I work as a Manufacturing design Engineer. We deal with pipe and piping components, elbows, tees, etc... On many occasions we have to put a sign off block for heat numbers associated with the pipe and components where multiple pieces of the same piece are required. What we do now, as you can see from the attached .pdf, is insert a preset table and copy the table the required number of times to the required number of pieces. For example, piece named 016 with (9) pieces required will be shown on the sign off table as 016.1, 016.2, 016.3, 016,4, and so on.
I wanted to know if there is a better way to do this in AutoCAD by simplying entering in the required number of pieces?
Please see attached .pdf for clarity.