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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Part History</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap250"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap251"></a><p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
      <p class="para_topic">In I-deas, part history is displayed as a graphical tree. As the tree becomes more complicated, node names become harder to read and select.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">In NX,  the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b> displays part history in a scrolling window which makes features easy to find. You can access information about features and edit them directly from this display using right&ndash;click menu options.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b> is displayed in a tab on the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_23.html');return(false);">Resource Bar</a>.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-modelnavigator.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b></p>
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      <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/parts/part_nav_anim.gif"></p><a name="qt_parts_navigator_info"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap252"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap253"></a><div class="title_division">Part Navigator information</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b> displays useful information about each feature.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/navigator_hole.gif" border="0"> An icon by each feature graphically indicates its type.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/suppress_checkmark.gif" border="0"> A check mark indicates active features. Clearing the check box will suppress the feature.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> Right-click any feature and select <b class="uiTerm">Information</b> to display detailed information on any feature.
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      </ul><a name="qt_parts_dependencies"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap254"></a><div class="title_division">Dependencies</div>
      <p class="para_division">With any feature selected, color is used to indicate parent and child relationships. Parent features are highlighted in magenta and child features in blue.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Dependencies</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Details</b> panels at the bottom of the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b> provide more specific information about the selected feature such as feature parameters.
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            <p class="para_item">Select a feature in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Click to expand the <b class="uiTerm">Dependencies</b> panel.
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            <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Children</b> folder gives details about dependent features.
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            <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Parents</b> folder gives details about parent features.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">NX automatically protects against deleting objects which other features depend on. For example, if a sketch is used to create a feature, NX will not delete the sketch unless the features that use it are deleted first.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Details</div>
      <p class="para_division">Click to expand the <b class="uiTerm">Details</b> panel to display and directly edit feature parameters.
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      <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/parts/part_navigator_details.gif"></p><a name="qt_parts_timestamp"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap255"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap256"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap257"></a><div class="title_division">Feature display order</div>
      <p class="para_division">In I-deas, the history is always shown in a &ldquo;bushy&rdquo; node and leaf display. In the NX <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>, features are listed in a similar indented format, or they can be listed in a linear &ldquo;time stamp&rdquo; order:
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         <li class="condense"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/checkbox-on.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Timestamp Order</b></li>
      </ul><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap258"></a><p class="para_division">Turn <b class="uiTerm">Timestamp Order</b> on to display features in the linear order they were created. This view is useful when editing or reordering features.
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      <p class="para_division">Leave <b class="uiTerm">Timestamp Order</b> off to show the history of each solid body and surface body as a separate indented branch. This display is useful when you use Boolean operations on multiple bodies. This display is similar to the &ldquo;bushy tree&rdquo; history tree order in I-deas. This view mode also displays additional information in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>, such as a folder of unused items that have no dependencies.
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      <p class="para_division">The figure below shows how Boolean features (1) and cutting objects (2) appear with timestamp order turned off. </p>
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      <p class="para_division">With complicated models contain many steps, features can be filtered to display specific feature names or feature types. Right&ndash;click in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b> to access these options.
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         <li class="condense"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Filter Settings...</b></li>
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      <p class="para_division">See also:</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; Part Navigator
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