Abstract: Fabrication apparatus for fabricating an object as a plurality of successive laminae, the apparatus comprising: a nozzle comprising a precursor outlet for applying an aerosol or gaseous precursor onto a recipient surface; a heater for providing a temperature gradient along an application path of the precursor, so that the precursor is heated as it approaches the recipient surface and a transformation initiated so that a material layer of transformed material is deposited on the recipient surface; and a directable light beam for locally heating regions of the material layer so as to further transform the locally-heated regions to a solid material.

Abstract: A fabrication method in which an object is formed as a plurality of successive laminae, the method comprising the repeated steps of: (i) applying a precursor onto a recipient surface; and (ii) locally heating regions of the deposited precursor by directing a light beam onto those regions of the deposited precursor, so that the locally heated regions transform to a solid material.