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Part dependencies

Part dependencies control the order in which parts are drafted. FreeSewing will make sure to draft all of a part's dependencies before drafting the part itself.

Even though inherited parts are automatically included in a part's dependencies, do not confuse part dependencies with [part inheritance](/howtos/code/from).

Part dependencies are configured with the after keyword. Let's look at an example:

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import { otherPart } from './otherpart.mjs'
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export const myPart = {
  name: 'example.myPart',
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  after: otherPart,
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  draft: function ({ part }) {
    // Design part here
    return part
  }
}

Refer to [the part documentation on dependencies](/reference/api/part/config/dependencies) for all details.