Associating Failure Modes with Elements

You can associate failure modes managed in the Fallible Reference Editor with architecture elements contained in the Structure Tree.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: You can either:
  • Create a fallible reference and its associated failure modes. For more information, see Creating Fallible References.
  • Load a fallible reference and its associated failure modes, by dragging a fallible reference from the 3DSearch into the Fallible Reference Editor.
  • Use the fallible reference and its associated failure modes available in the Favorites and Bookmarks nodes.
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About the Fallible Reference Editor

Generate Failure Modes from Fallible References

You can generate failure modes from fallible references stored in the database. For each association of a given failure mode, a new duplicated failure mode is used.

  1. Drag a fallible reference from the Fallible Reference Editor onto a structural element in the Structure Tree.
  2. In the Generate failure modes for xxx dialog box, select the failure modes to be applied to the element in context.

Selected failure modes are added to the selected element in the Structure Tree. These failure modes appear below all the instances of the selected element in the Structure Tree.

Reference Failure Modes from Fallible References

You can reference failure modes from fallible references stored in the database. For each association of a given failure mode, the same failure mode is used.

  1. Press Ctrl and drag a fallible reference from the Fallible Reference Editor onto a structural element in the Structure Tree.
  2. In the Reference failure modes for xxx dialog box, select the failure modes to be linked to the element in context.

Selected failure modes are added to the selected element in the Structure Tree. These failure modes appear below all the instances of the selected element in the Structure Tree.

If you reload the model, the referenced failure modes used in the FMEA are still displayed as children in the Structure Tree. The failure modes that are no longer referenced in the FMEA table, are no longer displayed in the Structure Tree.