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designing an engineering drawing db
I've been running engineering intensive high tech companies (including
hands-on organization of engineering departments and drawing systems) since 1982, and am an engineer. Drawing and revision tracking and related control systems vary from the simplest case (which Steve described and is claiming to be universal) to far more complex systems. And "not started" can indeed be a valid status. And indeed, in 95% of all systems if new drawings have an identifying number (e.g. drawing number) when they are started, then the number is taken out / allocated prior to starting the drawing, and typically the tracking DB is the control point for drawing numbers. In such systems (which are the norm) the record / drawing number always exists prior to the drawing being started thus a "not started" phase is not only valid, but a stage the EVERY drawing record goes through. |
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designing an engineering drawing db
The reason for the "not started" status is to make things a little clearer
for the non engineering types who are wondering at what stage their project is currently at. "Fred" wrote: I've been running engineering intensive high tech companies (including hands-on organization of engineering departments and drawing systems) since 1982, and am an engineer. Drawing and revision tracking and related control systems vary from the simplest case (which Steve described and is claiming to be universal) to far more complex systems. And "not started" can indeed be a valid status. And indeed, in 95% of all systems if new drawings have an identifying number (e.g. drawing number) when they are started, then the number is taken out / allocated prior to starting the drawing, and typically the tracking DB is the control point for drawing numbers. In such systems (which are the norm) the record / drawing number always exists prior to the drawing being started thus a "not started" phase is not only valid, but a stage the EVERY drawing record goes through. |
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