Select the devices to include in a layout and control how InstrumentStudio organizes those devices into panels.

For more information on layout rules and restrictions, see Panels and Layouts.

You can use the Edit Layout window to create a manual layout. In a manual layout, you can customize which devices the panel displays. You can also group devices of the same type into a single panel, except for oscilloscopes. You can only add oscilloscopes of the same model to the same panel.

To create a layout manually, complete the following steps.

  1. Access the Edit Layout window in one of the following ways:
    • If an instrument panel is already open, click the Edit layout (An icon of a layout that contains one large and three small panels. You can use this button to edit layouts in InstrumentStudio.) button in the instrument header menu.
    • From the Home screen, select Manual layout....
    • From the toolbar, select File » New » Manual layout....
    • From an instrument settings menu (A cogwheel icon for the instrument settings menu of InstrumentStudio.), select Add/Remove devices.
      Note If you access the Edit Layout window through an instrument settings menu, InstrumentStudio automatically applies a filter on the device list. This filter is based on which panel you selected the Add/Remove devices option from. You can remove or change this filter by clicking the filter icon (An icon of a filter.) next to the search field.
  2. Search for the devices that you want to include in the layout. You can find a list of devices in the left panel of the Edit Layout window.
    You can filter by device type by clicking the filter icon (An icon of a filter.) next to the search field.
  3. Add the device to a panel by selecting Create large panel or Create small panel from the dropdown menu of the device.
    The device appears in the panel that you select.
    Note You can remove a device from a panel by clicking the × icon to the right of the device name.
  4. Optional: Group devices of the same type together in a single panel. You can select a group name from the dropdown menu of a device.
  5. Select OK to create the layout that you specified.