Analysis Settings Page

The Analysis Settings page of the control panel for analytical diagrams contains the following options:

Use IBS: if selected, BlockSim looks for blocks with identical failure characteristics and attempts to simplify the equation, if possible, when analyzing the diagram (i.e., identical block simplification). This is useful when analyzing large diagrams that contain a lot of the same blocks. However, using this option means that more types of changes to the diagram will invalidate the mathematical equation that describes the reliability-wise configuration of the diagram and will require that the diagram be reanalyzed. If you select or clear this option after you have already analyzed the diagram, you will have to reanalyze it.
Report Settings: Report folio model allows you to specify the results model that will be used when the diagram is used as the default data source for an analysis workbook or a Word report. You can choose to use either the analytical results or the fitted model.