Failures

To add a failure to the Functional Failure Analysis, choose F-F-E-C > Failure > Add Failure.

To insert a new failure above the selected failure, choose F-F-E-C > Failure > Insert Failure.

To edit an existing failure in the functional failure analysis, use the properties window. To open the properties window, select the failure and choose F-F-E-C > Failure > Edit Failure or double-click the failure in the hierarchy or filtered view.

In addition to the options and fields common to all record properties windows, the specific failure properties (in the Failure area at the top of the list) are as follows:

• The Failure # field contains a capital letter that is automatically assigned by the software based on the current position of the failure in the current F-F-E-C hierarchy.
• The Functional Failure field allows you to type up to 255 characters to describe a way that the item may fail to perform each intended function within the specified limits. This may include total failure to perform the function, poor performance of the function, performing an unintended function, etc.

Tip: For any properties window, blue text indicates that you can edit the field, italic gray text indicate that the information is automatically populated by the software. When you click inside any editable text field, the Select Existing icon   displays a list of the unique text descriptions that have already been entered for this field.