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From making millions of value-engineered Prusa clones, Creality really has aggressively pivoted to more complex machines. The company has made strides forward in software, and the Ender’s of yore is shipping versions of its speedier K1, K2, and K3 systems.
Now the company is launching scanners too. Creality seems intent on offering the full gamut of creation and file-sharing tools. But can the erstwhile hardware focus keep up in a world that is becoming increasingly software-defined?
Its new scanner, the Sermoon P1S, combines structured light and a blue laser scanner. The handheld device is meant for reverse engineering, industrial applications, and fieldwork.
With a claimed 0.02 mm accuracy and 0.02 mm + 0.08 mm/m volumetric accuracy, the scanner can work without a PC, doing all proces