METHOD OF FABRICATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT, MODELING PROGRAM, METHOD OF GENERATING MODEL OF OBJECT, OBJECT FABRICATION APPARATUS, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT

摘要

A three-dimensional object (40) is fabricated by repeating a process that includes depositing a layer of an unsolidified material with a predetermined thickness on a vertically-movable elevator table (22) by a recoater (23), selectively solidifying the layer of the unsolidified material by irradiating the unsolidified material with ultraviolet light, a laser beam, or an electron beam, and thereafter lowering the elevator table (22) by one step. The method includes a step of providing a layer of the unsolidified material between a structure (41) that is a part of the three-dimensional object (40) being fabricated and a support (42) that is provided to prevent the structure (41) from being deformed by gravity or external force.