digital mockup

{{Short description|Digital model of a product}}

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A digital mockup (or digital mock-up) is the digital description of a product, usually in three dimensions. The product design engineers, the manufacturing engineers, and the support engineers work together to create and manage the mock-up. As an extension it is also frequently referred to as digital prototyping or virtual prototyping. Digital mock-ups allows engineers to design and configure complex product prototypes and validate their designs without ever needing to build a physical model.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=What is a mockup? The definitive guide |url=https://www.sketch.com/blog/what-is-a-mockup/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Sketch |language=en}}

Mockups can be convincing and closely resemble the final product in appearance,https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/mockups allowing early revisions rather than changes much later in the production stage.