The Templates  

1. 1

   Activate the Home Ribbon
2. 2

   Click the Add Tool button on the Home ribbon
3. 3

   Click the Fault Tree Analysis icon in the template catalog

In order to find the Fault Tree Analysis component within the template catalog, you have to choose a cycle name on the first line of the screen and a phase name at the left of the screen. The Fault Tree Analysis component is located in this cycle/phase combinations:

Create the fault tree using the insert buttons on the Home ribbon. Drag an existing cause into another higher-level fault in order to create another cause-effect link.

Each higher-level fault has a expand box and an operator symbol (&,>=1,...) at the right. Click the operator symbol to switch between the possible boolean operators.

In order to set the probability of a leaf failure cause:

• Select the failure cause box
• In the Home ribbon click the drop-down-button Occurrence
• Select Probability from the popup menu