本文旨在为自动化夹具设计和自动化夹具装配活动的紧密集成提供一个并行框架，这是高效敏捷制造技术的基本要求。本文提出的一种新的并行方法在这些活动中提供了显著的收益和能力增强。设计了工件保持能力到夹具设计领域的一对一功能映射。这用于对工件的复杂三维实体模型表示施加工件夹持约束。

The aim of this paper is to present a concurrent framework for the close integration of automated fixture design and automated fixture assembly activities, which are essential requirements for efficient and agile manufacturing technologies. A new concurrent approach presented in this paper provides significant gains and capability enhancements in these activities. A one-to-one functional mapping of the workholding capability to the fixture design domain has been devised. This is utilized to impose workholding constraints on a complex 3D solid model representation of the workpiece.