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In this paper, we introduced a function and structure decomposition method to construct the function and structure correlations between components and employed a clustering method based on atomic theory to solve the module clustering problems. The clustering algorithm is modified by integrating the function and structure matrices in order that it applies to modularization of large machine tools. Furthermore, an evaluation method based on the concept of entropy is proposed here to evaluate and optimal select module partition schemes. Finally, we took the large gantry machining center QLMT6300 as an example and compiled the program with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 to illustrate the validity of the methods proposed. 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