Abstract: The present invention relates to a model material ink set for use in an optical molding method by an inkjet system, wherein the ink set comprises a color ink and a clear ink containing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, as a model material ink, wherein the color ink contains, as the ethylenically unsaturated monomer, 30 to 75% of a (meth)acrylate and 10 to 50% of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer that is not a (meth)acrylate and that contains a nitrogen atom, based on a total amount of the color ink, the clear ink contains, as the ethylenically unsaturated monomer, 30 to 80% of a (meth)acrylate based on a total amount of the clear ink, provided that a content of the ethylenically unsaturated monomer that is not a (meth)acrylate and that contains a nitrogen atom is less than 10% based on the total amount of the clear ink.

Abstract: There is provided a resin composition for a modeling material, used for shaping a modeling material by a manufacturing method for light curing molding using an ink-jet scheme, comprising (A) an ethylenic unsaturated monomer as a photocuring component, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a surface adjusting agent, wherein the resin composition for a modeling material has surface tension Mt of 26.0 to 33.0 mN/m, and the resin composition for a modeling material has surface tension Mst represented by the following (i) expression of 33.0 mN/m or more, and this resin composition for a modeling material 4a can afford a light cured article having the good dimensional accuracy.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shaping system for shaping a three-dimensional object, which includes a slice data generation step that generates slice data and a shaping execution step that shapes the three-dimensional object by a shaping apparatus based on the slice data. The shaping apparatus shapes the three-dimensional object using inkjet heads. The slice data generation step has a color cross-section data generation step that generates color cross-section data showing at least a cross-sectional shape of the three-dimensional object and a color at each position, a plate division data generation step that generates plate division cross-section data in which the color cross-section data is color-separated for each color of the material, and a plate division cross-section data change step that changes at least some plate division cross-section data. The slice data is generated based on the plate division cross-section data changed in the plate division cross-section data change step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for a model material, for obtaining an optically shaped article that has flexibility and does not crack even when it is bent, and a method for manufacturing optically shaped articles that are shaped using the resin composition for a model material. The present invention relates to a resin composition for a model material, comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of a whole resin composition, 20 to 90 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylate monomer represented by the following formula (1) and/or a (meth)acrylate monomer represented by the following formula (2) as a monofunctional monomer (A), and 5 parts by weight or more of a polyfunctional oligomer as an oligomer (B), and further comprises no or 15 parts by weight or less, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition, of polyfunctional monomer (C), wherein R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Such internal decoration is implemented that an object looks a target color as viewed in any direction, and that the object is colored and has image depiction in any cross-section. A method is provided for producing a three-dimensional object by extruding a build material to form a layer corresponding to each of cross-sections obtained by slicing a target object by a plurality of parallel planes, and depositing such layers in sequence so as to form the three-dimensional object. A white material 15 and one or two or more decoration materials 13 of colors other than white, which solidify wider a predetermined condition after extruded from nozzles, are used as the build material. The decoration materials 13 and the white material 15 are mixed to form the layer.

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: A composition for model materials (4a) is used for shaping an optically shaped article by an inkjet optical shaping method, comprises a monofunctional monomer (A) and an oligomer (B) as a photocurable component, further, comprises no polyfunctional monomer (C) as a photocurable component, or comprises a polyfunctional monomer (C) as a photocurable component at 3.0 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a whole composition for model materials, the oligomer (B) has a hydroxyl group or an amino group, and a total molar fraction of the hydroxyl group and the amino group in a total amount of the photocurable components is less than 5.0%. The composition for model materials (4a) can afford an optically shaped article that has flexibility, and does not crack even when it is bent.

Abstract: There is provided a resin composition for a modeling material, used for shaping a modeling material by a manufacturing method for light curing molding using an ink-jet scheme, comprising (A) an ethylenic unsaturated monomer as a photocuring component, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a surface adjusting agent, wherein the resin composition for a modeling material has surface tension Mt of 26.0 to 33.0 mN/m, and the resin composition for a modeling material has surface tension Mst represented by the following (i) expression of 33.0 mN/m or more, and this resin composition for a modeling material 4a can afford a light cured article having the good dimensional accuracy.

Abstract: A shaping device that shapes a 3D object, including: a discharging head that discharges an ultraviolet curing type ink as a material of shaping; an ultraviolet light source; a main scanning driving unit; a sub-scanning driving unit, a flattening roller serving as a flattening unit, and a controller, where the controller causes the inkjet head to carry out the main scanning operation for plural times with respect to each position in a plane orthogonal to a layering direction, and when an integrated light amount of the ultraviolet ray irradiated per unit area in one main scanning operation is defined as a unit area light amount, the unit area light amount in some main scanning operations is made smaller than the unit area light amount in the other main scanning operations in the plural times of main scanning operations carried out with respect to each position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shaping system for shaping a three-dimensional object, which includes a slice data generation step that generates slice data and a shaping execution step that shapes the three-dimensional object by a shaping apparatus based on the slice data. The shaping apparatus shapes the three-dimensional object using inkjet heads. The slice data generation step has a color cross-section data generation step that generates color cross-section data showing at least a cross-sectional shape of the three-dimensional object and a color at each position, a plate division data generation step that generates plate division cross-section data in which the color cross-section data is color-separated for each color of the material, and a plate division cross-section data change step that changes at least some plate division cross-section data. The slice data is generated based on the plate division cross-section data changed in the plate division cross-section data change step.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object production method according to the disclosure includes a step of allocating one of regions in a nozzle row (22) that is different from each other to each of pixel groups (25A, 25B) divided into a predetermined number n (n being an integer ?2) of groups among pixel rows constituting the unit layer (25), and a step of forming the pixel rows by nozzles (21) included in each region forming one pixel group (25A, 25B).

Abstract: Disclosed is a shaping method for shaping a three-dimensional object, which includes a slice data generation step that generates slice data and a shaping execution step that shapes the three-dimensional object by a shaping apparatus based on the slice data. The shaping apparatus shapes the three-dimensional object using inkjet heads. The slice data generation step has a color cross-section data generation step that generates color cross-section data showing at least a cross-sectional shape of the three-dimensional object and a color at each position, a plate division data generation step that generates plate division cross-section data in which the color cross-section data is color-separated for each color of the material, and a plate division cross-section data change step that changes at least some plate division cross-section data. The slice data is generated based on the plate division cross-section data changed in the plate division cross-section data change step.

Abstract: A building apparatus having a configuration more suitable for building an object is provided. The building apparatus is configured to build an object in three-dimensional by ejecting ink. The building apparatus includes an ink container holder 202 that is a first container holder for holding an ink container 302 that is a first ink container, an ink container holder 204 that is a second container holder for holding an ink container 304 that is a second ink container, a first ejection head for ejecting ink supplied from the ink container 302, and a second ejection head for ejecting ink supplied from the ink container 304. The capacity of the ink container 302 is smaller than the capacity of the ink container 304.

Abstract: There is provided a light curing molding ink set used for a manufacturing method for light curing molding using an ink-jet scheme, comprising a combination of a resin composition for a modeling material used for shaping the modeling material and a resin composition for a supporting material used for shaping the supporting material, wherein surface tension Mt (mN/m) of the resin composition for a modeling material is greater than surface tension St (mN/m) of the resin composition for a supporting material, and the surface tension Mt and the surface tension St satisfy the [0<Mt ?St<5] expression, and this light curing molding ink set can afford a light cured article having the good dimensional accuracy.

Abstract: The thickness of a surface decoration layer is increased without significantly deteriorating the representation of the tone and the gradation of the color. A method for producing a three-dimensional object includes forming a surface decoration layer 11 using white material 15, at least one coloring material 13 other than white, and clear material 14, and using the at least one coloring material 13 and the clear material 14. The surface decoration layer 11 includes a plurality of layers formed by building a plurality of layer bodies one above the other. At least one of the layer bodies is formed with the white material 15 in at least one location among the lowermost layer of the surface decoration layer 11 and a region of an internal formation region 12 close to the surface decoration layer 11. The internal formation region constitutes an internal portion of the three-dimensional object. The plurality of layers constituting the surface decoration layer 11 includes the same color.

Abstract: A composition for model materials (4a) is used for shaping an optically shaped article by an inkjet optical shaping method, comprises a monofunctional monomer (A) and an oligomer (B) as a photocurable component, further, comprises no polyfunctional monomer (C) as a photocurable component, or comprises a polyfunctional monomer (C) as a photocurable component at 3.0 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a whole composition for model materials, the oligomer (B) has a hydroxyl group or an amino group, and a total molar fraction of the hydroxyl group and the amino group in a total amount of the photocurable components is less than 5.0%. The composition for model materials (4a) can afford an optically shaped article that has flexibility, and does not crack even when it is bent.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object that maintains a satisfactory visual color quality when the object is observed at different positions or through different angles, and a three-dimensional shaping apparatus for and a three-dimensional shaping method of shaping such a three-dimensional object are provided. The three-dimensional object includes: a shaping base having a first and second outer surfaces adjacent to each other at an adjacent angle; a first colored layer formed on the first outer surface and including a transparent material colored in a first color; a second colored layer formed on the second outer surface and including a transparent material colored in a second color different from the first color; and a partition layer interposed between the side surfaces of the first colored layer and the second colored layer. The partition layer is opaque and has one of the first color, the second color, and an achromatic color.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object that maintains a satisfactory visual color quality when the object is observed at different positions or through different angles, and a three-dimensional shaping apparatus for and a three-dimensional shaping method of shaping such a three-dimensional object are provided. The three-dimensional object includes: a shaping base having a first and second outer surfaces adjacent to each other at an adjacent angle; a first colored layer formed on the first outer surface and including a transparent material colored in a first color; a second colored layer formed on the second outer surface and including a transparent material colored in a second color different from the first color; and a partition layer interposed between the side surfaces of the first colored layer and the second colored layer. The partition layer is opaque and has one of the first color, the second color, and an achromatic color.

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: The present invention relates to a model material ink set for use in an optical molding method by an inkjet system, wherein the ink set comprises a color ink and a clear ink containing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, as a model material ink, wherein the color ink contains, as the ethylenically unsaturated monomer, 30 to 75% of a (meth)acrylate and 10 to 50% of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer that is not a (meth)acrylate and that contains a nitrogen atom, based on a total amount of the color ink, the clear ink contains, as the ethylenically unsaturated monomer, 30 to 80% of a (meth)acrylate based on a total amount of the clear ink, provided that a content of the ethylenically unsaturated monomer that is not a (meth)acrylate and that contains a nitrogen atom is less than 10% based on the total amount of the clear ink.