Patent ID: 8426119

Claim:
A method for fabricating a radiation-cured component, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first radiation-sensitive material configured to at least one of initiate, polymerize, crosslink and dissociate with exposure to radiation; providing an at least one radiation source configured to project a radiation beam with a vector that does not intersect the first radiation-sensitive material; providing a radiation directing device that is selectively positionable from an active state to an inactive state, the radiation directing device in the active state configured to receive the radiation beam projected by the at least one radiation source directly from the at least one radiation source and direct the radiation beam toward the first radiation-sensitive material, and the radiation directing device in the inactive state configured to receive the radiation beam projected by the at least one radiation source directly from the at least one radiation source and direct the radiation beam away from the first radiation-sensitive material; positioning the radiation directing device to direct the radiation beam in a desired direction; projecting the radiation beam with the vector that does not intersect the first radiation-sensitive material toward the radiation directing device; exposing the first radiation-sensitive material to the radiation beam directed by the radiation directing device; and forming a first radiation-cured structure of the radiation-cured component.