Note on Drawing number:

Drawing numbering must be made such that these should be easily be stored in a
fashion that helps to retreive it in later stages.
Numbering can be simple or complex, based on the -
a. number of drawings made (Serial number),
b. projects / customers involved (Project / Customer number),
c. equipments to which the drawngs are made (Equipment code)
d. Time / Year of drawing creation (Example: 17 for 2017)
e. Group that handled the drawing (Example V for 'Valve group', C for 'Compressor
group', etc)
f. Size of drawing (3 for A3, 4 for A4, so on....)
g. Information in drawing (Machining / Assembly / Painting / Casting / ....so on)
h. Based on the type of industry, the properties varies and much can be listed as
the above.

Based on the importance and the ease of identification, the code can be arrived as
below example:
Let us assume that the Drawing number is of 6 digit code:
AA317005
The above code can be broken as:
AA - For customer code OR project code - can be AB, BD, XE, .....
3 - For Drawing size - 3 for A3, 4 for A4
17 - For year made - 17 is for 2017
005 - Serial number of drawing. This can be from 001 to 999 made in the year 2017.

All the 2017 drawings can be numbered from 001 to 999 or

All the 2017 drawings can be numbered further broken to 3 size - 001 to 999 and 4
size - 001 to 999 and so on.....

A register (hard copy or soft copy) has to be maintained to define the parameters
of this task.
A data sheet can also be made and declared as the ISO 9000 document available for
the audit purpose.

The combinations can be altered, further factors can be brought into the drawing
numbering so that we can identify the contents and purpose of the drawing based on
the numbering itself.