Entering NPRD and EPRD Parts
You can insert NPRD/EPRD devices into your reliability prediction, using the Search Part function. Relyence Reliability Prediction includes NPRD 2023, NPRD 2016, and EPRD 2014.
Activating the NPRD/EPRD Part Search
To activate a Part Search, click the Search button on the Parts Table toolbar.
The Search Parts dialog appears.
Note that this is a modeless dialog that can be moved as needed. You can also select rows in the Parts Table as well as select specific Analysis Tree items while the dialog appears in front of the open Analysis.
Searching for NPRD/EPRD Part or Parts
To begin your search, select the Library you want to search from the dropdown list: NPRD 2016, NPRD 2023, or EPRD 2014.
Begin by selecting a Category for your search. In the dropdown list for Category, you can type text into the text box at the top to filter the list of Categories. As you type, the Category list will be filtered to show only items that include the text you have entered. For example, you can type in "Cable" and all categories in the selected Library that include the word "Cable" will be displayed.
You can then optionally enter a Subcategory and/or Type, searching for specific text if needed, to further refine your search. The Subcategory and Type fields will enable and disable as needed. Not all NPRD/EPRD devices include all three levels of Category, Subcategory, and Type.
Once you have entered the search criteria, click Search to initiate the search.
The results of the search will be displayed in the results table. You can click through the results table and the Parts Detail window will display the detailed part parameters. (Note: In the trial version, the failure rate data for NPRD/EPRD parts will not be shown.)
Inserting Parts into the Parts Table
Make sure that you have the Parts Table for the appropriate Subsystem selected in the Analysis Tree. You can also select an existing part in the Parts Table as a point of reference.
Any new parts added from the Search Parts dialog will be added directly below the currently selected Part. If the empty row at the bottom of the Parts Table is selected, the part(s) from the Search Parts dialog will be added as the last part(s) in the Parts Table.
Once you have located the part or parts you want to insert, select the Insert checkbox in the appropriate row or rows. Click the Insert button to insert the parts into the Parts Table.
Replacing a Part
You can replace a part currently in your Parts Table using the Part Search function as well.
Click anywhere in the row in your Parts Table of the part you want to replace. Select the Insert checkbox of the appropriate part and then click the Replace button.
Clearing Part Data
You can remove the library data for all parts currently selected in your Parts Table using the Part Search function as well.
Click to select the rows of any parts for which you want to clear the library data in your Parts Table then click the Clear Part Data button. Any data previously retrieved from a Parts Library is cleared.
Viewing NPRD Details (NPRD 2023 Only)
When the Library is set to NPRD 2023, the NPRD Details button appears on the right side of the Search Parts dialog in the Part Details section.
If you click the NPRD Details button, the NPRD Details dialog appears with additional details about the data used to determine the NPRD 2023 failure rate for the selected part type.
Click Close to close the NPRD Details dialog and return to the Search Parts dialog.
Closing the Part Search
Click Close to close the Search Parts dialog when you have completed using the part search function.