Release Notes:

The MADE 3.8.4 Release is focused on Requirements, FTA Improvements and enhancing the integration capabilities of the MADE Platform. This release aims to improve traceability from requirements to safety analyses in MADE using the RVT feature, improve usability and integration of the FTA feature to provide a more powerful and faster process of generating FTAs.

Key Features include:

• FTA Enhancements

  • The FTA enhancements epic is focused upgrading the MADE FTA capability to be more applicable for the aerospace domain, specifically in a few key areas regarding ARP4761. This includes more informative displays, additional p(f) entries, exposure times and automated linkages to the CMA editor. Another important addition is the addition of FTA reports for both Cut Sets and the generic FTA list/diagram.

  • Requirements Validation Tool

    • This feature involves the introduction, storage, and linkage of safety requirements inside the MADE tool to various analyses and the model. This also involves the import export capability of requirements to other core management tools such as DOORS and POLARION.

  • MADE APIs for Integration

    • The RAMS integration is a demonstration of the ability of MADE to import and export data with a custom RAMS database e.g., an LSAR database to rapidly build models and export/document information. The new MADE APIs are now available for all customers to use, who can send/receive JSON payloads of MADE data to communicate with MADE via an import/export menu in MADE. This requires an aligned data source as well as a mapping mechanism between MADE and the database, for example a tool like the eQ MI software.

  • Misc. Requests

    • A collection of QOL requests across MADE inspired by customers and/or PHMT as defined in the release notes.

  • Bug Fixes

    • A collection of bug fixes across MADE inspired by customers and/or PHMT as defined in the release notes.

Release Notes:

• Common Mode Analysis (CMA)

  • Common mode analysis events can now be created and linked in an FTA analysis by using the link option in a CMA.

  • The CMA now allows users to search and create events by looking at redundancy gates from an FTA in the search events area.

• Diagnostic Analysis

  • The default setting for Diagnostic Analysis has now been set to Steady State and Transient State for the prop table.

• Fault Tree (FTA)

  • The progress monitor for FTAs has been improved to be more responsive and informative.

  • FFTAs and HFTAS have been upgraded to allow the user to turn on additional information like MTTF, or exposure time by using an additional information button in the FTA editor.

  • A new p(f) option has been added into FFTAs to allow users to enter custom failure rates and exposure times for events instead of drawing them from the model.

  • A new option has been added into FTA creation that allows the user to set the default Gate type when a model branches, including AND as well as K/N.

  • FTAs have been adjusted to allow users to more rapidly changed IDs of repeat events through a dialogue.

  • FTAs have been upgraded to allow the user to choose any Top Event for an FTA including custom events and failure conditions.

  • The Custom Event option in FTAs has been upgraded to allow the user to choose pure custom events without taxonomy restrictions.

  • Failure Conditions can now be placed at the very top of an FTA by using the select top event option in a new FTA creation dialogue.

  • A new option has been added in the toolbar of FTA to toggle the Minimum Cut Sets view to show the user the minimal cut set or the cut set in the larger tree.

  • Some tooltips in the FTA editor have been improved for clarity.

• Integration

  • The JSON Integration supports the coverage of the unit-life parameter as well as the time-based reliability parameters.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to summarise the progress of the import and export.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export both Model Data and Analysis Data in JSON payloads.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to create a new MADE model from external data.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to import data to an existing MADE model from external data, this is an import of missing data not a synchronisation.

• Integration, Export

  • The JSON Integration shows the user a summary of the progress while exporting resources.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export all relevant MADE System Model Properties.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export all relevant System Model Maintenance Actions 

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export most Failure Concept properties (Fault, Symptom, Failure Condition) including criticality and reliability properties.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to add new endpoints as locations to send export resources to.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to edit and configure existing endpoints as locations to send export resources to.

  • The JSON Integration export wizard supports the ability to choose which MADE analysis information the user wishes to export in each export process.

  • The JSON Integration export wizard supports the ability to choose which MADE System Model information the user wishes to export in each export process.

  • The JSON Integration export wizard supports the ability to choose which MADE System Model elements the user wishes to export information on.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to view the endpoint information when going through each export process.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export all relevant System Model RAM properties (including failure rates, Weibull information.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export all relevant System Model Mission Profile properties (excluding special conditions, functional profile, success metrics).

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export System Model specific properties, including system vendor name, name, ID primarily for the purposes of supporting the rest of the exports.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export some System Model FHA information, specifically functions and their properties.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export System Model specific criticality properties like safety or mission critical options.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export the contents of a chosen Reliability Allocation Analysis as an Analysis Export.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export the contents of a chosen Diagnostic Analysis as an Analysis Export.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to export the contents of the RBD Analysis as an Analysis Export.

  • The JSON Integration support the ability to export all relevant MADE FMECA data across the numerous templates as an Analysis Export.

• Integration, Import

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to import System Model Item level properties into the MADE Model.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to import Mission Profile Definition properties into the MADE Model.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to import System preferences and properties into the MADE Model.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to import item criticality properties into the MADE Model.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to add endpoints to specify the location as the source of the import information.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to manage endpoints to specify the location as the source of the import information.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to choose the specific section of information from the MADE model for the purpose of import.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to view endpoints during the import process.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to choose specific model hierarchy elements to filter the import of information into the model.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to import item maintenance properties into the MADE Model.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to import item reliability properties into the MADE Model.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to import item failure concept properties into the MADE Model, including criticality and reliability properties.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to import system FHA properties into the MADE Model, currently only limited to functions.

  • A drag-drop interface has been added into the JSON Integration to facilitate an easier import process when importing model items.

• Localisation

  • The Japanese Localisation has been extended to cover majority of the features across MADE, contact PHMT for more details on this version.

  • Japanese translations for the MADE guides and manuals can now be found in the HELP menu when the Japanese language is set in preferences.

  • The Japanese version help material has been updated for the current release, contact PHMT for more details on this version.

• Maintenance Cost Estimates (MCE)

  • The environment chart in MCE now has a legend to assist users with tracking environmental factors.

• Properties

  • A new field has been into the MADE Model near the Critical Item properties for Mission Critical scenarios.

  • A new field has been into the MADE Model near the Critical Item properties for Loss of System (LOS) scenarios.

  • The JSON Integration supports the ability to perform Basic Authentication of users to restrict the integration to specific users.

• RBD / ABD

  • The RBD Analysis has been updated to include LCN and Item Numbers by default in the RBD Analysis view.

• Reporting

  • A new option has been added into the Report Wizard to generate an FTA Cut Set Report for functional FTAs.

  • A new option has been added into the Report Wizard to generate an FTA Report for all FTA types.

  • Shortcuts have been added into the FTA editors that allow the user to quickly generate reports using a report icon.

  • A new report option has been added into the Report Wizard for the new FTA Cut Set Report.

  • A new report option has been added into the Report Wizard for the new FTA Report.

  • A new report option has been added into the Report Wizard for the Hardware FTA Report.

  • An automatic splitting/transfer capability has been added into the new FTA Report to break up oversized trees for reporting purposes.

  • All the reports in the report wizard and the categories now have descriptions.

• Requirements Verification Tool (RVT)

  • The new Requirements feature is covered by Annotations, meaning any changed names or additions to requirements are listed there.

  • The new Requirements feature supports a dashboard summarises the requirements including the number of requirements that are linked to model items.

  • The new Requirements feature supports an export in CSV format.

  • The new Requirements feature supports the ability to sort and search requirements in the requirements list for easy navigation.

  • The new Requirements feature supports the ability to link requirements to System Model (logical) items for traceability purposes.

  • The new Requirements feature supports the ability to assign verification methods to requirements to document traceability of requirements inside of MADE. 

  • The new Requirements feature supports the ability to link or unlink items during the import process. 

  • The new Requirements feature supports the ability to detect changed parameters from an import and synchronise the changes.

  • The new Requirements feature supports the ability to import Requirements from external sources (they cannot be created inside of MADE).

  • The new Requirements feature supports a summary page to list and store all the imported requirements in MADE.

  • The new Requirements feature supports the ability to edit existing requirements details such as names, descriptions, and category.

  • The new Requirements feature supports the ability to associate requirements to mission profiles, phases, and segments for added context.

  • The new Requirements feature can be accessed in the Modelling Menu in any MADE Module.

  • The new Requirements import feature has a configuration setup in the preferences to facilitate mapping between external file fields and MADE fields.

  • The new Requirements feature supports the ability to associate requirements to environmental factors from a profile for added context.

  • A dialogue has been added to warn the user when an attachment is deleted.

MADE 3.8.3 SP1 

MADE 3.8.3

The MADE 3.8.3 release is focussed on core reliability improvements, modelling and export. The focus for this release is to introduce a set of new capabilities in a variety of different areas, much like the many features of the Australian Platypus. This build aims to better support core MADE users in performing reliability analysis and improve the ease of getting information out of the model resulting in a more efficient process.

• Criticality             

  • The MIL-STD-882E now fully supports ability to tailor and edit the criticality method in the criticality profiles section of MADE

  • Criticality methods in the criticality profile can now be customised to pick different criticality parameters based on different mathematical rules

  • The RPN method for criticality has been updated into the criticality profile editor and can now use criticality rules but cannot yet have its classes tailored

• RBD / ABD          

  • Misc. bug fixes and performance enhancements.

• Import/Export  

  • A MADE model can now be imported from an XLS format to create model items and properties

  • Maintenance actions, tasks, personnel and equipment can be imported into a MADE mode from an XLS format

  • Item reliability data can now be imported when performing a model import from a XLS format

  • Models or maintenance information imported from an XLS format can be re-imported to trigger a synchronisation which allows the user to update any changed fields

• Localisation        

  • MADE language options are now locked to licences

• Criticality             

  • The Criticality Path Rules in the Criticality Profile editor support descriptions and a Help link to describe how each rule functions

• Fault Tree (FTA)

  • The Functional FTA event code restriction has been raised to 7 characters

  • The Functional FTA feature now uses a lock icon to showcase the editing mode

  • The Functional FTA now supports multi-select when adding custom events

  • The Functional FTA text boxes can now be resized

  • Functional FTA analyses now inform the user whether they were model generated or edited

  • The Minimum Cut Sets section of Functional FTA now shows the user a trimmed down view of the cut set being selected

• FMECA

  • The FMECA CSV reports now support a fault code structure for failure paths based on MADE Taxonomy IDs

  • Induced failures no longer create two paths in the reporting, which now matches the connections in the failure diagram

• Modeling            

  • The Find and Replace feature is now able to search through narrative fields for items, functions and failure concepts

  • The Find and Replace feature can now search for special characters without a / as a prefix

• Propagation Table           

  • The propagate all feature GUI has been updated

• RBD / ABD          

  • The RBD analysis now supports a 'Parent' field which can be viewed by adjusting the columns next to the item column, or seen in the CSV export

• Reporting           

  • The Design Potential FMECA now supports CSV reporting

  • The MCE report now supports a glossary of terms

  • XLS format reports now all generate new tabs for each section of the report, instead one for each component

  • The LCN field is now controlled by a preference to appear 'instead of' OR 'in addition' to the Item ID field in all reports

MADE 3.8.2

The MADE 3.8.2 Release is focussed on the SRA module specifically Fault Tree Analysis including modifications to modelling, reliability, and report templates.

These new additions introduce many new capabilities to FTA users and drastically improve the ability to tailor, customise FTA artefacts.

Key Features include:

1. Upgraded FTA to calculate Minimum Cut Sets

2. New Gates and Events added into FTA

3. Ability to Customise and Save FTAs

4. New Relative Importance Metrics

5. Unavailability Analysis

• Annotations       
  • Part level items in the Model now support assumptions and comments
• Diagnostic Analysis          
  • The LRU Grouping is now referred to as a Diagnostic Grouping
• Fault Tree (FTA) 
  • The FTA feature gates can now be converted into AND gates
  • The FTA feature now lists Minimal Cut Sets in a separate table in the FTA
  • A new Transfer Gate has been added into FTAs allowing users to split up large FTAs across multiple analyses
  • The FTA can now rank Cut Sets according to the Fussell-Vesely Relative Importance metric
  • The FTA feature can now rank Cut Sets by the Birnbaum Relative Importance (RI) metric
  • The existing RI metric in FTA has been updated and named iTh Cut Set RI according to source literature
  • Both Functional and Hardware FTAs now support image exports (PNG) and table exports (CSV) for each table in the FTA
  • The FTA feature now uses scientific notation instead of decimal notation
  • The FTA menu now has a new option for the FTA management page, in addition to the legacy options
  • FTA Events now resize according to the display text entered within them
  • All events and gates are now individually selectable and have their own properties in the FTA feature
  • A re-index feature has been added to refresh the UUID sorting of the FTA events
  • The FTA feature Event List and Cut Set List support column sorting for different parameters
  • The Functional FTA can now be customised by editing or deleting a generated FTA or creating a new custom FTA with custom or model-based events
  • The MCS calculations in MADE are now able to observe Cut Sets from inside connected transfer FTAs
  • Basic or Undeveloped Events can now be converted into House Events
  • FTA events that have the same code are designed as repeat events in the FTA diagram and in the Event list/Cut Set List
  • Events in the FTA feature now support their own unique narratives
  • The FTA feature now supports the ability to highlight cut sets in the cut set list including all events that lead to the top event
  • The FTA feature now uniquely analyses and IDs Minimal Cut Sets in the Cut Set List
  • The Hardware FTA can now be exported as image or CSV in the same format as the Functional FTA
  • Failure Conditions from FHA are now able to be shown next to the Top Event in FTAs including pertinent FHA information
  • The FTA features have been upgraded to using a BDD method for calculating FTA P(f)s and Cut Sets
  • Other events in the FTA feature can now be changed to Undeveloped Events
  • Other events in the FTA feature can now be changed to Basic Events
  • The FTA feature now supports a stale or recent field that shows the user whether p(f) data is out of date
  • The FTA feature now supports an error/warning feature that informs the user if model events have changed since the FTA was generated
  • The FTA feature now has a logic solver that shows the user how child events are connected to a top or intermediate event
  • Repeat Events will now be shown in the FTA feature bundled together in the event list or showing X:Y format in the event blocks
  • Failure Conditions at the Top Event in FTA can now be accessed by right-clicking the top event or using the failure condition symbol next to the event
  • Fault Tree Analyses can now be saved after being edited
  • The Hardware FTA now has ID fields for events in a similar manner to Functional FTA
  • Fault Tree Analyses can now be saved in the FTA overview/management page for later reuse
  • Once created in the FTA feature, Transfer Gates will open the linked Transfer FTA
  • Linked FHA Failure Conditions now compare target P(f)s against calculated P(f)s marking the target in red when it is not met
  • The Functional FTA feature now fully supports naming templates of failure concepts from Preferences
  • The Functional FTA now supports Cut, Copy and Paste actions including shortcut commands
  • The FTA symbology has been updated to align with NASA and NUREG standard formats
  • The FTA feature now supports toolbar features for commonly performed actions
  • The Repeat Events in Functional FTA are shown using primary selection (yellow) and other repeat events are shown with secondary (blue selection)
  • The FTA feature now has an overview /management page to store FTA analyses and view/edit properties of each FTA
  • The Functional FTA feature now can show all events leading to a top event when a Cut Set is selected
  • Mirrored blocks in the MADE Model (e.g. faults observed in two paths) are now shown as repeat events automatically identified by MADE
  • The Functional FTA now shows stale P(f) calculations in the event boxes using greyed out text
  • The Minimal Cut Sets list in the Functional FTA now has a default ordering of the P(f) from highest to lowest
• File IO   
  • A new Windows shutdown pause feature has been added to stall the shutdown of MADE which provides the user an opportunity to save their work/model
• Help       
  • The MADE Training material has been updated for the new content in version 3.8.2
• Modeling              
  • The LCN field now supports input of special characters
  • The search capability can now search for special characters when "/" is placed in front of the special character
  • A prefix of LCN or Item ID can now be added into the Project Explorer to sort by the selected code
  • CSV export of the propagation table can now support above 250 rows and columns
  • The Warnings and Errors section has 2 new warnings for duplicate item IDs and LCNs
• RCM       
  • Fault display names are now being used in the Backfit RCM feature
• Reliability / Availability 
  • The FMR field now supports a range from 1E-3 to 1E3
  • The RBD Analysis can now calculate Unavailability for each item in the RBD.
• Reporting             
  • The RBD Report now includes Unavailability in the main report sections
  • A new Design Potential FMECA report has been added into MADE which uses failure rates and RPN parameters
  • Multiple reports can now be deleted at once using shift selection in the Report History
  • Report headers, footers and logos can be further customised using the Report Project Preferences

MADE 3.8.1 

The MADE 3.8. release release is modelling usability improvements, reporting and improving the quality and speed of general modelling in MADE. Many of these improvements were suggestions by users, all resulting in improving the efficiency and quality of modelling including greater utilisation of Criticality Thresholds and new methods, Greater control and accessibility to FMEA/FMECA data and copy/paste of modelling functionality such as functions & flows.

Key Features include:

1. Critical Item Analysis – new thresholds and charting
2. Component FMEA/FMECA
3. Naming Templates – Display Names for Failure Concepts
4. CSV Reporting – FMEA/FMECA Reports
5. Copy/paste Functions & Flows

• Criticality
  • The Critical Item Analysis now sorts by criticality and supports a CSV export
  • The Critical Item Analysis charts have been updated to show a count of how many items are in each major group of a selected criticality threshold instead of the top 5 items.
• Diagnostic Analysis
  • The False Detection Rate (FDR) term in the PHM sensor parameters has been renamed to False Negative Rate (FNR)
• FTA
  • The Functional FTA will now calculate the End Effect probability based on selected basic events in the cut set list
  • The Functional FTA now allows the user to select an End Effect Failure Condition to provide additional FTA context.
  • The Functional FTA now shows any FHA information for a top-event failure condition by hovering over the concept (only if the condition is linked to an FHA condition)
• Failure Diagram
  • All Failure Concepts now support Display Names in addition to Taxonomy names, controlled by the Naming Templates preference.
  • The part connection button now remains on after it has been used to create a pair to facilitate faster connection of multiple pairs
  • Systems and Subsystems now support failure diagrams by right-clicking them in the System Model
  • Failure Conditions now support AND/OR gates to perturb Failure Modes in MADE, where AND gates perturb multiple failure responses and OR gates perturb a single failure response.
• Functions Editor
  • Functions and flows can now be copied and pasted using right-click in the functions editor.
• Help
  • The MADE glossary now supports definitions for all Sensor Parameters and Metrics

• Localisation
  • The Japanese version of MADE now supports translations for Failure Concepts, Functions and Flows.
• Mission Profile Definition
  • Multiple selection using shift and control select now works on all sections of the MPD feature.
• Modeling
  • All items in the System Model now support an LCN code in the item properties viewer.
  • The modelling preferences now allows the user to control whether flow labels show the flow, property or both for the display label.
  • The duplicate item name warning now only reports a warning if duplicate items have the same name and item number.
• Taxonomy
  • New cyber security causes and mechanisms have been added into the failure taxonomy.
• Modeling - Bond Analysis
  • The Bond Graph viewer now supports a Controllability Check which shows the user uncontrollable Bonds in purple
  • The Bond Propagation table now includes the Bond Variable and the Flow Response that were perturbed for each failure.
  • The Bond Analysis Equation Viewer now uses the domain variable names instead of efforts and flows.
• PHM
  • Various tooltips have been added into the Sensor Library, Sensor Parameters and Test Point Editor in the PHM module.
• Propagation Table
  • Failure Conditions can now be perturbed in the system model and can also be used in the propagation table using a preference
• Reliability / Availability
  • The RBD Analysis viewer will now automatically expand all hierarchy levels in the system model.
  • The reliability editor now provides visual feedback on the failure distributions that are not currently being used.
• Reporting
  • All FMEA/FMECA reports now support the 'Component FMEA' option, allowing users to select contents and End Effect of a FMEA/FMECA report.
  • FMEA/FMECA reports now support CSV export as an option in the Report Wizard
  • All reports now follow the reporting templates preference for the reporting of failure concepts.
  • New criticality thresholds have been added into Critical Item Analysis, FMEA/FMECA Reports and PHM Analysis.
• Sensor Library
  • Sensed Elements for categories in the Sensor Library now support Search, Select All and Deselect All functionality.

MADE 3.8.0 

The MADE 3.8.0 release is focused on extending the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Module’s capability. Additionally, upgrades to the existing Functional Diagram (FHA) have been made to automate creation of the System Model.

Key Features include:

                  1. Sensor Selection Optimizer

                  2. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves

                  3. Functional Diagram (FHA) and System Model Integration

                  4. Extension of the Propagation Table

                  5. Importing a Diagnostic Table

• Models built in previous versions of MADE are automatically updated to change Failure Conditions, Markov Analyses and the Functional Diagram – PHMT recommends saving models before performing this process

• Common Mode Analysis (CMA)
• Failure Conditions are now searchable concepts while performing a CMA analysis
• Criticality
• Failure Conditions can now be assigned with qualitative criticality parameters (occurrence, severity etc.)
• Failure Conditions can now be assigned with quantitative criticality parameters (alpha, beta etc.) in the failure diagram
• Diagnostic Analysis
• Sensor sets can now be sorted by the ‘parameters’ column in the metric optimisation page of PHM
• Additional parameters and metrics for Failure Detection and Isolation have been added throughout the Diagnostic Analysis
• Diagnostic Tables in .csv format can now be imported into MADE
• Symptoms can now be included in PHM Analysis
• LRU Groups can now be defined to allow Acceptable Ambiguity for use in PHM Analysis
• A new report for Sensor Coverage has been added into the Diagnostic Analysis editor in PHM
• Failure Diagram
• Parts now have a shortcut when right-clicked in the Failure Diagram to take the user to the Parent Failure Diagram
• Failure Conditions can now be copied and pasted including narratives and parameters
• Failure Conditions in the Failure Diagram have been upgraded into Failure Concepts allowing properties, display names and better visualisation
• Failure Concepts that make up a Failure Diagram path now appear in the Response Paths viewer
• Fault Tree
• Failure Conditions now appear in the Functional Fault Tree to provide context on Functional Failures
• Functional Diagram (FHA)
• The Functions List now provides a context sensitive approach to the Functional Diagram
• The Functional Diagram now supports windows allowing external functions to be imported into the current diagram
• Failure Conditions in the Functional Diagram now support keyboard shortcut commands
• The FHA Report now supports a context sensitive approach, allowing an FHA to be generated at any level in the Functional Diagram
• The screenshot icon in the toolbar can now be used to export the Functional Diagram
• The Functional Diagram now supports sub-diagrams of lower-level functions accessed via right-click
• A new editor has been added into the Functional Diagram to store and manage external functions
• The Functions List in the Functional Diagram now supports editing of Failure Condition properties
• Pre-MADE 3.8.0 Functional Diagrams are automatically updated to the new Functional Diagram format
• A new wizard has been added into the Functional Diagram allowing the user to allocate functions to logic
• Help
• A new guide has been added to ‘Help’ explaining the PHM Genetic Algorithm
• Modeling
• LRU Groups can now be defined to allow Acceptable Ambiguity for use in PHM Analysis
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and UI improvements
• MADE progress bars are now more responsive to stop analyses and reports
• Modeling - FCM Analysis
• The weight matrix can now be exported from the Analysis menu for FCM models
• Palette/Library
• The MADE palette and Example Systems Library has been updated for the new version of MADE
• Propagation Table
• A preference has been added allowing Failure Conditions to be used in the Propagation table in place of Functional Failures
• Symptoms can now be included in the Propagation Table appearing as Potential Sensor Locations for failures
• A new preference has been added that allows for flow display names to be used in the propagation table instead of taxonomy names
• Failure Conditions can now be perturbed in the system model and can also be used in the propagation table using a preference
• RCM
• Failure Conditions now appear in Classic RCM to provide more context for failure mode analysis
• Failure Conditions now appear in Backfit RCM providing more context for failure modes
• Reporting
• Failure Condition display names now appear in FMEA and FMECA reports
• Naming template names for Failures can now be used in the Sensor Coverage Report
• ROC Curves
• A new ROC Curve feature has been added into MADE for sensor trade studies
• Sensor Selection Optimiser (SSO)
• A new Sensor Selection Optimiser feature has been added into MADE to help select optimal sensors for PHM Analysis

MADE 3.7.4 

The MADE 3.7.4 release is focused on commercial aerospace certification activities and risk assessment, providing a more comprehensive solution to designing an aircraft in accordance to ARP4761. This release transforms MADE into an all-in-one solution for a model-based approach to performing safety and risk assessment for aerospace certification.

Key Features include:

1. Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA)
2. Common Mode Analysis (CMA)
3. Markov Analysis (MKA)
4. Failure Rate Prediction (FRP) - 217F

• Annotations       
  • The Annotation Notification popup is now appearing based on the Annotations Policy
• Criticality             
  • The Critical Item Marker now updates based on manual selections or via the Critical Item Analysis
  • A Subsystem can now show a Critical Item icon if any of its children are critical
• Failure Diagram
  • Parts now have a shortcut when right-clicked in the Failure Diagram to take the user to the Parent Failure Diagram       
  • The Failure Condition and Detection Methods dialogue can now be resized
• Safety    
  • A new feature called Common Mode Analysis has been added into the SRA module
  • A new Functional Diagram has been added to define logical independent functions for an FHA                 
  • A new Failure Conditions editor has been added to the Functional Model to perform an FHA
  • A Functions List has been added into the Functional Model to provide an alternate view of the model
• Mission Profile
  • Environmental profiles and characteristics can now be assigned to Mission Phases and Segments in the MPD for use in FHA
  • A page containing Special Conditions has been added to the Mission Profile for use in the FHA feature
  • Copy and Paste in the system model now includes Duty Cycle properties from the MPD
• Maintenance Cost Estimates        
  • The MCE maintenance supplier and country are no longer accessible until a maintenance type is selected
• Modeling
  • A new warning has been added into the Problems Viewer for Parts that do not form a Pair
  • Creating a new item now defaults context to the item name
• Palette/Library 
  • The System Model will now highlight compatible flows when clicking and dragging a flow
  • Multiple items may now be dragged out of the Palette at the same time
  • The palette search will now search by output flow names as well as item names
• Reliability/Availability   
  • Parts now show their Reliability in the top-left corner of an RBD Model                               
  • A new feature has been added called 217F Failure Rate Prediction into the RAM module
  • A new feature called Markov Analysis has been added in the RAM module
• Reporting             
  • A new Functional Hazard Assessment Report has been added into the Report Wizard
  • A new report called Common Mode Analysis has been added into the Report Wizard
  • The RBD Report has been modified to include the MTTR parameter in the headers and overview tables                 
  • The RBD Report now resizes the RBD images regardless of size and centers the images
• Other    
  • A queueing system has been added into MADE to improve the way check-in and check-out of module licenses is performed
  • Duration of Operation can now be used in the Find & Replace feature
  • Misc. bug fixes and performance improvements

MADE 3.7.3

The MADE 3.7.3 Release is focussed on risk assessment and criticality features. The main implementations for this release have been a new “Complex RBD Group” analysis, new criticality/risk methods, a new criticality profile editor to store and manage criticality methods and updates to the various criticality editors to improve the ease of use of criticality analysis.

• Criticality
• A Criticality Profile Editor has been added into the SRA module, allowing for storage of standard criticality methods and allowing customisation of some criticality methods.
• A new risk method has been added into MADE SRA module for MIL-STD-882E risk assessment, located in the criticality profile editor.
• A new risk method has been added into MADE SRA module for ARP 4761/4754A risk assessment, located in the criticality profile editor.
• A new risk method has been added into MADE SRA module for ISO ASIL risk assessment, located in the criticality profile editor.
• The criticality editor and properties editor have been updated to include new criticality sliders that align with the newly added criticality methods. The criticality editor now has a filter that will grey out any criticality sliders that are not relevant for the active criticality method.
• The probability slider used in Fuzzy Criticality has been renamed to Causal Probability.
• Mission Profile Definition
  • The MPD editor drop-down boxes have been improved to be faster to access and edit.
• Modelling
  • Feedback connections will no longer be automatically created when a new flow is connected to a port that already contains an incoming flow.
  • New models created in MADE 3.7.3+ will be incompatible with earlier versions of MADE.
  • The updates for FCM Analysis and Bond Analysis have been updated to better describe the parameters.
  • The criticality and maintainability properties in the general properties of an item have had name changes to better reflect what the properties are.
• Modelling – Bond Analysis
  • Bond Analysis failure injection will now show a simple prop table for the injected failure, similar to FCM Analysis.
• Other
  • Misc. bug fixes and UI improvements.
  • The version of eclipse used by MADE has been upgraded allowing for views and editors to be moved anywhere around the screen and allowing all views and editors to be detached from the main application.
• Palette/Library
  • H2 database user libraries now support multiple user access and writing.
• Reliability/Availability
  • The reliability sliders have been updated to allow for a larger range of MTTF and PFR values.
  • A new RBD group has been added into the software called "Complex Group - Event Space", allowing for the analysis of complex RBD arrangements such as distribution systems.
• Reporting
  • A new FMEA report has been added to support and document the ARP 4761 risk method, called Functional FMEA (ARP 4761).
  • A new FMECA report has been added to support and document the ARP 4761 risk method, called Functional FMECA (ARP 4761).
  • A new FMECA report has been added to support and document the MIL-STD-882E risk method, called FMECA (MIL-STD-882E).
  • A new FMECA report has been added to support and document the ISO 26262 ASIL risk method, called FMECA (ISO26262, HARA ASIL).
  • The Reliability Allocation report has had a design refresh, allowing larger models to better fit the information in the report.
  • The consistency of reporting narratives and descriptive text has been improved across all MADE FMEA and FMECA reports.
  • A legend has been added to the Maintenance Association page in Backfit RCM to show the baseline vs. proposed action.

The MADE-TC 1.0 Release is the first Teamcenter to MADE integration co-developed by PHMT and Siemens. This release is focussed on the core capabilities of importing a systems engineering model (logical) into MADE, performing analysis and then saving results/models back into Teamcenter. This release is focussed on the Active Workspace (AW) browser, using the Analysis Request (AR) feature to store the model context and analysis directions.

• Import
  • Importing a Teamcenter Logical Model is accomplished using the Import Wizard. This wizard guides the user through the process of converting a Teamcenter model into a MADE model.
  • Item matching can be used during the import process, allowing MADE specific data to be re-used and applied to the imported model.
  • The Teamcenter model in the AR context is converted into a MADE model using the modelling rules in MADE, creating a hybrid functional and logical model with flows and inter-component connections.
  • MADE modelling validation rules are applied to the TC model during the import process. A list of warnings and/or errors is shown to the user in the event of any issues.
  • A link between the AR and MADE model is formed when the import is used, creating traceability between the TC and MADE model.
  • In the Import Wizard, Functions and Flows can be allocated by selecting the desired Function or Flow then either dragging and dropping, double clicking on the target or selecting the target and pressing the <Enter> key.
  • During import the inflows and outflows are clearly marked to assist users matching MADE in flows and out flows.
  • The "Created By" user is now populated based on the logged in Teamcenter user performing the import.
  • The TC import process can import a simple logical model without functions to support quick import use cases.
  • During the Import process, the dialog that informs users about allocating multiple Functions or Flows can be suppressed with a configuration option within MADE.
• Export
  • Reports and other files from MADE can be saved to the AR Results section using a wizard.
  • MADE models are immediately listed in the AR/Study tab after being saved to Teamcenter.
  • Dialogues have been added to inform the user of successful save operations for models or analysis results.
  • The RAMS Model object has all the regular life cycle commands including check in, check out, save, save as and revise.
  • A linked AR can be accessed from the MADE Model (RAMS Model) tab of the Active Workspace Editor if a RAMS Model that is linked to an AR is selected.
• Other
  • The integration can be used with the default Analysis Request (AR) state workflow, or a custom workflow created for the integration.
  • An embedded Active Workspace (AW) editor has been added into MADE to allow for navigation of Teamcenter inside the MADE application.
  • The embedded AW browser can be used to update, edit or annotate the AR allowing analysis information to be added to the AR.
  • Selecting Analysis Request or RAMS Model revision objects in the embedded Active Workspace editor allows interaction with the selected objects within MADE.
  • Shortcut commands have been added into the MADE GUI to allow the user to navigate directly to the active AR or RAMS Model in active workspace.
  • In the Recent AR/Study list, double clicking on an AR or Study will automatically select the AR or Study.
  • MADE caches results of AR selection, allowing the user to close the AW editor and still be able to reload a previously opened AR or model if the same MADE project is open.

The 3.7.2 release is a minor release focused on modelling enhancements and new report templates.

• Fault Tree             
  • The Functional Fault Tree Relative Importance now calculates based on a summation of all cut-sets.
• Functions Editor                
  • The minimize flow properties button in the functions editor now stays in place when scrolling through the editor.
  • The up and down arrows in the functions editor now stay in place while scrolling through the editor.
• Help       
  • A Manuals menu option has been added to the Help menu to directly access Module Manuals.
  • All Module Manuals have been updated to version 3.7.2.
  • The MADE Training PowerPoint has been updated to version 3.7.2.
  • All User Guides have been updated for version 3.7.2.
  • All pdf files in MADE will now be opened with the users’ default pdf program instead of and embedded viewer
  • The Classic RCM User Guide has been added to the Help > Guides menu.
• Modelling            
  • The warnings and error validators have been optimized, improving the responsiveness of modelling with complex models (> 3000 items).
• Modelling - Bond Analysis
  • The GY and TF Bond Elements can no longer have multiple inputs or outputs in bond models.
  • The ability to check a Bond Graph for controllability has been revised and will update the user automatically, as well as being accessed using a right-click.
  • The Bond Graph text and spacing has been revised to better display bond graphs and prevent diagram crossover.
  • The Bond Graph now colours bond elements outside the current model level of indenture in a blue shade.
  • Subsystems in Bond Graph models have been upgraded to allow for perturbations and fault injection to be performed in bond models, the subsystem will now emulate the components that directly link to its output.
  • The 1-J and 0-J Bond Element junctions have been revised and will no longer allow perturbations for bond models.
• Modelling - FCM Analysis                
  • The No Threshold analysis preference for FCM models has been revised and upgraded to allow users to simulate FCM models with limits but no thresholding of values.
  • The Bivalent Sigmoid analysis preference for FCM has been revised and both sigmoid options have updated curves.
  • FCM Response Simulation Graphs now show progress of loading when multiple plots are selected at once.
• Reporting
  • The Organization Logo image from Application Preferences > Organization Details is now being included in all BIRT report cover pages.
  • The Sensor Set Details Report has been updated to improve the display of the report body content including the new changes to the PHM module and include the new report style glossary of terms and cover page.
  • The Component Test Point Report has been updated to improve the display of the report body content and include the new report style glossary of terms and cover page.
  • A new automotive FMECA template has been added into MADE based on the AIAG 4th edition template.
  • A new automotive FMEA template has been added into MADE based on the AIAG 4th edition template.
  • A new automotive FMEA template has been added into MADE based on the SAE J1739 standard.
  • A new automotive FMECA template has been added into MADE based on the SAE J1739 standard.

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