Equipment definition > Unit classes and unit modules > Creating alias names in the unit classes

Create an alias name

  1. In the DeltaV Explorer, under Library/Advanced Definitions/Unit Classes/Blenders, select BLENDER and right-click.
  2. Select New → Alias. A new alias, ALIAS1, appears in an edit box in the right pane, ready for you to rename.
  3. Rename ALIAS1 to TANKCAPACITY.

Later, when the unit module UM_BLEND_500 is created, the path for the TANKCAPACITY alias can be bound by browsing to UM_BLEND_500/CAPACITY.CV.

Alias names can also be derived automatically from the phase logic. (That is, if you make reference to a new alias in the phase logic, it will automatically be added to the unit class and to the Alias Resolution Table when the unit module is created.) An advantage to identifying the aliases when you create the unit class is that you can browse for them when you create the phase logic.