14 January 2022 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 14 July 2022We like a simple part numbering scheme, something like: XXX-YYYY-RR (with or without dashes). XXX: Class/Category prefixes These are handy for quick recognition but especially for storage YYYY: Simple incrementing numerical ID RR: Revision Useful Rules of Thumb All part numbers should be the same length No leading zeroes – people will be tempted to truncate the leading digits from the number. (000123 → 123) Numbers are faster to input than letters, and the numeric keypad allows single-hand operation. For this reason, you may consider not using letters in …
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