The General Structure of a Block

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3.6.1 The General Structure of a Block

All blocks have the same structure elements regardless of their block type. These structure elements will be described in more detail in the following.

Element	Explanation
	The "Input" contact surface This is occupied by the symbol, which also characterizes the block type (here e.g. "Situations ").
	Name of the block You can define the name yourself on the "General" tab. The parameters used are entered here by default.
	Description of the Outputs You can define this name yourself on the "Links" tab. Line break for formatting
	"Output" contact surface(s) The connections to the next block start from here. Line break for formatting
	Block type (here e.g. "Situations check") The block type is shown here. The block types will be described in more detail in this chapter. You can also hide the display of the block type via .

Name of the block

You will find the name of the block in the top line. If the block is activated during processing, the name will be highlighted in blue. If it is deactivated, the background is pale blue. In the default setting, each block has a name, which corresponds to the block type or the set parameters contained in this block. You can give each block an individual, identifying name.

This is how you rename a block

1 Click the block to activate it.

Select "Edit | General…" from the toolbar or

Go to the menu bar and click directly on

1 Click with the right mouse button on the block.

The block will be activated and the shortcut menu appears.

2 Select "General…".

In each case, the "General" tab of the "Properties of <Block name>" page of the selected block will be opened.

3 Enter the name you want for the block in the field "Name".

4 Click on "OK".

The "Properties of <Block name>" page will close and the new name of the block will appear.

Input

In the upper left corner of the block, you will see the "Input" contact surface. It contains the symbol of the block type. This surface serves as an entry point for the connection lines between the blocks. Each block has exactly one input.

Outputs

On the right-hand side of the block you will find the contact surfaces for the outputs. These are also occupied by symbols or abbreviations. You can define a description for each output. These are shown in the block. The number of outputs depends on the block type. Each block has at least one output. You can connect these outputs to the input of the block which follows.

To find out more about creating a connection, see This is how you connect two blocks.

Block Type

You will see the block type in the bottom line. An overview of the different block types can be found in 3.6.2 Overview.

Comments Mark

As soon as you have entered a comment on the "General" tab, a mark

will appear in the upper right corner. If you move the mouse over the comments mark, the QuickInfo containing the text for this mark will open.