Copy an FMEA

Procedure

1. Open the FMEA structure that you want to copy.

2. Choose More Commands

   New

   Save As.

3. In the Save As panel, modify the current name, description, and FMEA guideline object if required.

4. Specify if you want to copy the cross-functional team.

5. Click Save.A copy of the FMEA structure is created in the Newstuff folder with a copy of all system elements, function representations, and failure representations (along with all the relations of cause and effect) and actions under it.

All the representations and the FMEA structure are created with version 1.

All the actions are created with the same status as that of the parent FMEA.

If the failure cause or effect in the source FMEA is a failure specification, then a new relation is created with the copy of failure mode inside the new FMEA.

If the next higher-level or lower-level function in the source FMEA is a function specification, then a new relation is created with the copy of the function mode inside the new FMEA.

Inspection definitions and requirements linked to the selected FMEA structure are also linked to newly created FMEA structure.

If the parent FMEA was generated from an item structure, the copy is also linked to the item structure. The configuration of the FMEA refers to the configuration of the parent FMEA and not to the global configuration of the item structure.