Patent ID: 7833000

Claim:
An optical modeling apparatus that forms a model of a desired shape by sequentially forming hardened layers by irradiating a light-curable resin with light, the optical modeling apparatus comprising: a first light source that emits a light beam for plotting on the light-curable resin; a scanning device that scans the light beam emitted by the first light source over the light-curable resin; a second light source that emits light that irradiates one fixed region of the light-curable resin at a time; and a spatial light modulator that spatially modulates the light emitted by the second light source to perform a blanket exposure of a specified region of the light-curable resin, wherein each of the hardened layers of the model is formed by the light beam that is scanned by the scanning device and by the light that is spatially modulated by the spatial light modulator.