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      <p class="para_topic">In I-deas, a feature that is dependent on other features has an * after its name in the history tree. To find the parent feature and the type of relationship, you select the <b class="uiTerm">Info</b> button to list detailed information about the feature.
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      <p class="para_topic">In NX, <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_4.html#qt_parts_dependencies');return(false);">dependency information</a> is displayed in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>.
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      <p class="para_topic">Before editing any feature, you should know what features depend on the feature, and what features it depends on.</p><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap420"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap421"></a><p class="para_topic">In I-deas, when you delete a feature which has dependencies, you may get out-of-date sketch edges and broken associativity, both of which can be repaired. In NX, you will not get these same errors, because the program forces you to remove the dependency before deleting the parent feature.</p>
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