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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Linked expressions</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Create linked expressions between parts using the <b class="uiTerm">Create Link</b> button on the <b class="uiTerm">Expressions</b> dialog box.
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      <p class="para_topic">The software will prompt you to select a .prt file and an expression from that file.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The resulting equation will contain the file name separated from the linked variable by two colons:</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">The ability to create interpart expressions may be disabled at some sites. To enable this function, a variable may need to be defined by your system administrator.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_26.html');return(false);">Inter-part relationships (Assembly)</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_27.html');return(false);">Linked expressions (Assembly)</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Modeling Tools &rarr; Expressions Editor
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Modeling Menu Quick Reference &rarr; Modeling Tools Options  &rarr; Expression
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