Property text from blocks


In the Select Property Text dialog box, when the property text source is From graphic connection to Block, you can choose from the list of properties defined in this table. You can retrieve the derived property text values onto a block diagram, for example, or into a cell in a block table, or into an annotation, such as a callout or balloon.

Block diagram references

Selecting this property

Generates this property text string

And retrieves this value

Block Name

%{Block Name|GBLM}

Displays the master block name, such as SWITCH.

Block View Name

%{Block View Name|GBLM}

Displays the block view name, which identifies an alternate graphical representation of a master block.

Example:

A switch shown in two states, OPEN and CLOSED, has two block view names.

Block Property Names (various)

%{Block Property Name|GBLK}
where Block Property is the block property name.

Extracts the value assigned to the property in the Block Properties dialog box.

Example:

For a battery, the Terminal property may have values such as POSITIVE or NEGATIVE.

Block Label Names (various)

%{Block Label|GBLL}
where Block Label is the label name.

Extracts the value assigned to the label name in the Block Label Properties dialog box.

Example:

Label 1, or Inventory Number, or Notes
Property text from drawing views Property Text command

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