Change the Failure Type in a Reliability Distribution Analysis

You can change the failure type in the any of the plots selectable via the plot tabs in the left pane (i.e., Probability Plot tab, Failure Rate Plot tab, PDF Plot tab, CDF Plot tab, and Failure Probability tab). These instructions describe how to change the failure type in the Probability Plot

Steps

  1. Access a Reliability Distribution Analysis for which you want to change the failure type.

  2. In the left pane, select the Probability Plot tab.

    The Probability Plot appears in the workspace.

    Probability Plot

  3. In the upper-right corner of the workspace, select Analysis Tasks, and then select Failure Type.

    The Select Failure Type window appears.

    Failure Type

  4. Select the necessary failure type, and then select OK.

    Note: If you change the failure type to Failures without replacement (as good as old), and then select the PM optimization tab, a red dot and line appears on the plot and a warning is displayed in the bottom section, indicating that PM Optimization calculations are not supported for failures without replacement and that the results are not valid.

    The analysis is recalculated based on the selected failure type.

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