A method of generatively producing a three-dimensional object by successive layer-by-layer selective solidification of individual layers of solidifiable building material , the method comprising: Arranging a plurality of laser diode elements in a plurality of planes one above the other and at a predetermined spatial offset from each other above a construction plane in which the individual layers of construction material are selectively consolidated, the plurality of planes arranged one above the other comprising an upper plane and a lower plane, the arrangement of the laser diode elements in a plurality of planes one above the other being selected such that the laser beams can each be directed directly onto the construction plane, the corresponding planes comprising a corresponding region of the plurality of laser diode elements arranged as a matrix, the predetermined spatial offset being the corresponding region of the plurality of laser diode elements arranged as a matrix, that the laser beams can each be directed directly to the building plane, the respective planes comprising a corresponding region of the plurality of laser diode elements arranged as a matrix, the determined spatial offset forming the corresponding region of the laser diode elements arranged in the upper plane directly above the building plane by alignment with a corresponding space between the corresponding laser diode elements in the lower plane; and Generating, with the corresponding laser diode elements, at least one laser beam directed onto the construction plane in order to produce the at least one three-dimensional object by successive layer-by-layer selective solidification of individual layers of construction material from solidifiable construction material, the specific spatial offset enabling the at least one laser beam emanating from the corresponding region of the laser diode elements arranged in the upper plane to impinge directly onto the construction plane through the corresponding space between the corresponding region of the laser diode elements in the lower plane. Arranging a plurality of laser diode elements in a plurality of planes one above the other and at a predetermined spatial offset from each other above a construction plane in which the individual layers of construction material are selectively consolidated, the plurality of planes arranged one above the other comprising an upper plane and a lower plane, the arrangement of the laser diode elements in a plurality of planes one above the other being selected such that the laser beams can each be directed directly onto the construction plane, the corresponding planes comprising a corresponding region of the plurality of laser diode elements arranged as a matrix, the predetermined spatial offset being the corresponding region of the plurality of laser diode elements arranged as a matrix, that the laser beams can each be directed directly to the building plane, the respective planes comprising a corresponding region of the plurality of laser diode elements arranged as a matrix, the determined spatial offset forming the corresponding region of the laser diode elements arranged in the upper plane directly above the building plane by alignment with a corresponding space between the corresponding laser diode elements in the lower plane; and Generating, with the corresponding laser diode elements, at least one laser beam directed onto the construction plane in order to produce the at least one three-dimensional object by successive layer-by-layer selective solidification of individual layers of construction material from solidifiable construction material, the specific spatial offset enabling the at least one laser beam emanating from the corresponding region of the laser diode elements arranged in the upper plane to impinge directly onto the construction plane through the corresponding space between the corresponding region of the laser diode elements in the lower plane. <EOS>