Drawings Numbering System

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Drawings Numbering System

Introduction:
A drafter’s goal is to make a drawing as readable as a book to people
trained in interpreting drawings. These people have different
backgrounds; they include designers, contractors, subcontractors,
owners, vendors, lenders and others. Making drawings readable to
members of these groups is facilitated by following industry
conventions and standards, the most common being the Uniform Drawing
System (UDS) devised jointly by the American Institute of Architects
(AIA) and the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).

However, these conventions can only be discussed at a general level,
because each company has its own set of drafting standards. A protocol
you learn in one office may be different in another. However, such
protocols are never so different that you would not be able to infer
what a differently-drafted label or symbol means as long as you
understand the label or symbol in the first place.

Sheet Identification

The Uniform Drawing System (UDS) include what is called the sheet
identification which be used to label Sheets and drawings in a manner
that makes their content and referencing clear.


The sheet identification format is applicable to both manual and CAD
drawing production. It is consistent, yet flexible enough for a wide
range of project scopes. The UDS sheet identification format depicted
here has four components:


The discipline designator
The hyphen
The sheet type designator
The sheet sequence number

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