizo in a seamless manner.

3D Visualization to understand real-time data

  • Continuing explosion of data size due to enhanced data acquisition capabilities
  • Growing needs on comparing and fusing data from difference sources
  • Increasing appetite on interactivity and performance

The ideal complimentary tool to enhance LabVIEW’s 3D capability

  • Avizo’s graphical programming diagram fits well with LabVIEW convention, hence easier to adapt by LabVIEW developers.
  • It is possible to extract visualization and data analysis tasks that are common to a category of LabVIEW applications.
  • LabVIEW users will be able to take advantage of advanced 3D visualization and data analysis capabilities without re-inventing the wheel.

LabVIEW-Avizo interface example

Use LabVIEW’s text object and command object to create Avizo script and launch Avizo process.

Avizo and LabVIEW threads are independent.

Users can control Avizo interactively within LabVIEW VI

 

3D Visualization thread on LabVIEW forum

VSG and NI invite all LabVIEW users with current and future 3D visualization needs to participate the discussion in NI forum tilted "Do you use 3D visualization/graphs?"
Go to LabVIEW discussion thread about 3D visualization