CR Scan Ferret Pro 3D Scanner for 3D Printing Handheld Wireless Scanner with Wireless Scanning Anti-vibration Tracking, 24-bit Full Color Scanning, 0.1mm Accuracy for

Like the title says, I watched a YouTube review of the product, and that lead me down the rabbit hole. lol I've always been intrigued by 3D scanning, but never went far enough with that interest to invest in it. So one night I'm sitting in my study, spending time I'll never get back, watching YouTube videos. One of them was about this little 3D scanner. An hour later, the order was placed. Like the YouTube video showed, it comes packaged in a semi-hard zippered storage case with recessed compartments for each of the components. You can run the scanner with your phone, or connected to your PC, or wireless using a wifi bridge that comes as part of the components. The handle contains the L-ion battery that powers the scanner, and if you are using your phone, it clips into a holder on the scanner handle. Download a controller app to your smartphone, and you're off to the races. I think I had everything set up and doing my first scan test within about fifteen minutes. It does a really good job of capturing fine details, and though I've only used it on smaller objects so far, it's also capable of scanning much larger items like the fronts of vehicles... old gravestones or plackards in historic sites... whatever you find interesting and would like to have a copy of. If you capture to your phone, you can send the file to your PC for post processing, or in my case, loading it into modeling software for 3D printing. Then you can generate 3D prints of whatever you've scaled, and if you wanted to get really crazy, use those 3D prints to create silicone molds to cast replicas from. Anyway, to make a long story short... its a really good 3D scanner. Quite powerful. Very versatile and extremely portable. I highly recommend searching on YouTube for reviews of the product, because that will cut down significantly on the learning curve of how you go about using it. Yes, I highly recommend this item.

Very nice scanner. Well worth the investment.

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I have been working with this for 2 months now, and am less than impressed with the software. The functionality is very limited, and you can only export in an STL format which does not allow for creating a mating or "negative" part. Also, I have yet been able to direct connect this to a Mac laptop even though the software keeps telling me to do a wired connection in order to do a calibration. Thankfully the one item I did get a 75% scan on was black, because this cannot scan anything red or white.

I picked up the Ferret Pro mainly as my intro to 3d scanning, and honestly, it exceeded my expectations. I used it to scan a Rite in the Rain pen, which has some pretty fine detail and texture, and the results came out way better than I expected for something that size. It even picked up parts of the branding on the pen, which I didn’t think it would capture cleanly. The scan was detailed enough that I was able to 3D print a custom holder for my glasses, and the pen fits in it perfectly—better than before. That alone made it worth it for me. For a compact scanner, it handles small objects and fine surface detail really well as long as you take your time with it. Definitely impressed with what it can do.