Smith Multi Plot VI
- Updated2025-07-30
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Takes a picture and an array of Smith plots and appends a picture that represents the superimposed Smith plots of the data.

Inputs/Outputs
[user-specified font]
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[user-specified font] specifies the specific font characteristics for the text to draw. The VI ignores this input unless desired font is User-specified Font.
desired font(Application)
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desired font specifies the text font.
picture
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picture is the picture to which you want to add the plot. The default is an empty picture.
rect
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rect contains the upper-left and lower-right coordinates that describe a rectangle bounding the text. The VI clips text to the coordinates of this rectangle. Horizontal coordinates increase to the right, and vertical coordinates increase to the bottom.
smith plot section
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smith plot section describes the portion of the graph you want to display. It contains four values that represent a rectangle superimposed over the Smith plot.
smith grid cosmetics
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smith grid cosmetics describes the style to use for the grids.
smith multi plot
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smith multi plot is an array of clusters, where each cluster contains an array of points. A point is represented by a cluster containing the r and x values that make up the complex impedance r + jx.
smith plot cosmetics
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smith plot cosmetics specifies the style to use in drawing the plot.
dimensions incl scales? (T)
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dimensions incl scales? indicates whether the rect input includes the scales, in addition to the plot area. If FALSE, the rect input describes the plot area, and the VI draws the scales outside of the rectangle. If TRUE, the VI draws the scales inside of rect and insets the plot area to make room for the text.
new picture
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new picture is the picture that contains the plot. You can wire this output to any other picture input to add more drawing instructions to the picture. You also can wire this output to the Picture to Pixmap VI to obtain an image data cluster. You then can save the image data to a file using the Graphics Formats VIs. |
Examples
Refer to the following example files included with LabVIEW.
- labview\examples\Graphics and Sound\Picture Plots\Smith Multi Plot with Styles.vi
[user-specified font]
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Font Name:
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Size
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Strikeout?
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desired font(Application)
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picture
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rect
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x minimum
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R color
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smith multi plot
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smith plot
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Plot Style
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new picture
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