Re: Part Numbering Systems for CAD management.

"Dom" <dominic.vrolijks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e478b8b8-78dd-4a5c-bb4e-eb839d862325@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wow...

Thanks for your responses guys!

The numbering system we developed is based on a similiar system from a
previous job of mine. It was not intended to be intelligent, however
I guess organising parts in terms of families does convey some
intelligence. Currently we have about 60 different customer folders
in our CAD directory. Seperating customer projects for us is really
important, and our resources are quite limited, so including a
customer reference in the part number seemed to be the most logical
step. The only other intelligence in customer part numbers is to
seperate assemblies from parts.

There are only two of us designing, and we also work in our factory
machining and fabricating prototypes. We do about 20 projects a year,
and have been using SWx for over five years now. Purchasing an ERP or
PDM system is beyond our resources at the moment. (We are still
paying off the loan for SWx!!) We do have a "database" of part
numbers in an excel spread*** in preparation for adopting an ERP
system, so the part numbering information is being captured as we
create them. Each year we do about 250 customer and internal jobs,
but some of these don't require any CAD work.

Here is the current list of part families (Internal Products only).
There is plenty of room for expansion in this system. Some of these
families have not been used yet and we may review these at some time
and delete them. We probably have 50 different products that we make.

100 Fabricated Metal
110 Fabricated Plastics
120 Fabricated Metal Assembly
130 Fabricated Plastic Assembly
140 Mechanical Assembly
150 Electrical/Electronic Assembly
160 Wiring Harness
180 Mesh Products
200 Fibre Glass and Composites
250 Glass And Ceramic
300 Rubber Parts and 0-Rings, Grommets etc.
310 Non Slip Matting
320 Rubber Belt
330 Foam Padding, Seats
340 Silicone, Glues and Lubricants
400 Motors
410 Batteries
420 Crimps
430 Plugs
440 Wiring.
450 Circuit Boards
460 Controllers
470 Electrical components eg switches
480 Electronic Components eg, caps, resistors, IC's
490 Lights
500 Software and Programming
600 Threaded Fasteners
610 Un-Threaded Fasteners
615 Machine Hardware
620 Bearings and Bushes
650 Buy Ins, eg. Ratchet Handles, Lobe Knobs
700 Outside Cost eg, welding, powder coating, zinc plating, machining.
800 Packaging
810 Manuals
820 Labels
900 Raw Material, SS
910 Raw Material, Alloy Steel
920 Raw Material, Aluminium
930 Raw Material, Plastics


Cheers, Dom.

Dude, if you're doing 250 jobs per year and you can't pay off your 2
Solidworks licenses, you need a better accountant and/or pricing model for
your products!!! Seriously, 2 licenses of PDM works is not that expensive
and well worth it if you can justify some time savings offset by its
implementation.


.