The drawing number is a field used to create a link between the drawing number and the part number, if they are not the same. The drawing number field can also be used to enter the current revision status for a drawing. When working with manufacturing orders, the drawing number is printed if that option has been checked in the Manufacturing Order Documents procedure in the Global Settings procedure.
If the drawing number should be included with the part in the customer and purchase order rows, you must configure a setting under Orders / Quotes under the Sales tab and under Orders / Inquires under the Purchase tab in the Settings procedure. The drawing number is a powerful search tool in the system as there is an alternate PopUp feature (F3) containing part number and drawing number in most of the part number fields.
When you have installed the supplementary function MONITOR Document Viewing you can link the drawing number of a part by using the Document Viewer button. This button also exists under the Manufacturing tab in the Update Part – Inventory procedure.