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Assumptions

To add or edit a list of ground rules and assumptions from the Profiles/Library Manager, click the Add or Edit button or double-click one of the assumptions on the Assumptions page.

The window contains a list of ground rules and assumptions that the team agrees to follow when they perform an analysis. You can copy a list of ground rules and assumptions from the active library to any analysis plan in an Xfmea project.

Note: Unlike many of the other settings stored in the active library and managed via the Profiles/Library Manager, the lists of ground rules and assumptions are not stored in the project properties for individual analysis projects. Rather, you can use any list of assumptions from the active library on your computer for any project that you may be working with, and it is possible to use different ground rules and assumptions for different analysis plans in the same project.

Each list of ground rules and assumptions is identified by a name (required) and short description (optional). In addition, you can define any number of descriptions in the list. The descriptions will be displayed in the analysis plan interface and reports in the order in which they appear in this table. To change the order of existing descriptions, use the Move Up or Move Down buttons. To insert a new description above an existing one, select the existing description and click Insert Row. To delete a description, select the row and click Delete Row.

The Copy Existing button allows you to select another Xfmea library and copy selected descriptions to replace the ones in the current window.

Clear deletes all descriptions from the current list.

Spelling checks the spelling of the text fields within the window.

The status bar at the bottom of the window displays the date/time of the last change to the list of assumptions and the user who made the change.