Edit the automatic block diagram cleanup function

[SlippinJimmy85]

Hello,

this may be a strange question and topic..

Block diagram cleanup is a struggle for me and my team. I hope we are not the only ones.
As an internal rule, we try to ensure a high quality block diagram layout of every VI we create in order to make the code as clear as possible. The diagram clean up activity takes a long portion of the entire development time. In addition, we would like to define some sort of standard in the block diagram layout to make the layout as much as independent from the person who developed the code.

Tuning of the cleanup options is not enough to achieve what we'd like to obtain.

As far as you know, the cleanup function can be edited?

[GerdW]

Hi Jimmy,

simple rule: don't use the AutoCleanup function when you want to apply your own design rules!

[rolfk]

AutoCleanup is only useful for aligning code from new LabVIEW users who have no experience or an occasional ignorant who insists on making huge chaotic diagrams even after having programmed LabVIEW for a while.

Once you start doing your own layout rules to have a cleaner diagram, AutoCleanup ALWAYS makes things worse rather than better.

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

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@SlippinJimmy85 wrote:

Hello,

As far as you know, the cleanup function can be edited?

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There are some options available:

But usually useful for small portions of the fully messed code (you can select some and perform cleanup to the selected only).