RTTaylor, that's a good approach. I've really decided to stay away from alpha characters, though. The bullet points in my original post are what I had found while researching the topic. I think if I need multiple drawings of a part or assembly I'll just make it on a different sheet of the...
Thanks everyone for the input so far. In the interest of keeping us all on the same topic, yes, I am referring to actual part and drawing numbers, not file names.
At present, I'm still leaning toward the part and drawing number being the same. I can't yet justify the added confusion of them...
KENAT, that still means the part and drawing have the same base number, correct? I assume you're talking about different configurations of a part.
Thad, PE (Texas)
I know this topic has come up before but I can't seem to find definitive reasons of why the drawing number should not be the same as the part number. I'm working on a new system for my company and I believe I've read just about every thread and external reference on the topic of numbering...
