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    Obsoleting an Assembly with Active (Released) Children

    Problem: Unable to set the status of an assembly (parent) to obsolete when one or more component model files (children) of that assembly are still being used in another active (released) assembly(ies). Presently Solid Edge is not able to address this common industry practice when using...
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    Filter application in draft

    How can I apply filter settings (SmartSelect) to a windowed selection set only as opposed to automatically applying to the entire document? This has specific benefit when cleaning up our translated/migrated legacy data into SE.
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    Use of Tangent Edge lines

    Looking for feedback regarding the use of "Tangent Edge" lines in draft views. We are re-evaluating their role in our best practices/drafting standards. Typically we've used them for isometric views, and then on a discretionary basis in orthographic views. Presently their use is under...
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    Fully constrained profiles or not?

    Looking for feedback regarding whether or not to fully constrain model profile geometry. Is it necessary? What are the ramifications of not constraining? What are the real benefits? Historically we have fully constrained all wireframe geometry (I-Deas Master Series v6-9), but having...

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