SysMLv1: You can't make connections in BDDs, only in IBDs. A BDD shows where connections MAY be made (as indicated by Associations), an IBD shows where specific connections HAVE been made in a specific context!

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SysML Block Definition Diagram
SysML Internal Block Diagram
Note that Connectors can be used within the structure compartment of Block symbol on a BDD, but not between Ports on the boundary of Block symbols.
Webel Best Practice: Webel: SysMLv1: Prefer not show Port symbols on the boundary of Block symbols in BDDs, just list them in compartments. One can't connect them in a BDD anyway. Recommend only show Port symbols in IBDs.
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[HISTORICAL] UML-STYLE: Hybrid SUV example: Ports with required/provided Interfaces (Block Definition Diagram)
Hybrid SUV example: provided/required DirectedFeatures (Block Definition Diagram)
Hybrid SUV example: provided/required DirectedFeatures (Internal Definition Diagram)
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[MODELLING, STYLE]{RECOMMENDED} Webel: SysMLv1: Prefer not show Port symbols on the boundary of Block symbols in BDDs, just list them in compartments. One can't connect them in a BDD anyway. Recommend only show Port symbols in IBDs.
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