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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Roland Dg Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kouichi Kobayashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
ROLAND DG CORPORATION, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A three-dimensional printing apparatus that forms a three-dimensional object using cross-sectional shapes of the object includes a controller that is configured or programmed to include a dividing unit that divides a cross-sectional shape into a plurality of blocks, a shape determining unit that determines whether one of the blocks has a predetermined shape and defines the block having the predetermined shape as a characteristic block, a count determining unit that determines whether the proportion of the number of the characteristic blocks to the total number of the blocks is equal to or greater than a predetermined proportion, and a light application unit that sets the energy of light from a light source to a first energy or to a second energy being lower than the first energy depending on the proportion, when applying the light to a photocurable resin in a region corresponding to the characteristic blocks.