We have a versioning scheme where an A1 is an initial release. If we make a change that affects the form, fit or function of the part it becomes a B1. If it is a typo or similar it will become A2. Right now, our drawing data card is driven from the model and is read only. If we need to make a typo correction on a drawing, it requires the model to be updated which then causes the assembly to reference an out of date version and then that needs to be updated.
We would like to be able to do a typo fix on a drawing without affecting the assembly, and have the BOM just read the A or AA portion.
Our SW BOM reads the rev of the model.
We considered making the drawing data card editable, but the SW BOM would still read "A1" even if the drawing went to say an A3.
Our VAR suggested some sort of dispatch command, but I am not to familiar with dispatch. They also suggested a field on a data card that just takes the left digit, but it is possible for our revision to hit AA1 and on.
Suggestions?
Attached are the revisions components in our vault.
We have a nearly identical system. We refer to the numeric digit as a minor revision. Ours are seperated by a decimal (i.e. A.1). Our VAR setup our system for us after we described what we wanted. Our models and drawings always have the same revision.
To implement this he had to make 2 workflow paths....a Major and a Minor path as I've shown below.
States Inc Minor 2 & Inc Minor 3 use a different Revision Number (consists of Alpha.Numeric) whereas the others use Alpha only. This is necessary to increment the revision properly. There is a variable called "minor" which is set to either 0 or 1 depending on the revision type initially chosen. This variable chooses the path throughout the rest of the workflow.
We have two revision variables. Rev (Alpha only) and Rev_Sub (Alpha.Numeric) which are written with official revision. These are the variables which are shown on the drawing, data card, BOM, etc.