MADE Workflows > Search System Model
WF29: Search System Model
Pre-requisites
- MADE Project: a configured project with model items defined.
- Failure Concepts: defined in the failure diagram of model items.
Detailed Descriptions (numbered steps)
- Access 'Search…' under 'Edit' in the main menu bar.
- Determine if searching by Display Name or by MADE Failure Concept Taxonomy.
- Enter the target display name in the text search field to search model for that input text.
- Select Failure Concepts to be used as search terms by dragging it from list into the Search Terms. There is a search field to filter the list. More than one Failure Concept, across different categories and types, may be selected.
- Select 'Search' to begin the process.
- Access the Search Viewer which should automatically open, by default, in the bottom right corner of MADE.
- If search unsuccessful, modify search parameters until targets are found. Use the button, in the top right corner of the Search viewer, that has the tooltip "Modify Search Terms".
- Location of target may be opened through the results listed in the Search viewer.
Decision points
- Search by Display Name? — Yes → Enter Display Name; No → Select MADE Failure Concept Taxonomy.
- Search Successful? — No → loop back to Access Search; Yes → System Model Searched.
Screenshot walkthrough (captions/labels extracted)
Step 1: Access Search
- 'Edit' menu: Undo (Ctrl+Z), Redo (Ctrl+Y), Cut (Ctrl+X), Copy (Ctrl+C), Paste (Ctrl+V), Delete (Delete), Select All (Ctrl+A), Find / Replace, Search... (highlighted, Alt+Shift+T), Advanced Properties, Project Properties.
Step 3: Enter Display Name
- "Search" dialog: "Drag and drop your Failure Concepts into the Search Terms List." "Text Search" — Containing Text: "Coupling". "Search by Failure Concept": Failure Concepts tree (Assembly and reassembly, Design, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Operation, Transportation) with search field, Search Terms list (empty), radio/severity icon filters, Remove/Clear buttons. Buttons Search, Cancel.
- Second instance: Containing Text "Damage", same Failure Concepts tree, empty Search Terms.
Step 4: Select MADE Failure Concept Taxonomy
- "Search" dialog: Text Search field empty. "Search by Failure Concept": Failure Concepts search field "Damage"; tree expanded: Assembly and reassembly > Environmental protection > Damaged surface protection; Material quality > Surface damage; Maintenance > Environmental protection > Damaged surface protection (selected/highlighted); Material quality > Surface damage; Operation, Transportation (collapsed). "Search Terms" list: "Damaged surface protection" (added). Severity filter icons and Remove/Clear buttons. Buttons Search, Cancel.
Step 6: Access Search Viewer
- Tabbed panel: Problems, Connection Viewer, Criticality Viewer, Search (active). "6 references found" tree: Vehicle System > Power Generation > Diesel Engine > Coupling 1 > Damaged surface protection; Engine > Damaged surface protection; Injector Pump > Damaged surface protection; Lift Pump > Damaged surface protection; Fuel Tank > Inlet > Damaged surface protection; Lining > Damaged surface protection.
Step 8: System Model Searched
- "Coupling 1" Failure Diagram viewer: nodes "Untimely maintenance actions (Coupling 1)", "Corrosive contaminant (Coupling 1)", "Damaged surface protection (Coupling 1)" (highlighted/selected, orange), "Insufficient cleaning (Coupling 1)" feeding into "Corrosive attack (Coupling 1)"; "High temperature (Coupling 1)", "Maximum continuous use time exceeded (Coupling 1)" feeding into "Creep stress rupture (Coupling 1)"; "High mechanical load (Coupling 1)", "Imbalanced mechanical loads (Coupling 1)" feeding into "Torsion deformation (Coupling 1)". "Corrosive attack" and "Creep stress rupture" feed into "Fractured (Coupling 1)"; "Torsion deformation" feeds into "Twisted (Coupling 1)"; both "Fractured" and "Twisted" feed into "Couple Mechanical - rotational Angular velocity (Coupling 1)" via OR-type gate nodes.
- Below, tabbed panel: Problems, Search (active), Current Diagnostic Analysis, Test Points. "6 references found" tree: Vehicle System > Power Generation > Diesel Engine > Coupling 1 > Damaged surface protection (highlighted); Engine, Injector Pump, Lift Pump > Damaged surface protection each; Fuel Tank > Inlet, Lining > Damaged surface protection each.
Source: Local MADE 3.9.1 installation: com.phm.made.help.plugin/documents/help/pdf/Workflows/WF29-Search System Model.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-09