DC User Guides should mention Parent! operator

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Problematic URL:

https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup/making-dynamic-component#define-values

Description of the Issue:

In the list of how to define values, the last bullet item …

  • Use an exclamation point ( ! ) to refer to a value outside of the current subcomponent. For example, Fence!spacing refers to the value of the spacing variable in the Fence component.

… should mention that Parent! is a special operator.

Likewise …
https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup/dynamic-component-supported-operators

Should list the ! operator, and also parrot what the above page says.
(Users often complain they cannot find official documentation for Parent!)

Selected Version of SketchUp: n/a

Selected Operating System: all

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