1. Right-click on the Public folder.

   Open

   

2. Choose New > Failure rate catalog (IEC62380 or SN29500) - Outcome: the dialog "New IEC62380/SN29500 Catalog" will open.

   Open

   

    

3. Use the Browse button to specify the file location.

4. The Catalog ID will be set automatically.

5. Enter a Name for the catalog.

6. Optionally, enter a Description.

7. Click Finish.

Outcome: a new catalog was created and opened in the editor.

A failure rate catalog is subdivided into categories and failure mode types.

Creating Categories

1. Right-click on the catalog in the editor.

2. Choose New > Category. - Outcome: the dialog "Create new Category" will open.

3. Enter a Name for the category.

4. Click OK to finish or Save & proceed to create further categories.

Outcome: a category was created.

To create sub-categories you need first to select a parent category and then repeat the procedure
for creating categories.

Creating Component Types

1. Right-click on the category folder that you want to contain the component type.

    

2. Choose New > Component type. - Outcome: the dialog "Create new Component Type" will open.

3. Enter a name for the component type.

4. Click OK to finish or Save & proceed to create further component types.

Outcome: a new component type was created and added to the selected category.

Now the component type can be edited in the Details part of the Catalog editor.

[1] Catalog explorer

[2] Details of a component type (IEC62380 in this example scenario)