Why.
Really? I’ve always done it like this,
That's exactly how it should be done. Our system is typical [Project Number]-[Subassembly]-[Serial]. The subassembly numbering system varies by company. We happen to use an older system, where most everyone else in the US uses the Navy SWBS system. Some older drawings from yards just had S (structure), M (machinery), etc. instead of numbered subassemblies.
Ok I see, you are talking about the name of the file and I was talking about the file system, if you look at a file explorer you see one big master folder and it has everything you need to build, then smaller folders for each major part, then finally you get the actual CAD file of a specific part, that parts name is what you where complaining about? If so then I just call it what it is eg a engine block is named engine block, but I’ve only CADed something as complex as an compressed air engine and only I need to work on it so I can see that becoming a problem.
File system organization is another whole topic and something that varies a lot by organization and what they're doing. If you have 50-200 drawings on a project with 10-30 actively being worked at one time (like my company), then it's reasonable to have single folders for drawings in progress and issued drawings. If you have hundreds of drawings, you need subdivisions to make it easier to find what you need. And in some cases, you're working in a large shared model that has its own enforced drawing organization.
I’d imagine! Like getting a new phone, and it feels funny until you get used to it.
More like switching from an Apple to an Android phone. Possibly worse.
Ohhh really bad then, I’ve never used an android but seeing someone use one is like watching a hacker in a bad movie!
As most voters are sheep, it would be rude to exclude the cows....
Is that a Baaa....d idea or do you want Mooo....re of them.
Hmmm do you have a criminal past? Or do you try and invent better guns than us? Or did you ever make a meme criticizing the American way of life?Checked my email. Discovered the US Federal Government has been looking at my Linked In profile. As I'm in Australia, this is unusual.....
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Should I be worried........? Which one of you lot was it?
Donald Trump for president. It's too easy..... Never had a gun. All Australians have a criminal past, it's part of the citizenship requirements..... And Linked In has just sent me another ping from them...... Maybe it's because I've just switched from Google to Duck Duck Go. I MUST have something to hide......
The given reason is the loss of the NGI contract a few months ago.
FWIW DuckDuckGo now has a beta-version browser. Tried it, works ok sometimes but the lag between 'click' and 'here's what you wanted' is too long, and sometimes it's forever. Waiting for an updated version.
I had to replace a garbage disposer in the kitchen. The old one was 15 yrs old so it was well worth it. Went to Lowes and picked out a newer model of the same disposer and thought; "this will be a piece of cake!" Nope. First, everything is plastic now so I had to make another trip to Lowes to get a new tail piece connecting the disposer to the sink. It cracked when I tried to cut it with my PVC cutter...it's not PVC. Then I had to go back to Lowes to get the right one as opposed to the one someone stuck in the wrong bin and I grabbed. (I call that my "stupid tax" for not looking closer). Then I had to go back to Lowes to get a gear clamp because the kit of assorted parts I have in the garage was missing the one size I needed and I never got a new stock. 
At least there were no leaks when I was done...
Someone's thinking about recruiting you. Would you like to become a CIA covert asset?
What @boatgeek didn't say (he probably thought it was obvious, and maybe it is) is that every part has a unique part number. Every subassembly and assembly has its unique part number. The number goes in the title block of the drawing, and its supposed to also appear in the file names for all files associated with it. There might be 10 items called "ENGINE BLOCK", but there's only one called "124896 - ENGINE BLOCK".
Ah, that’s one step past where we usually go in our design effort. But it is real for the shipyards.
Bring back Alta Vista....
