A method of making a three-dimensional object from a solidifiable material, comprising: providing three-dimensional object data representative of a three-dimensional object, wherein the three-dimensional object data corresponds to a build envelope comprising a linear solidification travel axis (x-axis) and an axis perpendicular to the travel axis (y-axis); modifying the three-dimensional object data to compensate for a non-orthogonal angle between a travel axis direction of a linear solidification device and a scanning axis direction of the linear solidification device; and solidifying the solidifiable material by progressively solidifying selected regions of the solidifiable material along the scanning axis direction in accordance with the modified three-dimensional object data as the linear solidification device moves in the travel axis (x-axis) direction, wherein the three-dimensional object data comprises a plurality of object layer data sets (Zmax), each object layer data set corresponds to a position along a build axis (z-axis) and includes a plurality of coordinates along the travel axis (x-axis) and the axis (y-axis) perpendicular to the travel axis, the step of modifying the three-dimensional object data to compensate for the non-orthogonal angle further comprises shifting the coordinates in the plurality of coordinates along the travel axis (x-axis) direction based on the non-orthogonal angle, and the step of shifting the coordinates along the travel axis (x-axis) direction is performed by calculating a shifted coordinate along the travel axis (x-axis) direction for each coordinate in accordance with the following relationship: x ′ = x + y − y 0 tan − α wherein, x = object layer data coordinate along the travel axis (x-axis) direction; y= object layer data coordinate along the axis (y-axis) perpendicular to the travel axis; y 0 = reference coordinate along the axis perpendicular to the travel axis α = the non-orthogonal angle between the travel axis (x-axis) direction and the scanning axis direction of the linear solidification device; and x' = shifted coordinate along the travel axis (x-axis) direction. providing three-dimensional object data representative of a three-dimensional object, wherein the three-dimensional object data corresponds to a build envelope comprising a linear solidification travel axis (x-axis) and an axis perpendicular to the travel axis (y-axis); modifying the three-dimensional object data to compensate for a non-orthogonal angle between a travel axis direction of a linear solidification device and a scanning axis direction of the linear solidification device; and solidifying the solidifiable material by progressively solidifying selected regions of the solidifiable material along the scanning axis direction in accordance with the modified three-dimensional object data as the linear solidification device moves in the travel axis (x-axis) direction, wherein the three-dimensional object data comprises a plurality of object layer data sets (Zmax), each object layer data set corresponds to a position along a build axis (z-axis) and includes a plurality of coordinates along the travel axis (x-axis) and the axis (y-axis) perpendicular to the travel axis, the step of modifying the three-dimensional object data to compensate for the non-orthogonal angle further comprises shifting the coordinates in the plurality of coordinates along the travel axis (x-axis) direction based on the non-orthogonal angle, and the step of shifting the coordinates along the travel axis (x-axis) direction is performed by calculating a shifted coordinate along the travel axis (x-axis) direction for each coordinate in accordance with the following relationship: x ′ = x + y − y 0 tan − α wherein, x = object layer data coordinate along the travel axis (x-axis) direction; y= object layer data coordinate along the axis (y-axis) perpendicular to the travel axis; y 0 = reference coordinate along the axis perpendicular to the travel axis α = the non-orthogonal angle between the travel axis (x-axis) direction and the scanning axis direction of the linear solidification device; and x' = shifted coordinate along the travel axis (x-axis) direction. wherein, x = object layer data coordinate along the travel axis (x-axis) direction; y= object layer data coordinate along the axis (y-axis) perpendicular to the travel axis; y 0 = reference coordinate along the axis perpendicular to the travel axis α = the non-orthogonal angle between the travel axis (x-axis) direction and the scanning axis direction of the linear solidification device; and x' = shifted coordinate along the travel axis (x-axis) direction.