Creality Scan

Creality3Dscanner

About this app

Creality Scan is a free APP that works with Creality 3D scanners CR-Scan Ferret series and Otter on your smartphone (Wireless Bridge/Scan Bridge for hotspot connection with your phone wirelessly). It is developed by Creality for mobile scanning, which makes it easier to scan large objects or scan outdoors. The built-in USB3.0 of the scanner and Wi-Fi 6 of the wireless bridge provide fast data transmission speed and smooth scanning experience, which greatly increases scanning success rate. Ideal objects to be scanned: Human Face & Body, sculpture, car parts, carvings, etc.
Features:
1. Scan Object Type: Normal Object, Face, Body.
2. 24 bit Color mapping.
3. Format: OBJ, STL, PLY.
4. Export as a project for advanced processing on PC.
It is recommended to use Creality scan APP and scanner to collect scanned data only, then process step by step on PC for better model quality, it is ideal for reverse engineering, 3D design, modeling, AR & VR, etc.

Ratings and reviews

The app is unable to handle medium to large scans. As I only use the app for scans where it is impractical to scan to my PC over USB, this makes the app pointless. The app will not even attempt to process point clouds with any reasonable amount of points. It claims to offer the ability to upload scans to your PC for processing, but this rarely works. If you are scanning smaller objects, the app works, but you will get substantially better results and performance just using your PC.

If you have an Android device and want the Creality Ferret Pro, stay away from the app and scanner. The WiFi bridge will sometimes work (when it chooses to stay connected). As for how it's supposed to operate without using the WiFi bridge and using the cable directly plugged into your phone, that's also another story. It will give you the message, "Scanner image transmission error, Please restart the application." (Unusable). This has been a known issue, and there is no current fix for this.

It's a little buggy but not a 1 star app. Definitely needs a little TLC, as it will crash on occasion when pushed hard, and just isn't polished, however, it's not terrible. The phone bind to the PC can be sketchy and take multiple tries, but has always worked with repeated attempts. It's definitely my preferred method of scanning and the faults done change that.

What’s new

This update brings a more stable and streamlined experience:
1.Added Wi-Fi password settings for the handle to enhance connection security.
2.Improved project sharing, with clearer failure alerts.
3.Added software update reminders for a clearer upgrade path.
4.Added real-time alerts when the scanner disconnects.