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Examples of Object Types
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4. Add the non-control aspects to the corresponding object type aspect object in
the Object Type Structure in Plant Explorer.
5. Edit the control contents in CBM or, if the control aspect is a Control Module
Type, in Function Designer.
To edit control content of a Control Module Type aspect of such an object type you
can use Function Designer as shown in Process Object Type Built in Function
Designer on page 508.
Refer to System 800xA Control, AC 800M Configuration (3BSE035980*) and in
Control Builder M Professional Help for more details on building control aspect
contents of object types in Control Builder M Professional.
When you create control object types you should carefully consider which objects
shall show up in the Control Structure / Functional Structure of Plant Explorer as
described in the following subsection.
Aspect Object Creation in Control Structure
In order to avoid performance issues in the Aspect Directory, there is a way to
minimize the number of Aspect Objects created from Control Builder M
Professional.
Aspect Object is an attribute on object types, on instances of object types in the
application, and on formal instances (instances inside function block or control
module types) in Control Builder M Professional. If the attribute is true on the type
an Aspect Object is created. Otherwise, no Aspect Object is created.
On object types it is set by the verb Instantiate as Aspect Object, on instances by the
verb Aspect Object.
The user can change the Aspect Object attribute on the instance if he wants to
override the default creation as described above.
Function Designer has a corresponding function to switch between Aspect Object
and Symbol Object, refer to System 800xA, System Planning (3BSE041389*).
Objects not interacting with other objects in Plant Explorer should have the
aspect object attribute set to False for not loading the Aspect Server performance.
For objects created from the Plant Explorer the attribute Aspect Object is always
by default set to true.