The article deals with technics and technology for the rapid development of a new set of knowledge and skills that must be learned not only in engineering, but also in industrial design studies. A large part of this new knowledge can be applied to mechatronics or fields close to it. It may be argued that new knowledge and skills qualitative perfection can only be guaranteed by proportion of sufficient practical and laboratory works in the studies and the students’ interest in these works. Therefore, cost-effective, functionally varied and creative interest technical learning aids are viewed that can be used for practical and laboratory classes as well as in product design model creation with mechatronics elements. The technical aids functionality and quality can be increased by adding to the elements the 3D printing technology. By using these technical tools, it is possible to create a wide range simple model products, usually in a reduced scale, and the practice do it research, for example, such as the work capacity assessment, to find and prevent constructive imperfections, etc. In practice, the results can be compared with the results that are obtained with traditional calculation or CAE tools. Examples are given. Equipping these models with electric or pneumatic actuators, sensors and programmable control tools can work off these objects various control algorithms. For programming basics acquisition, which is necessary to ensure automated control, teaching mechanics and designers, main attention is given to the skills to write down the machine control algorithm, and at least in the initial learning phase to use visual programming languages, that allows intended and not too difficult work goals to achieve very easily and in a short time.