LabVIEW 2023 Q1 - Date: January 2023

At a glance, this release adds:
- Support for calling Python from virtual environments
- New tool for finding and installing missing NI drivers and toolkits
- More VIPM features for all users
- Streamlined installation for drivers and toolkits
- Support for MacOS 13
Download Free NI LabVIEW 2023 Q1 (23.1f276)


LabVIEW Introduces a Tool to Identify and Install NI Drivers for a Project
- LabVIEW 2023 Q1 includes a utility to assist you in identifying and installing NI drivers used by a LabVIEW project.
. Select Project>Package Dependencies from the Project Explorer menu or click the Package Dependencies button in the Project Explorer toolbar to open the Manage NI Package Dependencies dialog. The dialog examines the project to discover which NI packages are used. You can click the Save List button to save a text file that lists the identified packages.
- If one or more packages are not currently installed, the Install button will be enabled. You can click the Install button to launch NI Package Manager, and install the required packages.
. Note: Building the list of packages to show in NI Package Manager may take several minutes.
- Enable the Show VIs checkbox to understand the reason a package is listed as a dependency. This shows the VIs referenced by the project that the tool assumes are provided by the package.
. Note: This tool might not correctly identify all the NI packages used by a project. The tool uses information from directories where NI installers install files. However, a LabVIEW project might reference files in a directory that is shared by multiple installers or the tool might be missing information for some installers.
- Each time the dialog box opens, the tool attempts to update a component from ni.com to get the most-up-to-date directory information.
- If the project uses an FPGA target, the dialog will identify LabVIEW FPGA Module as a dependency. However, the tool is currently unable to recommend a specific driver for the target. If the FPGA Module is installed, FPGA targets in the project will show their model numbers, and you can search for applicable drivers on ni.com.




Applications on Linux Support Custom Name and Icon
- Starting in LabVIEW 2023 Q1, you can customize the application name and icon for built applications on Linux. Also, if you do not provide a custom icon, built applications will now use the system default application icon instead of the LabVIEW icon.
- To customize the application name and icon, use the Properties dialog for the application's build specification. LabVIEW will generate a .desktop file along with the executable. You will need to move the .desktop file to the appropriate location such as /usr/share/applications/ for your Linux distribution.
Terminals Height No Longer Changes With Font
- Starting with LabVIEW 2023 Q1, terminals for the following functions will always be 16 pixels tall:
. Unbundle/Bundle by Name
. Locals/Globals
. Invoke Node
. Property Node
. Non-icon View for SubVI Calls
. Express VIs
. Event Structure Event Data Node
. Register Event Callback
. Register for Events
. Call Library Function Node Name View
. In Place Element Structure Unbundle/Bundle Elements
. Get Waveform Components
- This is a LabVIEW 2023 Q1 feature that has been inspired by the LabVIEW Idea Exchange. If the new terminal size introduces wire bends to your VI diagrams, you can use the VI Analyzer Wire Bends test to find them. You will need to remove the wire bends manually.
- dea submitted by NI Discussion Forums member Andrey_Dmitriev.
Python Support
- LabVIEW 2023 Q1 adds support for Python 3.10. In addition, LabVIEW 2023 Q1 supports Anaconda and venv virtual environments with the new Open Virtual Environment Session function.





Support for macOS 13
- LabVIEW 2023 Q1 now supports macOS 13.




LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench)is a graphical programming language that uses icons instead of lines of text to create applications. In contrast to text-based programming languages that use instructions to determine the order of program execution, LabVIEW uses dataflow programming. In data flow programming, the flow of data through the nodes on the block diagram determines the execution order of the VIs and functions. VIs, or virtual instruments, are LabVIEW programs that imitate physical instruments. In LabVIEW, you build a user interface by using a set of tools and objects. The user interface is known as the front panel. After you build the front panel, you add code using graphical representations of functions to control the front panel objects. You add this graphical code, also known as G code or block diagram code, to the block diagram. The block diagram somewhat resembles a flowchart. The block diagram, front panel, and graphical representations of code compose a VI.

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