General Page
The General page in the Visual Properties window for a block in the RBD module or a state in the Markov module displays general properties for the block or state. The only difference in the general properties for a block and a state are the styles that are available for selection.
When you open the Visual Properties window for a block or state from a Style Library file, Style is not shown. Additionally, Bind to style is replaced with Blocks using this style are bound by default. Regardless of which checkbox is shown, it controls whether Bind to style is selected or cleared in the Visual Properties window for a newly inserted block or state.
The following table describes the properties that appear on the General page.
Property
Description
Bind to style
OR
Blocks using this style are bound by default
Bind to style is present when you open the Visual Properties window from a block or state in a diagram. It indicates whether the state or block is tied to a style in a Style Library file. Whether this checkbox is selected for a newly inserted block or state depends on whether Blocks using this style are bound by default is selected in the visual properties for the style. While you can clear this checkbox for any block or state that you insert in a diagram, doing so removes the tie to the style. Any changes that you then make to the properties for this block or state apply only to it. Any property changes that you might later make to the style do not affect this particular block or state.
Blocks using this style are bound by default is present when you open the Visual Properties window from a style in a Style Library file. It indicates whether Bind to style is selected for a newly inserted block or state of this style in a diagram. This checkbox is selected by default so that all visual property changes that you make to the style are made to all blocks or states bound to this style in diagrams.
Style
The style of the block. This property is not shown when the block’s Visual Properties window is opened from a Style Library file. Choices include all supplied block styles and all custom block styles that are enabled in the Style Library files for the module. When you insert a block of a selected style, its visual properties are based on the properties specified for that style in the module’s Style Library file. The default style for a block in a block diagram is Block. The default style for a block in a phase diagram is Phase Block. The default style for a state in a Markov diagram is State.
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