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Draws a shaft centerline plot on a picture control. Shaft centerline plots display the averaged positions of the shaft center. Mount two transducers of the same type orthogonally, ninety degrees out of phase, to acquire data for a shaft centerline plot.

	cursor attributes specifies the settings used to draw the cursors. layout color specifies the color of the placed cursor. active color specifies the color of the active cursor. precision specifies the precision of the label number text. BG transparent specifies whether the background of the label text is transparent. The default is FALSE. radius defines the radius of the label points, in pixels. The default is 2.
	shaft centerline plot settings specifies how the VI draws the shaft centerline plot. cartesian grid cosmetics specifies the style for the grid of the graph. line color specifies the color of the line. You can wire a color box constant to this input. text color specifies the color of the text. You can wire a color box constant to this input. tick length specifies the length of the tick marks on the edge of the scale. crossing axes specifies if the VI draws the axes at the originating coordinate. If crossing axes is TRUE, the VI draws the axes at the originating coordinate. If crossing axes is FALSE, the VI draws the axes at the bottom left edge of the plot. visible grid? specifies if the VI displays the grid in the graph. If visible grid? is TRUE, the VI displays the grid in the graph. XY plot cosmetics specifies the plot color, the style for the plot, and the baseline. This VI uses the baseline only if the XY plot type is comb plot. plot color specifies the color of the plot. The default in RGB is 255, 255, 0. You can wire a color box constant to this input. XY plot type specifies the style of plot to display. 0 points 1 squares 2 circles 3 connected points (Default) 4 connected squares 5 connected circles 6 comb plot 7 sized scatter plot 8 sized-colored scatter plot 9 min-max lines baseline specifies the baseline of a plot. The default is 0. desired font specifies the text font. 0 User-specified Font 1 Application Font (Default) 2 System Font 3 Dialog Font [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. Font Name specifies the font to use for the text. If you misspell the font name or specify a font that is not installed on the computer, the operating system selects a font. Size specifies the size of the font in points. Strikeout? specifies if the text appears in strikeout. If Strikeout? is TRUE, the text appears in strikeout. Italic? specifies if the text appears in italics. If Italic? is TRUE, the text appears in italics. Underline? specifies if the text is underlined. If Underline? is TRUE, the text appears underlined. Outline? specifies if the text is outlined. If Outline? is TRUE, the text appears outlined. Shadow? specifies if the text has a shadow. If Shadow? is TRUE, the text appears in shadow. Bold? specifies if the text is bold. If Bold? is TRUE, the text appears bold.
	picture dimensions specifies the size of the plot area of the picture. width specifies the horizontal coordinate that increases to the right. height specifies the vertical coordinate that increases to the bottom.
	picture specifies the collection of drawing instructions onto which the graph is added.
	DC gaps specifies the DC gap of the x-axis and y-axis channels in sequence. time/rev/rpm specifies the x-axis value of the plot. DC gap specifies the DC gap value.
	clearance boundary settings specifies the clearance boundary of the bearing in which the shaft moves. start point specifies the start point to measure the path of shaft center in the bearing. 0 top—start pointis at the top of the bearing. This setting is typically used for an overhung rotor. 1 center—start point is at the center of the bearing. This setting is typically used for a vertical machine. 2 bottom (Default)—start point is at the bottom of the bearing. This setting is typically used for a horizontal machine. boundary specifies the size of the clearance ellipse. x axis specifies the x-axis radius of the clearance ellipse. y axis specifies the y-axis radius of the clearance ellipse.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this VI or function runs. The default is no error. If an error occurred before this VI or function runs, the VI or function passes the error in value to error out. This VI or function runs normally only if no error occurred before this VI or function runs. If an error occurs while this VI or function runs, it runs normally and sets its own error status in error out. Use the Simple Error Handler or General Error Handler VIs to display the description of the error code. Refer to Controlling Error Notification to treat what is normally an error as no error or to treat a warning as an error. Use error in and error out to check errors and to specify execution order by wiring error out from one node to error in of the next node. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI or function ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI or function ran. The default is FALSE. code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source specifies the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.
	channel settings specifies the direction in which the shaft rotates and probe angle settings of the x-axis and y-axis channels. shaft rotating direction specifies the direction in which the shaft rotates. 0 CCW—(Default) Counterclockwise. 1 CW—Clockwise. probe angles [deg] specifies the x-axis and y-axis probe angles, in degrees. Set the probe angle value in the range of 0 to 360. 0 degrees is the horizontal-right position. The probe angle increases in the counterclockwise direction. X specifies the probe angle of the x-axis. The default is 0 degrees. Y specifies the probe angle of the y-axis. The default is 90 degrees.
	plot scale settings specifies the x-axis and y-axis scale settings. x axis specifies the x-axis scale settings. max specifies the maximum x-axis scale. When max is less than the maximum x-axis value in the signal, this VI uses the maximum signal value for the maximum x-axis scale. The default is 0. min specifies the minimum x-axis scale. When min is greater than the minimum x-axis scale value in the signal, this VI uses the minimum signal value for the minimum x-axis scale. The default is 0. y axis specifies the y-axis scale settings. max specifies the maximum y-axis scale. When max is less than the maximum y-axis value in the signal, this VI uses the maximum signal value for the maximum y-axis scale. The default is 0. min specifies the minimum y-axis scale. When min is greater than the minimum y-axis value in the signal, this VI uses the minimum signal value for the minimum y-axis scale. The default is 0.
	label settings specifies the label settings to display. show label? specifies if the labels are shown in the plot. If show label? is TRUE, the plot displays the labels. avoid overlap? specifies if labels are overlapped. If avoid overlap? is TRUE, this parameter prevents the labels from overlapping each other.
	new picture returns the picture indicator that displays the shaft centerline plot.
	error out contains error information. If error in indicates that an error occurred before this VI or function ran, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI or function produces. Right-click the error out front panel indicator and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu for more information about the error. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred. code is the error or warning code. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning.