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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle"> Display expression information</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/05information_inf_ov_2.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">How To </p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/shared_func_inf_op.html');return(false);">Options </a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"> Expressions define relationships between the characteristics of a model. The <b class="uiTerm">Expression</b> option lists all expressions according to the feature, sketch, or mating condition constraint that each expression is referenced by in the work part. This allows you to identify which expressions belong to each feature, sketch or mating condition constraint.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Information</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Expression</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose an option from the Expression menu:</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> Option</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Lists</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> List All</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> All expressions in the work part.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> List All in Assembly</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> All expressions in each part of the displayed assembly.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> List All in Session</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> All expressions in each part that are loaded in the session.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> List by Sketch...</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> All expressions in a selected sketch include where these expressions are used in other features, mating constraints, or sketches.</p>
                     <p class="para_td"> Select a sketch from the displayed list or from the graphics window.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> List Mating Constraints</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> All mating condition constraints for the work part, if it is an assembly.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> List All by Reference</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> All expressions in the work part including owning features, sketches, mating conditions, and user defined expressions.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td"> List All Geometric</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">All the geometric expressions in the work part. also includes relevant information such as the feature name, the current expression values, and the references.</p>
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                        <p class="para_note_body">NX lists the features, sketches and mating condition constraints in reverse order from when the expressions belonging to that object were created. That is, the last expression created belongs to the first feature listed. Editing an expression does not change this order; the edited expression and associated feature remains listed in the order that they were created.  </p>
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      <div class="title_division">Save a list of expressions to a text file</div>
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Information</b> window, choose <b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Save As</b>. 
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      <div class="title_division">Print a list of expressions to the default printer</div>
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Information</b> window, choose<b class="uiTerm"> File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Print</b>.
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      <p class="para_division"> For each expression, NX provides a description that details what parameter the expression represents. Each feature and sketch has its own list of expressions. Multiple features and sketches can share expressions.</p>
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