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Reliability and Survival Methods • Reliability Block Diagram • Example Using the Reliability Block Diagram Platform • Add Components

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Add Components

The Reliability Block Diagram drawing elements that are located in the toolbar are called shapes. The term component refers to a shape that represents a constituent part of the system.

1.

Click the Basic icon

on the Shape toolbar and drag the shape to the System Diagram to the right of the Start block.

2.

Select the label, replace New Basic 1 by Power Supply, and press Enter.

When you click on the label or the shape, connection arrows appear. The arrows disappear when you click elsewhere in the template.

3.

Drag a second Basic shape to the right of the Power Supply shape.

4.

Select the label and type CPU.

Example System Diagram

Note: You will align the shapes later, in the section Align Shapes.

5.

Drag a Parallel shape

to a position to the right and below the CPU shape.

6.

Select the label and type Peripherals.

7.

Drag a K out of N shape

to a position to the right and above the CPU shape.

8.

Select the label and type Hard Drives.

Partial System Diagram

9.

Drag a Knot shape

to the right of the previous shapes.

10.

Select the label and type Join.

11.

Drag a Series shape

to a position to the right of the Knot shape.

12.

Select the label and type Input Devices.

Partial System Diagram

13.

Drag a Basic shape to a position to the right of the Input Devices shape.

14.

Select the label and type Monitor.

System Diagram Showing All Shapes shows the diagram with all shapes entered.

System Diagram Showing All Shapes

15.

Proceed with Align Shapes.

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Help created on 9/19/2017