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10 Journal of Donghua University(Eng．Ed．)Vo1．26，No．1(2009) Modular Fixture Assembly Model for Virtual Assembly Design PENG Gao-liang(彭高亮)h，CHEN Guang·feng(陈广锋) ，LIU Xin-hua(刘新华) I School of Mechatronics，Harbin Institute of Technology，Harbin 1 50001．China 2 Colege of Mechanical Engineering．DonghM University，Shanghai 201 620。China Abstract：To support modular fixture assembly design in virtual environment， a multi-view hasod mod ular fixture virtual assembly mod el is proposed．Instead of squeezing all assembly related information into a single model， three complementary views of assembly mod el， element information， function and structure， and assembly relationship are proposed to be used．The first view contains the detailed element information． while the other two explicitly capture the hierarchica l function relationships and mating relations hips respectively． These views are complementary in the sense that each view only contaias a specifc aspe ct of assembly related information while together they include required assembly related information． The propo sed assembly mod el is specialized to accommodate the features of modular fixture virtual assembly design and applied in our developed prototype system． Key words：modular fixture；assembly model；virtual assem bly design CLC number：TP 391．9 Doo~rnent cod e：A Article ID：1672—522O(2OO9)01—0010—06 lntroduction Modular fixture system is a working system that uses a series of reusable Standard components to construct a wholc variety of special-purpose work holding devices[ ．In the last decade，virtual reality(VR)technology has provided the impetus for the development of virtual design of products．In virtual environment(VE)，greater intuitive model manipulation and functional experimentation sets grounds for wel utilizing the creativity and experience of fixture designers．As a result，high quality modular fixture system can be designed without any physical models． A fundamental problem for modu