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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle"> Manage associative paths</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Manage Associative Paths</b> allows you to identify the segments comprising offset paths and also to break the dependency of these paths upon one another. Breaking a child path's dependency on its parent path allows transformation/positioning of the child path segments independent of the parents' location. It is important to note that changing the number of segments in an offset path through any operation (like subdividing a constituent segment) would still remove its (offset path) dependencies.
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Manage Associative Paths</b> provides the following functions:
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            <p class="para_item">Ability to filter the type of offset path object displayed in the scrolling window, <b class="uiTerm">Any</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Parent</b>, or <b class="uiTerm">Child</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Display of the hierarchy of offset path dependencies through a combination of indentation and numbering schemes. The Interaction section gives a more detailed description of the indentation and numbering scheme followed.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Ability to obtain information about the selected offset paths. The information provided will include but not be limited to:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Number of segments in the path</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Path length</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Ability to disassociate paths from one another if they are associated.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Access <b class="uiTerm">Manage Associative Paths</b> from <b class="uiTerm">Routing Mechanical or Routing Electrical&rarr;Edit&rarr;Routing&rarr;Manage Associative Paths</b> and on the base Routing Mechanical or Routing Electrical toolbar. The <b class="uiTerm">Manage Associative Paths</b> dialog box displays the associative paths currently in the model. If there are no associative paths in the model, then an informational message is given, saying so and the dialog box is not presented.
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      <div class="title_division">Selection</div>
      <p class="para_division">Only segments that belong to associative offset paths are selectable in the graphics window. Selecting any such segment will cause all segments belonging to paths using that segment in their definition to highlight in the graphics window. The function selects entries in the section that correspond to these paths.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Information</div>
      <p class="para_division">Information displays the information described above about the paths selected in the scrolling window. If you do not select any paths, no information displays. The template for the information appears as follows:</p><pre class="indent">(Selected) Path ####
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Number of segments
&nbsp; Segment tags
&nbsp; Path Length
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Parent information (if a parent)
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Parent Path origin (in the WCS)
&nbsp; Reference X and Y axes vectors (with respect to the path origin )
&nbsp; Copy Bends ?
&nbsp; Maintain Radius/Center ?
&nbsp; Use Stock diameter ratio to determine minimum radius ?
&nbsp; Minimum bend radius and ratio values
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Child information (if a child)
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Offset Vector with respect to Parent
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Path Associativity
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Selected Path ####
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Parent Path ####
&nbsp; Child Path #### (comma separated list of indices)</pre><p class="para_division">The #### symbols will be replaced by temporary integral indices. A path index displayed in the Information window will also appear as temporary symbols on each of the path's segments in the graphics window.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The associative parent/child relationships will number as illustrated below. A suffix of .0 implies that a path is a parent. use this suffix to identify a parent path in any of the <b class="uiTerm">Path Filter</b> modes. Associativity between offset paths can be broken in the following ways:
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Remove From Parent</b></p>
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      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Remove Ffrom Parent</b> removes a child path as a child of its immediate parent path. Nothing happens if the selected path has no parent path. For example, if Path 1.1.0 is in operation, its associativity to Path 1.0 will be broken and it will promote one level higher in the hierarchy as an independent parent.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Remove Immediate Children</b></p>
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      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Remove Immediate Children</b> removes a parent's immediate children. Those of its children that are parents themselves promote to a parent only status.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Removing offset path associativity does not delete the path's constituent segments.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">OK, Back and Cancel</div>
      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">OK</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Back</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Cancel</b> are available. These options will exit the dialog box without performing any action.
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