The invention relates to a method for planning the local solidification of
layers of powdered material during the layer-by-layer production of a three-dimensional object, comprising the following steps: step a): determining at least one inner surface region (15 (II)) and at least one lower surface region (14 (II)) in contiguous regions (18 (I)) of the layer (7) to be solidified; step b): defining, for each inner surface area (15 (II)), an inner
surface pattern (21) having inner surface vectors (1 ', 3', 4 ', 6', 7 ', 9', 10 ', 12', 13 '), and defining, for each lower surface area (14 (II)), a lower
surface pattern (22) comprising lower surface vectors (2', 5 ', 8', 11 ', 14'), the defining of the inner
surface pattern (21) being performed independently of the defining of the lower surface pattern (22); step c): defining a
processing sequence of all the inner surface vectors (1 ', 3', 4 ', 6', 7 ', 9', 10 ', 12', 13 ') and the lower surface vectors (2', 5 ', 8', 11 ', 14'); the method is characterized in that, in step c), a plurality of inner surface vector blocks (23a, 23b) and a plurality of lower surface vector blocks (24a, 24b) are defined, the inner surface vector blocks each comprising one or more inner surface vectors (1 ', 3', 4 ', 6', 7 ', 9', 10 ', 12', 13 ') to be continuously processed, and the lower surface vector blocks each comprising one or more lower surface vectors (2', 5 ', 8', 11 ', 14') to be continuously processed, and defining a sequence of vector blocks
processing the inner surface vector blocks (23a, 23b) and the lower surface vector blocks (24a, 24b) in which the inner surface vector blocks (23a, 23b) and the lower surface vector blocks (24a, 24b) alternate. By means of the invention, a high-quality, accelerated
exposure of the connected lower surface region (14 (II)) and inner surface region (15 (II)) is carried out while avoiding overheating of these regions.