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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Modifying feature position</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">To edit a feature's position, right-click the feature name in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b> and select:
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Edit Positioning</b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Select one of the three options:</p>
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         <li class="condense"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/button.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Add Dimension</b></li>
         <li class="condense"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/button.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Edit Dimension Value</b></li>
         <li class="condense"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/button.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Delete Dimension</b></li>
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      <p class="para_topic">The same <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_25.html');return(false);">feature position relationships</a> are available as when the feature was originally created.
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      <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/positioning-icons.gif"></p><a name="qt_parts_position_sketch"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap416"></a><div class="title_division">Repositioning sketched features</div>
      <p class="para_division">Sketches can be reattached to a different face.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Sketches are positioned using associative relationships:</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Reattach and orient a sketch to a new sketch plane (items 1 and 2 above) using:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_reattach.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/11qt_icon_function_map_14.html#qt_mm_1_3b');return(false);">Reattach</a></b> (<b class="uiTerm">Sketcher</b> toolbar)
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      <p class="para_division">Sketches are normally positioned in the plane by creating sketch dimensions (item 3) between sketch curves and face edges or other edges on the part.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The sketch alternatively can be positioned in the plane using positioning relations (item 3). <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_25.html');return(false);">Positioning relations</a> are the same constraints used to position form features.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_create_positioning_dim.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Create Positioning Dimensions</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Sketcher</b> toolbar)
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      <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/positioning-icons.gif"></p>
      <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; Methods in Feature Modeling &rarr; Positioning Methods
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Methods in Feature Modeling &rarr; Positioning Methods
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Sketcher &rarr; Tutorials
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Sketcher &rarr; Sketcher Toolbar  &rarr; Reattach
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