Find Number Replacements

[norlo]

Hi all,

I have drawing installing a cabinet and am doing a task to upgrade the system which said cabinet belongs to. The new cabinet being installed is from the same manufacturer and is of the exact same physical configuration, so the install drawing content is not changing, the only new thing is the manufacturer part number of the cabinet. Am I able to simply swap the identification number for that particular find number in my drawing? I'm reading ASME Y14.100 D-8 for find numbers and it states that the same find number may also be used to identify approved design variations. Am I interpreting this correctly?

 

[3DDave]

It's pretty rare for the form-fit-function to be identical but if, for your use, the new cabinet is the same, then it seems acceptable.

The possible problem I can foresee is that a product data management (PDM) system might not like it so much to have the old cabinet configuration just vanish, but that also might not be a problem unless you have customers calling in about the old install drawing and the old cabinet part number and there's no history stored in the PDM system for it.

We used to create a control drawing - just an A-size document - with the part numbering of our company and then a list of compatible parts. Anytime a new version that was form-fit-function came along, it was just added to the control drawing so there was no change at any higher level required. Old versions can be marked "NOT FOR NEW PURCHASE" so procurement isn't running about when some bids come back as "NOT AVAILABLE."