Abstract: A shaping apparatus, a shaping method, and a shaping program with which a shaped object can be formed to have the interior with excellent color expression are provided. A 3D printer forms a three-dimensional shaped object having an interior colored, with layer bodies of a light reflective material and a coloring material ejected from an ejection head based on color image data layered. The 3D printer determines arrangement positions of a light reflective material and a coloring material so that the light reflective material is arranged at a predetermined position in each unit volume in a region to be colored inside a shaped object and the coloring material is arranged around the light reflective material based on the color image data. A set position of the unit volume is set to make one surface of one unit volume come into contact with a plurality of other unit volumes.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object manufacturing method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by ejecting a liquid shaping material and then solidifying the ejected shaping material includes: an interior forming process of forming an interior portion of the three-dimensional object by the shaping material; and a periphery forming process of forming a peripheral portion of a periphery of the interior portion by stacking a plurality of layers by the shaping material, where the shaping material for forming the interior portion in the interior forming process has a larger rigidity in a solid state compared to the shaping material for forming the peripheral portion in the periphery forming process, the periphery forming process is a process of forming a groove configuring one part of the peripheral portion, and the interior forming process is a process of forming the interior portion by placing the liquid shaping material in the groove.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a colored product, where using inkjet heads which are a plurality of color ink heads, and an inkjet head, which is a colorless ink head, a plurality of coloring regions are formed in an overlapping manner in a normal direction, a surface side colored region, which is a region located closest to the surface of the colored product is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads, and an inner colored region, which is a region located farther from the surface of the colored product than the surface side colored region is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads and the colorless ink ejected from the inkjet head.

Abstract: To manufacture a shaped object more appropriately by adjusting weight and the like of the shaped object. A manufacturing method for a shaped object for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object by depositing a layer of shaping material, the manufacturing method includes: setting a weight of at least part of the shaped object to be a setting weight different from a filling weight that is weight in a case of forming the shaped object by filling deposition material used for deposition; and forming the shaped object to which the setting weight is set to be matched with the setting weight by forming at least part of the shaped object in a state of including a clearance inside as a region that is not formed with the deposition material.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object manufacturing method is provided and includes: a cavity portion material layer forming step of discharging a droplet of a material from a discharging head through an inkjet method to form a cavity portion material layer, which is a material layer configuring a periphery of at least one part of a cavity; a sandwiching member installing step of installing a lid member, which is a member arranged with at least one part sandwiched between a plurality of material layers, on a cavity portion material layer; and a material layer-on-sandwiching member forming step of discharging the droplet of the cavity portion material from the discharging head through the inkjet method on at least one part of the lid member to further form the material layer on the lid member.

Abstract: A forming device that forms a 3D object includes a head section including a plurality of nozzle rows, and a scanning driving section that causes the head section to carry out a scanning operation; where the head section includes a first nozzle row group, a second nozzle row group, and a support nozzle row group; in an operation of at least one of the forming modes, the forming device forms at least one part of the 3D object using the first nozzle row group and the second nozzle row group and forms a support layer in a periphery of the 3D object; and when a maximum value of a material dischargeable in unit time in one scanning operation is defined as a material discharging ability, the material discharging ability of the support nozzle row group is greater than the material discharging ability of the first nozzle row group.

Abstract: In a three-dimensional object manufacturing method using a three-dimensional object manufacturing device for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by layering and stacking an ink layer in which a surface is flattened by a flattening roller for removing one part of the surface of the ink layer to adjust a thickness of the ink layer to a thickness t, where when forming ink layers with an inkjet head, an ink ejection amount reduction region in which an ejection amount of ink ejected by the inkjet head is reduced from an amount corresponding to the thickness t in a part corresponding to an interior of the three-dimensional object, and when forming the ink layers on an upper side of the specific ink layers with the inkjet head, an ejection amount of ink ejected by the inkjet head is increased from an amount corresponding to the thickness t.

Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to appropriately shape a three-dimensional object with high precision. A three-dimensional object shaping system of the present disclosure for shaping a three-dimensional object includes: inkjet heads that discharge ink droplets using an ink jet method; a shaping platform that is a platform-shaped member on which the three-dimensional object being shaped is supported at a position facing the inkjet heads; a main scanning driver that causes the inkjet heads to perform a main scanning operation in which ink droplets are discharged while moving relative to the shaping platform in a pre-set main scanning direction; and an airflow generator that generates airflows that flow from the inkjet heads toward the shaping platform.

Abstract: A forming apparatus having a degree of freedom in shaping for forming a three-dimensional structure is provided. A forming apparatus (30) forms a three-dimensional structure (5), which includes a shaped article and a colored portion that colors a surface of the shaped article, by laminating layers, and it can switch between a first operation mode dedicated to shaping the shaped article and a second operation mode of full-color coloring the surface of the shaped article using full colors simultaneously as the shaping of the shaped article.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object that may allow a support material to land on a table before a modeling material irrespective of the moving direction of a carriage. The apparatus includes a modeling material head that ejects an ink for object shaping, support material heads that eject an ink for supporting the three-dimensional object, color ink heads that eject color inks, curing units for curing the ejected inks, and a flattening roller unit with a flattening roller used to flatten surfaces of the ejected inks. In the apparatus, one of the curing units, the flattening roller unit, one of the support material heads, the modeling material head, the color ink heads, the other support material head, and the other curing unit are arranged and mounted in the carriage in the mentioned order from one side to the other in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: A shaping system is provided and includes: a shaping executing part configured to execute shaping of a three-dimensional object and including multiple inkjet heads that respectively discharge ink droplets of colors different from each other; and a shaping controlling part configured to control an operation of the shaping executing part. The shaping controlling part accepts a designation of a shaping color being a color of the three-dimensional object to be shaped based on a shaping data from an user, and causes the shaping executing part to shape the three-dimensional object so that at least an outer appearance of the three-dimensional object is colored in the shaping color which is designated. The shaping executing part shapes the three-dimensional object according to a control by the shaping controlling part, and colors at least an outer appearance of the three-dimensional object in the shaping color designated by the user using multiple inkjet heads.

Abstract: A shaping system that shapes a stereoscopic shaped object, the shaping system including a control PC and a shaping device serving as a shaping executer, where the control PC includes a three-dimensional data inputter that accepts an input of three-dimensional data, which is data indicating at least a stereoscopic shape of the shaped object, and a surface data processor that generates decorated shaped object data, which is data indicating the shaped object on which decoration indicated by decoration data has been applied based on the decoration data which is data indicating decoration to be applied on at least a part of the surface of the shaped object and the three-dimensional data, and the shaping device executes a shaping operation of the shaped object based on the decorated shaped object data to shape the shaped object on which decoration indicated by the decoration data has been applied.

Abstract: A shaping apparatus, a shaping method, and a shaping program with which a shaped object can be formed to have the interior with excellent color expression are provided. A 3D printer forms a three-dimensional shaped object having an interior colored, with layer bodies of a light reflective material and a coloring material ejected from an ejection head based on color image data layered. The 3D printer determines arrangement positions of a light reflective material and a coloring material so that the light reflective material is arranged at a predetermined position in each unit volume in a region to be colored inside a shaped object and the coloring material is arranged around the light reflective material based on the color image data. A set position of the unit volume is set to make one surface of one unit volume come into contact with a plurality of other unit volumes.

Abstract: A molding device that molds a stereoscopic molding object through a layered molding method, where after molding of at least one molding object is started and before the molding of the at least one molding object is completed, molding of another molding object is started. The molding device 10, for example, includes an ejection head, and a molding object supporter, the molding object supporter includes, for example, a plurality of molding tables, at least an opposing surface of each molding table is independently movable, an ejection head ejects a material toward the opposing surface of at least one molding table to mold the molding object on the molding table, and at least the opposing surface of the molding table on which the molding object is molded is moved in a perpendicular direction to move the molding object in the perpendicular direction.

Abstract: A shaped article is provided. The shaped article includes a light reflective layer, a decorative layer, and a first transparent layer. The light reflective layer is being provided from an ink having light reflectiveness. The first transparent layer is being provided from a transparent ink. The decorative layer is disposed on an outer side of the light reflective layer. The first transparent layer is disposed on an outer side of the decorative layer.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a shaped object for shaping the shaped object by layering a layer of a shaped object material, which is a material of the shaped object, in a layering direction set in advance, the manufacturing method including slice data generating stage of generating a plurality of pieces of slice data, each of which indicating a cross-section of the shaped object at positions different from each other in the layering direction; and shaping stage of shaping the shaped object by ejecting the shaped object material based on a plurality of pieces of slice data; where in at least either one of the slice data generating stage or the shaping stage, a process of applying fluctuation, in which a position seen from an outer side of the shaped object changes in an irregular form, to the shaped object is carried out.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a shaped article is provided and includes manufacturing the shaped article by stacking a plurality of layers on one another, wherein the shaped article comprises a light reflective layer, being formed from an ink having light reflectiveness; a decorative layer; and a transparent layer, being formed from a transparent ink, wherein the decorative layer is formed on an outer side of the light reflective layer, and the transparent layer is formed on an outer side of the decorative layer; and a layer forming process, forming a part of the transparent layer and a part of the decorative layer in this order from an end side toward a center side of at least two of the plurality of layers.

Abstract: The printing and object-shaping system includes inkjet heads that discharge ink droplets of ultraviolet curing-type inks, a curing unit, a platen which is a table-shaped member disposed so as to face the inkjet heads, and a controller configured to control the operations of at least the inkjet heads and the curing unit. This system is operable to carry out operations in a printing mode and a three-dimensional object shaping mode. The printing mode is a mode for performing printing on a medium supported on the platen. The three-dimensional object shaping mode is a mode for depositing an ink in layers on the platen to form a three-dimensional object. The controller receives an instruction to select one of the printing mode and the three-dimensional object shaping mode and controls the operations of at least the inkjet head and the curing unit in accordance with the mode selected.

Abstract: A building apparatus for building a three-dimensional object includes: an inkjet head that ejects ink as a building material; a scanning driver that causes the inkjet head to perform a scanning operation of moving relative to the object being built; a flattening roller that flattens a layer of the ink; and an ink removal unit that removes, from the flattening roller, the ink that is scraped off by the flattening roller. The ink removal unit includes a flow channel formation unit that forms a flow channel of fluid that enables the ink adhering to the flattening roller to be removed by causing the fluid for removing the ink to flow out or flow in, and removes the ink from the flattening roller without scraping off the ink from the flattening roller. Hence, flattening the layer of the building material more appropriately.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a colored product, where using inkjet heads which are a plurality of color ink heads, and an inkjet head, which is a colorless ink head, a plurality of coloring regions are formed in an overlapping manner in a normal direction, a surface side colored region, which is a region located closest to the surface of the colored product is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads, and an inner colored region, which is a region located farther from the surface of the colored product than the surface side colored region is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads and the colorless ink ejected from the inkjet head.