Interesting. It makes sense. But what happens if the change is so big that you want to create a whole new file? Can you make an new file and set the version counter to start where the last file left off? Or are you stuck with reusing the same file for all versions you might possible come up...
I have never heard of this.
To date our part number system for mechanical parts is as follows <drawing number>-<dash number> and the drawing is revision controlled in Solidworks PDM and gets a rev letter inserted in the drawing at the time of release. This yields part numbers of the form...
