Displays properties of Border and Logo block type and allows you to create a block type whose blocks you can use in all loop drawings in addition to logo and border blocks. You can only edit properties of user-defined general block types. The Border or Logo block types come shipped with Smart Instrumentation and, therefore, cannot be edited or deleted. A block type that you add becomes available in all the <plants> of the current domain because block types are defined at the domain level.
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General block types are shown with the icon
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Blocks belonging to a user- defined block type cannot be used in hook-up drawings.
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After adding blocks in the general block types, you need to associated the blocks with loop drawings. You define your default border and logo blocks on the Default General Blocks dialog, individually for loop drawings and hook-up drawings. For details, see Specify Border and Logo Blocks for Loop Drawings. You assign user-defined general blocks to loop drawings via block - instrument type assignment. For details, see Assign General Blocks to All Loop Drawings via Instrument Type.
Block type
Allows you to type a unique name for the new general block type. Block type names are not case- sensitive. For example, block type names MyBlockType and myBlockType are considered not unique.
Block type description
Allows you to type an optional description for a new general block type.