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Naming Route Assemblies

Naming Route Assemblies

Naming Route Assemblies

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Our company is about to go completely SolidWorks and will soon be implementing PDMWorks as well.  We are tying up some loose ends and in the process decided to find a naming convention for route sub-assemblies and their components.  Has anyone come up with a successful way to achieve this?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

RE: Naming Route Assemblies

We just changed our naming convention a few months ago and it seems to be working pretty good for us.  We take the project #, and then add a suffix for each part and sub-assembly.  Parts end in -01P, -02P, -03P, etc., and Assemblies end in -01A, -02A, -03A, etc.   This gives us unique part names that cross-reference the project number.

For example:
Project #81553
81553-01A
  81553-01P
  81553-02P
  81553-03P

81553-02A
  81553-04P
  81553-05P
  81553-06P

Flores

RE: Naming Route Assemblies

What does your part numbering system look like now. People already know it, so unless there is a good reason to change, I would suggest not changing. I do like insignificant part numbering systems with main categories only. E.g. top assemblies, subassemblies, machine parts, purchased parts and electrical cables.

PDM/Works has “Lifecycle” you maybe interested in.
We use revision control to let us know where a project is. E.g. A01-01 for sketches, P01-01 for prototypes, and R01-01 for released. We also use folders within the PDM Vault to store types of drawings.

Do a search in here for “numbering systems”.

Bradley

RE: Naming Route Assemblies

We use 5 digit part numbers for parts/assys (XXXXX) and model numbers (XXXX or XXXXM1) for the final product.
Sometimes we use dash numbers to specify a certain configuration. No difference in numbering between production or prototypes, the revisions take care of that.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP2.0 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site
FAQ371-376
FAQ559-1100

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