A picture is worth a thousand words, and an animation is worth even more. In this recipe, we will create a simple animation with a picture ring.
To complete this recipe, the LabVIEW development environment is required. In this example, LabVIEW 2012 is used. For the animation, a set of fan blades pictures that are differed by 30 degrees are needed from 0 to 330 degree (12 pictures total). The pictures must be sized appropriately for the application.
We will start by creating the picture ring with snapshots of a blade's motion, which we will iterate through to create the animation:
Create a picture ring by right-clicking on the front panel and navigating to Classic | Ring & Enum | Pict Ring.
Drag the fan blade picture at 0 degree into the picture ring.
Right-click on the picture ring and select Add Item.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all pictures are added. For the last picture, step 3 is to be omitted.
Right-click on the control and select Make...