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2. Select the following options for creating and displaying connection shapes for the selected
functional block or functional blocks.
Create Connection
Shapes Select whether shapes are created and displayed in the LonMaker
drawing for connections with the selected functional block(s). You have
three choices:
• Yes. Creates and displays shapes in the LonMaker drawing for
connections with this functional block if Yes or If Other FB has
Connection Shapes is set in the functional block on the other end of
the connection. This is the default.
• No. Does not create or display shapes in the LonMaker drawing for
connections with this functional block, regardless of the setting in
the functional block on the other end of the connection. In addition,
automatically clears and disables the Show Connection Shapes
check box, which in turn hides all existing connections attached to
the selected functional block(s). Connections involving this
functional block will still be created in the network database, but
they will not be represented by a connection shape.
• If Other FB has Connection Shapes. Creates and displays shapes
in the LonMaker drawing for connections with this functional block
only if Yes is set in the functional block on the other end of the
connection. A connection shape is not created if No or If Other FB
has Connection Shapes is set on in the functional block on the other
end of the connection.
Show Connection
Shapes Select whether connection shapes attached to the selected functional
block(s) are displayed. This check box is selected by default, but it is
cleared and unavailable if No is selected in the Create Connection
Shapes list.
If this check box is selected, connections with the functional block(s) will
be represented with a connection shape provided that the following is
true: Yes is selected in the Create Connection Shapes list for one of the
functional blocks in the connection, and Yes or If Other FB has