MADE Knowledge Base

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Best Practice

Excel Import - Data Structure — MADE Knowledge Base > Best Practice, FAQ
Failure Injection and Failure Propagation — MADE Knowledge Base > Best Practice, FAQ
How to reuse existing Maintenance Actions for other items — MADE Knowledge Base > Best Practice, FAQ
Sharing MADE Environments Library — MADE Knowledge Base > Best Practice, FAQ

Examples

How to Find and Replace Data Values in Bulk — MADE Knowledge Base > Example

FAQ

Access to MADE Release Notes — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ, Release
FAQs for MADE 3.8.9 Model-based RCM — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ, Getting Started
FAQs for MADE compatibility with Windows 7 — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ, Best Practice
Fundamentals of Failure Diagrams in MADE — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ
How to change default measurement unit in MADE? — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ
How to create and edit criticality profiles in MADE? — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ
How to create New Sensor Library? — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ
How to generate Safety and Reliability charts in MADE? — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ
How to import Excel System Structure in MADE? — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ
How to use the Load from Library feature? — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ
Managing Failure Diagrams: Override Failure Diagrams — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ
System element definitions — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ
Understanding and Performing Hazard Analysis in MADE 3.8.9 — MADE Knowledge Base > FAQ

Getting Started

Create and Use Custom Data Libraries in MADE — MADE Knowledge Base > Getting Started, Best Practice
How to create new project in MADE? — MADE Knowledge Base > Getting Started, Best Practice
How to import CAD files into MADE? — MADE Knowledge Base > Getting Started, Best Practice, FAQ
How to model system functions in MADE? — MADE Knowledge Base > Getting Started, Best Practice, FAQ
How to set up Environmental Profiles in MADE? — MADE Knowledge Base > Getting Started, Best Practice
Introduction to Functional Modeling — MADE Knowledge Base > Getting Started
MADE Download from Siemens Support Center — MADE Knowledge Base > Getting Started, Best Practice, FAQ
MADE Installation Instructions — MADE Knowledge Base > Getting Started, Best Practice, FAQ
Syncing MADE Libraries with other Users — MADE Knowledge Base > Getting Started, Best Practice, FAQ

Licensing & Installation

How to activate MADE license offline? — MADE Knowledge Base > Licensing Installation
How to manage Zentitle node-locked licenses in MADE? — MADE Knowledge Base > Licensing Installation
MADE License Activation — MADE Knowledge Base > Licensing Installation
New MADE 3.9.1 Update Licensing — MADE Knowledge Base > Licensing Installation

Taxonomy & Theory (Functional Basis, FFIP)

FFIP Applied: Electrical Power System and Nuclear Power Plant Case Studies — Taxonomy & Theory > FFIP Reasoning Framework
FFIP: The Functional Failure Identification and Propagation Framework — Taxonomy & Theory > FFIP Reasoning Framework
How MADe Implements the Functional Basis: Primary-Source Evidence — Taxonomy & Theory > MADe's Academic Foundations
MADE Standardized Taxonomy — live UI tree screenshots — Taxonomy / Underlying Model (not part of the Siemens Support Center Knowledge Base tab)
MADe taxonomy mentions in PHM Technology marketing one-pagers — Taxonomy / Underlying Model (not part of the Siemens Support Center Knowledge Base tab)
MADE videos — transcript/caption availability check — Video (re-verification note)
MADE's Functional Taxonomy is based on the academic "Functional Basis" ontology — Taxonomy / Underlying Model (not part of the Siemens Support Center Knowledge Base tab)
PHM Technology and the MADe Suite: Company History and Product Architecture — Taxonomy & Theory > Commercial Origins
Re-check: Failure Injection and Failure Propagation (KB000132713) — Best Practice, FAQ (re-verification note)
Taxonomy hunt — search summary and confirmed gaps — Taxonomy / Underlying Model (meta-summary of this research pass)
The Functional Basis: Reconciled Function and Flow Taxonomy (Hirtz et al. 2002) — Taxonomy & Theory > Functional Basis

Videos

Functional Hazard Assessment and FMECA — MADE Knowledge Base > Video, Support Kit
MADE Digital Risk Twin — MADE Knowledge Base > Video, Support Kit
MADE for Aerospace Safety and Reliability — MADE Knowledge Base > Video
Model-based FMEA — MADE Knowledge Base > Video, Support Kit
Model-based RBD — MADE Knowledge Base > Video, Support Kit