Position Number Prefixes

We have got a situation where we have ended up with very long position prefixes on our groups and single parts. eg:

  • 311-S2-010-B-100
  • 311-S2-010-S-120

the reasoning for this is that we very large jobs with many areas being progressed and constructed at different times. This system of numbering allows us to marry the position number with the original engineering model and engineering drawings.

We can handle this fine on the single part and group drawings because we are using detail centre express to create single items per sheet so there is plenty or room but it is an issue on marking plans due it being so long. 

we currently use part family to prefix all the members and parts so beams for example would be prefixed with "311-S2-010-B-" stairs with "311-S2-010-S-" etc.

is there a way on the marking plan to get the position flags to drop the "311-S2-010-" so that we are just left with B-100 or S-120 etc. 

We are currently using Autocad2012 with Prosteel SS4 but are looking to move to Autocad 2014 and Prosteel SS6 by the end of the year