Forum topic: Design Names

Just though i would see what system (if any) people use to name there designs, as in my division i can see there are many ideas. Just curiosity really.

I use this:

two letter abbreviation - season part is for - version - revision
i.e
FW-02-02-01

Next season it could be:
FW-03-02-02 or FW-03-03-01
depending if i start a new design or improve a current version

How about you guys?

I use a similar system. My parts are named as follows"

H - designator for my team
3 -season part is for
G - part type designator (none for Chassis)
s - special designator for Chassis and Fuel tanks which has different sizes
1 - major season variant designator. If I do a totally new design for a part it becomes 2 (etc.) for that season
a - revision designator for parts that are based on pre-exisig parts for that season.

For example, Next year's chassis is H3m1 (for medium wheelbase). There could also be an H3s1 and an H3l1.

Next season's Gearbox will be the H3G1 and a replacement based on it would be the H3G1a. However a Gearbox built from scratch would be the H3G2.

Mine's similar to yours Luke, my Front Wings are one or two letters for the part then a space, the season number, and if a revision/update/etc it will have a letter after it. I start at A, and if I make a new design, it'll be Z and go the other way. Any extra designs and it becomes AA or ZZ etc

eg FW 2ZZ, S 2A

Mines is simple:
Team abbreviation: WCCN or part name: Gearbox
Season the part was built: 001; 002; 003
Major Variant or new part variant: 001 < 099
Updates or revision designator: a - z

Chassis for next season is: WCCN-003-001 as this need to be built new every season even if based off an old chassis.

But parts can range as follows:
Gearbox-001-001d
Gearbox-002-001c
Gearbox-002-002

This how every does get confusing at times since the season doesn't really need to be there so I consider changing simple to part names, and revision.

Mike's cool diffuser version 1 and so on

Not really.. I use L then a shorthand for the part say FW. The a number 1 season then two digits (not sure why) for the design evolution. A letter is also needed when you branch off in a new direction.

So LRW-200 then LRW-201.. or LRW-200a for an alternative

I work like this:

Part = GEAR,FW,RW,SP (abbreviation)
_Underscore
Season = 02
.Point
Then I use a letter for brand new parts (A, B and C) so If i'm not happy with a part during a season and i build a new one it gets a B.
.Point
A number for version. It starts with a 1 and for every evolution its increased.

Some examples of partnames are:
SP_02.A.3 (Sidepod 2nd season, 2 evolution updates)
AIR_02.A.2 (Airbox 2nd season, 1 evolution update)
GEAR_02.B.1 (Gearbox 2nd season, 1 revolution (brand new) update)

I used to call the cars Spyker_F8-II.3 (because the car manufacturer used all the letters until F for their cars in the last 100 years. F would be nice for F1 ofcourse aswell. The '8' is for the amount of cilinders in the engine and the roman number is for the year/season. After the point (1,2 or 3) the number shows wich car it is.)

All very similar, my gearbox for next season is BS3-GBe. My last gearbox was BS2-Gbd

So thats Blue Smoke season 3, gearbox 'e'. Then when I built the parts, I put a number on them: BS3-GBe-1

Ruben, I like your system of differentiating between evo and revo