Abstract Design models are important tools in mechatronics design. Based on well-known types of design models, like flow chart, design sketch, function model and prototype, this article describes important terms associated with modelling and proposes a model morphology as a convenient system for categorizing. In the early phases of product development, modelling is a way of buying information of the final product, and thereby diminishing the risk of making false decisions. However, mechatronics design is a complex activity involving the different fields of mechanics, electronics and software, and the article suggests that new design models describing the total mechatronic product in the initial design phases are needed. Based on the model morphology, it is possible to discuss properties of such models.
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