HOWTO get at and display "standard" Ports that have been unnecessarily hidden and suppressed in MD SysML 19SP3 and Cameo 19SP3

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Dr Darren says:
I absolutely love most things about MagicDraw SysML Plugin and Magic Cyber-Systems Engineer ® (Cameo Systems Modeler®). However, the unnecessary "suppression" of features to do with "standard" Ports (at least up to versions 19SP3) when working with SysML is definitely not one of the things I love.
Because:
It is NOT true in SysML1.6+ that you "should" always use a SysML FullPort or a SysML ProxyPort instead of a "standard" Port, and it's not even always a good idea (and the spec states this very clearly in multiple places)!
On Block symbols in BDDs and on Part Property symbols in IBDs you'll find that "standard" Ports are NOT available on the smart manipulators on Part Property symbols, but they are on the sidebar menu-item pull-down for ports.
DO NOT confuse the regular Port icon with the annoying and dangerous DEPRECATED FlowPort <> icon! DO NOT touch that ever.

To list "standard" Ports in the ports compartment use the symbol properties (or project options) to set Suppress Ports to FALSE. This works both for Block in BDDs and for the ':ports' compartment on part symbols in IBDs.

You may also wish to also check that Show Ports Compartment Name is TRUE.

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Figure D.21 - Initially Defining Flow Specifications for the CAN Bus (CAN Bus Flow Properties)
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[ASSERTION, WARNING] It is NOT true in SysML1.6+ that you "should" always use a SysML FullPort or a SysML ProxyPort instead of a "standard" Port, and it's not even always a good idea (and the spec states this very clearly in multiple places)!
[DEPRECATION, TOOL, WARNING]{STRONG} SysML: MagicDraw/Cameo: DO NOT use the FlowPort or FlowSpecification menu items or smart manipulator items they are completely OBSOLETE (they create fully DEPRECATED SysML model element types)! Use FlowProperty on Block features instead.
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