CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
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I work with a number of firms that have a bad habit of renaming files or creating new folders as the design proceeds. This creates issues with ref files. I always used CADD with the standard that "file names remain the same" thruout the life of the project. This especially applies to xref's. I tend to archive previous versions of designs but keep the original file name the same always. I welcome comments on this issue and look forward to your input.





RE: CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
RE: CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
It pains me to see some names being derived from someone's take of the drawing (words). If you have 100 drawings to go through and you need a certain drawing (you will always no the number from a hard copy) it is so much easier to find.
Once a drawing is named/numbered this should never change (with excpetion or rev number as MiketheEngineer also pointed out)
RE: CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
If you're using relative referencing for the Xrefs, no problem.
This way, S401 is always S401. At milestones, you purge previous folders.
RE: CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
RE: CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
RE: CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
RE: CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
Example:
Say the filename is 12311M0100.dwg and the current rev is 1
If I rev that drawing I fist copy the file and name the copy 12311M100_Rev-1
Now I open the original file and edit it as required and save it.
By doing it this way, you can revert back to an older rev easily but all xrefs will still work perfectly as the filename never changed.
We also put each part, dash number, as its own drawing such as follows:
Dwg filename: 12311M0100.dwg
Part filename: 12311M0100-101.dwg
We then xref part drawings into the actual drawing for dimensioning or into assembly drawings to use as componets. This way if you update the part file, the assembly file will reflect it properly.
Just the way we do it.
V/R
Nathan
CAD Technician/ISO Director
Compass Systems, Inc. ( http://www.compass-sys-inc.com/ )
RE: CADD File Naming Strategies During a Project
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