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How can I quickly find the right window when I have several
Xfmea/RCM++ projects open?
Users' preferences and needs for working environments vary, so
Xfmea and
RCM++ offer viewing
options to help you customize the software so that it is most
effective for you. Just as some users prefer a hierarchical FMEA
structure while others prefer a worksheet view, some users may
want to view multiple project windows simultaneously in a given
configuration (side-by-side, over/under, overlapping, etc.)
while others find it more convenient to view one project at a
time in a maximized configuration. Either way, all open windows
can be accessed quickly and easily.
By default, the Project
Explorer and each Project window open as separate, undocked
windows within the MDI (as shown next in the RCM++ interface).
You can navigate among these
windows in four ways:
- Click the desired window.
- Select the desired window
from the list of active windows in the Window menu.
- Click the View Project
Explorer button to bring the Project Explorer into focus
and then double-click the desired project.
- Press Ctrl+Tab to
bring another window into focus; you can cycle through all
open windows in this way.
If desired, you can maximize
these windows; all windows in the database will then remain
maximized unless and until the window is restored to a
partial-screen configuration (i.e. the setting will be
retained when the database is closed).
When the windows are maximized,
you can navigate among them in three ways:
- Select the desired window
from the list of active windows in the Window menu.
- Click the View Project
Explorer button to bring the Project Explorer into focus
and then double-click the desired project.
- Press Ctrl+Tab to
bring another window into focus; you can cycle through all
open windows in this way.
You can also use the tabbed
view by selecting Use Tabs from the Window menu.
In this view, all windows will be maximized and a tab will be
displayed below the MDI toolbar for each open window within the
MDI.
You can navigate among the tabs
in four ways:
- Click the desired tab.
- Select the desired tab
from the list of active windows in the Window menu.
- Click the View Project
Explorer button to bring the Project Explorer into focus
and then double-click the desired project.
- Press Ctrl+Tab to
bring another tab into focus; you can cycle through all tabs
in this way.
How can on-condition maintenance be modeled in BlockSim?
To specify that preventive maintenance (PM) will be performed
only when triggered by detection of an impending failure during
inspection (i.e.
on-condition maintenance), the following steps are required:
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Specify an
inspection policy that dictates when the block will be
inspected and includes either the P-F interval or the
failure detection threshold value that describes the
detectability of impending failure for the block.
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Specify a
preventive maintenance policy that allows PM to be performed
on the block but ensures that the PM does not occur unless
and until is triggered by the detection of impending failure
during inspection. Some options for creating such a policy
include specifying that PM will occur at one of the
following times:
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Upon
maintenance of another group item in this case, leave
the default of 0 for the block's Item Group #. A group
number of 0 indicates that the block is not part of a
group, so there are no other group items and the PM will
therefore not occur independently.
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Upon fixed
time interval based on system age in this case, specify
an interval larger than the simulation time to ensure
that the PM does not occur independently.
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