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The Display/Delete Relations PropertyManager enables you to repair broken relations.
Cross-Reference
You can read more about repairing dangling entities in Chapter 12.
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Using suppressed sketch relations
Suppressing a sketch relation means that the relation is turned off and not used to compute the posi-
tion of sketch entities. Suppressed relations are generally used in conjunction with configurations.
Cross-Reference
Configurations are discussed in detail in Chapter 11.
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Working with Associativity
In SolidWorks, associativity refers to links between documents, such as a part that has an associative
link to a drawing. If the part changes, the drawing updates as well. Bidirectional associativity means
that the part can be changed from the part or the drawing document window. One of the implications
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