Originally Posted by
david_peterson
Why not use a different numbering scheme?
You could have G-001, 002, 003 as demo sheets, then G-101, 102,103.... for CD sheets.
When you say general sheet, are you talking about general notes, abbreviations, legends and such? If so, those should be your A0.0. I've never used a "G" label yet. I've seen it used for sheet lists, but that's it. My general notes are going to be specific to Structural, yours would be to the Arch. If you need to have separate "General" Sheets for demo vs CD's, I just make them different numbers. G0.1 for demo, G1.1 for CD's. Maybe I'm missing something here, but it doesn't like a difficult thing. But the last thing I would want to do is have 2 models for the same project with out some really good reasons and double the fee.
Better yet, get a copy of the sheet numbering/lettering scheme from NCS and give it to your boss.
Frankly I think your boss is being a little pig headed or your both not thinking out of the box.
As it's been said in my neck of the woods, "There's more than one way to skin a cat"
~note to PETA, I would never skin a cat~
At the end of the day your boss is going to get what he wants, or he'll find someone that will get him what he wants. Your job is to sell him what you want, that fits with what he wants.
I go thru this on every project when it comes to the stupid "We must have a Rev 0 on the sheet when it's first issued" I explain how much of a pain it is to do it, and the short falls of it, but none the less, we end up with a rev 0 and a lot more work. Then when they say, well we need to keep rev a, b, and c.... I tell them sorry, I told you before we started the project, the tool you told me to use to create the documentation doesn't work that way. Nuff said.
Just my thoughts.