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APiS North America 1st Annual User Conference


To RSVP to the conference and reserve your spot, please fill out the APiS North America 2018 User Conference attendance form and click here for full brochure and list of our speakers. We are excited to share with you, and invite you to join our 1st IQ-Software User Conference, June 4 and 5, 2018!  With […]

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Stay up-to-date with your IQ-Software


If you use the APIS IQ-Software in its variety of forms, from the basic version IQ FMEA right down to IQ-RM PRO, you will know how powerful it can be but also how extensive and vast its tools and editors reach. In fact, many users don’t know about so many of its intricate functionalities that […]

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How to use Partial XML Export


Partial XML Export/Import When performing an FMEA, the situation can arise that you need to send a part of the FMEA to a customer or supplier in order for it to be assessed or evaluated more closely. The customer will then make their changes and send it back to you. In this case, it is […]

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Highlights of Service Pack V6.5 – 0160


Highlights of Service Pack V6.5 – 0160 IQ Explorer – CSV export: IQ object ID can now be represented in two formats (RP-5203) The “IQ object ID” column in the CSV Export can now be represented as “Standard” or as “XML”. This can be set in Workstation settings -> Settings -> Other. This enables a consistency […]

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Tips & Tricks from User Meeting, 2017


APIS IQ Software Tips and Tricks, 2017 Tip 1 FMEA Form – Folding operations Reason for using: Better overview and easier to edit the form sheet Easy to recognize with green diagonal stripes Folding/unfolding of complete levels (e.g. functions/characteristics) is possible To activate go to the menu bar “View | Folding operations” Recommended when working with […]

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APIS User Meeting 2017, Nuremberg


A look back at the XXIII APIS User Meeting 2017 This year, APIS held its 23rd annual User Meeting in the medieval city of Nuremberg, northern Bavaria. We welcomed well over 200 IQ software users. The following is a rundown of the two-day event. Get together As with every APIS User Meeting, guests arrived to […]

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Highlights of Service Pack V6.5 – 0150


Highlights of Service Pack V6.5 – 0150 Data Manager: User-defined attributes can now be merged (RP-3240) Attributes and categories: It is now possible to merge user-defined attributes. The command “Merge…” is available in the context menu if multiple user-defined attributes are selected. Data Manager: Changing symbolic data to specific/concrete data is now more precise (RP-4800) […]

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Tips & Tricks from the User Meeting 2014


Every year APIS Informationtechnologies GmbH holds a User Meeting at a conference hotel somewhere in Germany. It is an event that enables us to spend a couple of days meeting with some of our software users (usually upwards of 230 users attend) and discussing FMEA, DRBFM and Functional Safety topics along with multiple presentations being held […]

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Global Actions!


The Global Actions feature was introduced with Version 6.0 of the IQ Software…yet, in my travels training many engineers across the globe, it seems many remain unaware of the efficiency gains it offers.  Take a fresh look at this little powerhouse of functionality. The ‘Action’ objects in the IQ software are the root elements of […]

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