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A system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed at a selected surface of a fluid medium capable of altering its physical state in response to appropriate synergistic stimulation by impinging radiation, particle bombardment or chemica

A system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed at a selected surface of a fluid medium capable of altering its physical state in response to appropriate synergistic stimulation by impinging radiation, particle bombardment or chemical reaction, successive adjacent laminae, representing corresponding successive adjacent cross-sections of the object, being automatically formed and integrated together to provide a step-wise laminar buildup of the desired object, whereby a three-dimensional object is formed and drawn from a substantially planar surface of the fluid medium during the forming process.

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A method of producing a three-dimensional object from a medium capable of solidification when subjected to prescribed synergistic stimulation, said method comprising the steps of: providing said medium; using data representing said object, generated using a CAD system, for forming successive cross-s

A method of producing a three-dimensional object from a medium capable of solidification when subjected to prescribed synergistic stimulation, said method comprising the steps of: providing said medium; using data representing said object, generated using a CAD system, for forming successive cross-sectional layers of structure of said object at a surface of said medium; and coating over each precedingly formed cross-sectional layer of structure of said object with a layer of said medium and adhering each successive cross-sectional layer of structure to a preceding cross-sectional layer of structure to produce said object.