A retired architect in Savannah changed how I think about title blocks

I was working on a set of plans at the public library last month when an older gentleman leaned over and pointed at my title block. He said, 'You know, back in my firm, we always put the project number in the lower right corner, not the left. It made filing a thousand sheets so much easier.' He was a retired architect named Robert, and that one small tip about organization has saved me hours of searching already. Has anyone else picked up a simple trick like that from an unexpected chat?

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the_tyler1mo ago

Oh man, that's so cool. I had a similar thing happen at a print shop. The guy there showed me how to number my pages with a letter prefix for each section. Like A-01, S-02 for structural. Sounds small but it changed my whole filing system.

sean_cooper581mo ago

That system sounds messy to me, @the_tyler, I just number everything straight through.

finley_gonzalez491mo ago

Actually, that letter prefix system is the opposite of messy. Straight numbering falls apart when you add new pages later. A-01, A-02 keeps each section's order locked in, even if you shuffle stuff around.