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Defining FMECA Severity
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Severity categories are assigned to system failure modes to indicate the severity of the occurrence and the related degree of
damage. You must create the severity categories before they can be assigned.
To define severity categories:
1. From the Edit Menu (A), select Severity Categories (B).
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2. The Severity Categories dialog box appears.
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3. Click Add Sev (C). A new severity category is added to the table on the left side of the dialog box.
4. In the Weighting field, enter 100 (D).
5. In the Description field, enter Catastrophic (E).
6. Click Save. The table is updated with your changes.
7. Following the above steps, create the three other categories that appear in the dialog box above.
8. When all severity categories are entered, click OK to close the dialog box.