Dependency Editing
You can suppress a feature so you can work on the model with the selected feature temporarily removed from the model. Suppressing a feature not only removes it from the display, but also from any calculations in which it may be involved. Rebuilding complex models occurs faster when features with a large amount of detail are suppressed. The Features toolbar contains the following tools to suppress and unsuppress features of the model. See
Suppress and unsuppress
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Suppression is governed by the parent and child relations of the features.
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Tooth Cut
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Unsuppressed
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Suppressed
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Tooth Pattern
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Suppressed – The child feature is suppressed because it is dependent on the parent feature, and the parent feature is suppressed.
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Suppressed – If you unsuppress the parent feature, the child feature is not automatically unsuppressed.
If you unsuppress the child feature, however, the parent feature is also unsuppressed.
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Dependency editing is one way to control parts. Others methods of controlling parts include: