MADE 3.9.1 User Manual > Preferences
Application Preferences
Application Preferences are applied to the user profile so will be persistent over
all projects opened by that particular user.
Application Preferences is accessed from the Main Menu by selecting
"Preferences → Application Preferences".
[Image: ApplicatonPreferences.png]
The following are pages that can be accessed in the Application Preferences:
- Analysis
- [Annotation Policy](#Annotation Policy)
- Features
- General
- Languages
- Libraries
- Modeling
- [Organization Details](#Organization Details)
- Problems
- [Propagation Table](#Propagation Table)
- Reporting
- [User Profile](#User Profile)
Analysis
The Analysis page allows the user to calculate the criticality and set the threshold
settings.
The Analysis page contains two additional subpages:
- Failure Assessment Index
- Monte Carlo
[Image: Analysis.png]
Failure Assessment Index
The Failure Assessmemt Index contains the different categories of criticality.
[Image: FAI.png]
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo is a method used to solve problems that might be deterministic in
principle using randomness.
[Image: MonteCarlo.png]
Annotation Policy
Annotation Policy allows the user to customize the annotation policies as well as
managing the existing ones.
[Image: AnnotationPolicy.png]
Features
Features contains a feature list of the project which provides a definition for parts.
[Image: Features.png]
General
General settings for MADE that the user can toggle to fit their needs.
[Image: General.png]
Appearance
Visual settings for MADE application.
[Image: Appearance.png]
Colors and Fonts
Allows the user to alter the color and size of the font
[Image: ColourFonts.png]
Languages
Allows the user to select their desired language for MADE to operate in.
[Image: Language.png]
Libraries
The library allows the user to create, add, edit as well as remove libraries.
[Image: Libraries.png]
Library Options
Allows the user to edit the library settings in MADE.
[Image: LibraryOptions.png]
Modeling
Allows the user to edit the Modeling, Project Explorer and Connections settings.
[Image: Modeling.png]
Status Text
The Status text is used to show the user important information about the current state
of the model, it can be seen in the top left corner of supporting diagrams.
[Image: StatusText.png]
Tool-tips
Provides the user to edit the system tool-tips options.
[Image: Tooltips.png]
Organization Details
Allows the user to enter the details of the organization.
[Image: OrganizationDetails.png]
Organization Logo
Allows the user to upload their organization logo to MADE.
[Image: OrganizationLogo.png]
Problems
Allows the user to select the warnings to be shown on the problems tab.
[Image: Problems.png]
Propagation Table
Allows the user to decide whether to export the propagation table responses as
numeric values.
[Image: PropogationTable.png]
Reporting
Allows the user to edit the FMEA/FMECA Output Options as well as customizing the
footer messages.
[Image: Reporting.png]
Filtering
Allows the user to enable filtering of the failure concepts.
[Image: Filtering.png]
Output Settings
Allows the user to set the location of the export.
[Image: OutputSettings.png]
Reporting Templates
It shows a list of reporting templates on MADE which the user can choose from as well
as creating new ones, editing existing ones and deleting unwanted ones. It also allows
the user to import and export reporting templates into MADE.
[Image: ReportingTemplates.png]
User Profile
Allows the user to input their user information and set the profile options.
[Image: UserProfile.png]
Source: Local MADE 3.9.1 installation: com.phm.made.help.plugin/documents/help/html/MADeHelp/18-Preferences/18-01-ApplicationPreferences.html · retrieved 2026-07-09