Plot Viewer

The Plot Viewer window provides a complete array of plots and charts for graphical presentation of your FMEA and RCM analysis results. You can view a variety of plots and charts "on the fly" while you are working with a particular analysis. You can then save your plots in a variety of graphic file formats (*.jpg, *.gif, *.png or *.wmf) for use in other documents, if desired.

Note: Plots are available only for FMEA and RCM analyses. If the items you select in the Select Items window do not include any FMEA or functional failure analysis information in the FMEA tab of the Analysis panel, then the plots will not display any data.

To open the Plot Viewer utility, choose Home > Reporting > Plots.

In the Select Items window that appears, select one or more items from the current project that you want to include in the plots/charts and click OK. The Plot Viewer utility will appear.

To select a plot type, choose one from the Plot Type drop-down list on the control panel. (See Types of Plots.)

While all plot types are available for all FMEA analyses, some plots may not display any results if your analysis does not include those items (e.g., if your analysis does not include any actions, then those plots will not show any details). Note that the included elements are based on the default settings shipped with the application.

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