Add a port

When you add functional and system connections to a model, ports are automatically added. You can also manually add a port to a functional or system block. When you manually add a port, no direction is assigned to the port. The blocks to which you can add ports and the types of ports you can add depend on your configuration.

Procedure

1. Open the model diagram in the Architecture tab, and display the block you want to add a port to.

2. Click Start Authoring.

3. Click to display the Relations Legend panel.

4. From the Ports list, select Flow.

5. Under Flow, select the type of port you want to add:

   • Network Port for functional blocks
   • Logical Port for system blocks
   • Connection Terminal for other types of objects

   The edit mode icon appears.

6. (Optional) To add multiple ports, click the port type again. The multiple item edit mode icon appears.

7. Hover over the side of the block in the model where you want to add the port until you see the blank box indicator, and then click the side. The port is created. "P" appears as the name of the port.

8. (Optional) Edit the name of the port.

9. When you finish modifying the model diagram, click End Authoring.