Product Tree
Product tree building is the second stage (after Project Creation) in RAM Commander Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety analysis process.
Product Tree represents full hierarchical product/system structure from main subsystems to the smallest blocks and components like springs, capacitors and resistors, with detailed information about each block or component.
During the product tree building phase, enter or import the product tree. Using a top-down process, you decompose the system into a tree of assemblies, subassemblies and components. For each element in the tree, define all required parameters such as environment, reference designator, part number and quantity. RAM Commander increases your productivity by allowing you to retrieve data from various external sources, such as:
• | Import of CAD files of most commonly used file types, such as: ASCII, MS Excel, MS Access, Mentor Graphics etc. |
• | Predefined sets of default values |
• | Component libraries |
Product tree is a pre-requisite for such analysis types as reliability, maintainability, stress analysis, FMECA, Spare parts. Product tree is used by such modules as RBD, FTA, Markov, System Configuration and more.