A recoating method to be carried out in a device for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object by selectively solidifying a building material, preferably a powder, layer by layer, wherein the device comprises a recoater movable across a build area for applying a layer (31b, 32b) of the building material within the build area and a solidification device for selectively solidifying the applied layer (31b, 32b) at positions corresponding to a cross-section of the object to be manufactured and is configured and/or controlled to repeat the steps of applying and selectively solidifying until the object is completed, wherein the recoater comprises a recoating unit and as a recoating unit such a recoating unit is used which comprises two recoating rollers (41, 42) spaced apart from each other in a first direction and extending in a second direction transverse, preferably perpendicular, to the first direction, and at least one of the recoating rollers (41, 42), preferably both of the recoating rollers (41, 42), are adjusted in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, wherein one recoating roller (41, 42) and/or both of the recoating rollers (41, 42) are adjusted in the third direction such that in a first position a first one of the two recoating rollers (41, 42) projects further into the third direction than the second recoating roller (41, 42), and in a second position the second recoating roller projects further into the third direction than the first recoating roller, and wherein the recoating unit is configured such that, depending on the movement of the recoating unit in the first direction or in its opposite direction, it draws out building material with the recoating roller (41, 42) that is the leading one in the respective direction of movement to form a uniform layer (31a, 32a), and that it compacts the drawn-out layer with the recoating roller (41, 42) that is the trailing one in the respective direction of movement, and wherein depending on a movement of the recoating unit in the first direction or in its opposite direction, the recoating roller (41, 42) that is the trailing one in the respective direction of movement is arranged closer to the working plane than the recoating roller (41, 42) that is the leading one, and wherein height adjustments of the recoating rollers (41, 42) are exchanged at a reversal of the direction of the recoater. wherein the recoater comprises a recoating unit and as a recoating unit such a recoating unit is used which comprises two recoating rollers (41, 42) spaced apart from each other in a first direction and extending in a second direction transverse, preferably perpendicular, to the first direction, and at least one of the recoating rollers (41, 42), preferably both of the recoating rollers (41, 42), are adjusted in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, wherein one recoating roller (41, 42) and/or both of the recoating rollers (41, 42) are adjusted in the third direction such that in a first position a first one of the two recoating rollers (41, 42) projects further into the third direction than the second recoating roller (41, 42), and in a second position the second recoating roller projects further into the third direction than the first recoating roller, and wherein the recoating unit is configured such that, depending on the movement of the recoating unit in the first direction or in its opposite direction, it draws out building material with the recoating roller (41, 42) that is the leading one in the respective direction of movement to form a uniform layer (31a, 32a), and that it compacts the drawn-out layer with the recoating roller (41, 42) that is the trailing one in the respective direction of movement, and wherein depending on a movement of the recoating unit in the first direction or in its opposite direction, the recoating roller (41, 42) that is the trailing one in the respective direction of movement is arranged closer to the working plane than the recoating roller (41, 42) that is the leading one, and wherein height adjustments of the recoating rollers (41, 42) are exchanged at a reversal of the direction of the recoater.