"Howard, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> write: >It lets you create state machine based LabVIEW programs by 'simply' drawing a >state diagram. You can switch between diagram view and code view. It >probably mostly useful for documentation, where state diagrams are needed. > >It is not part of any version of LabVIEW, you have to pay for it separately. >The price is $995. (the standard price for any LabVIEW tool from NI) > >I am selfishly hoping that no one buys it so that they may change their mind >and include it LabVIEW Professional or something like that. (For $995 I'll >keep using Visio to draw the few state diagrams I need)
Well we usually use SmartDraw www.smarttdraw.com instead. It's about 1/10 of the price of Visio and does IMO just a good job at creating state transition diagrams or whatever your favorite state machine documentation is. I have looked at the State Machine Toolkit and believe that it is fine for the standard state machines a lot of users usually encounter but my state machines usually always tend to be just a tiny little bit more involved so that I would have to hand edit the generated state machine afterwards anyhow and once modified manually you can't seem to go back to continue with the State Diagram Editor. If it would be part of the Professional Developer version of LabVIEW I might give it another try ;-) Rolf Kalbermatter CIT Engineering Nederland BV tel: +31 (070) 415 9190 Treubstraat 7H fax: +31 (070) 415 9191 2288 EG Rijswijk http://www.citengineering.com Netherlands mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
