Color and style for FBD-elements determined by data type

The color/style of certain FBD-elements (e.g. value fields) are determined by the underlying →data type. Faulty FBD-elements are additionally highlighted.

Data type	Representation with color	Schematic representation
`BOOL`	dark shade of blue
`BYTE, WORD, DWORD, LWORD`	medium shade of blue
`SINT, INT, DINT, LINT`	shade of pink
`USINT, UINT, UDINT, ULINT`	shade of mauve
`REAL, LREAL`	shade of orange
`TIME`	shade of green
`DATE,` `DATE_AND_TIME, TIME_OF_DAY`	shade of khaki
`STRING`, `CHAR`	shade of green
→structured data type	shade of olive
other complex data types, →array data type and →reference	color of the base data type Example 1: `ARRAY[1..2] OF INT` is displayed with the color of the base data type `INT` . Example 2: `REF_TO BYTE` is displayed with the color of the base data type `BYTE` .
safe data types (e.g. `SAFEBOOL`) Details: See "Highlighting safe logic in the FBD-editor".	shade of yellow
untyped	shade of burgundy

Depending on the configuration of your logi.CAD 3 version, the FBD-editor and its elements might be displayed differently in your logi.CAD 3 version than illustrated in the IDE documentation. This is the case, if logi.cals or the system integrator has changed the styles for the FBD-editor. Subsequently, the illustration in the IDE documentation are symbolic images and the representation in your logi.CAD 3 version takes precedence for the valid representation. In case of doubts, please contact logi.cals or your system integrator.

logi.cals recommends that you and/or your system integrator do not use yellow shades when designing FBD-elements because the color "Yellow" is used for tracking safe signals when developing safety-related applications. logi.CAD 3 does not check if colors are already used elsewhere. So the use of the yellow shades by you and/or your system integrator could have the consequence that "yellow" might also identify a non-safe logic as well.