Revo Scan 5
Revo Scan 5 is 3D scanning software for macOS that works with Revopoint hardware scanners (including the MetroX structured-light scanner) to capture and process 3D point clouds and meshes. The app is used by product designers, engineers, archaeologists, healthcare professionals, and hobbyists for reverse engineering, quality control, cultural heritage documentation, and 3D model creation. Revo Scan 5 combines live preview and real-time processing with mesh refinement and export to industry-standard formats like OBJ, STL and PLY.
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1 suggestionRevo Scan 5 is currently compiled for Intel Macs and runs on Apple Silicon Macs only under Rosetta 2 emulation. The developer has acknowledged in their community forum that native Apple Silicon support is under consideration but has not yet committed to a release timeline. Since you are running an Intel-only build on an M-series Mac, you are experiencing the performance penalties of emulation — potentially slower processing, higher CPU load, and reduced battery life. A native build would resolve this immediately, but one does not yet exist. Contact Revopoint directly or monitor their forum and release notes for news of native Apple Silicon support. Given that Apple is removing Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), this is worth prioritising — if Revopoint does not ship a native build by then, Revo Scan 5 will stop launching on newer Macs. In the meantime, if performance under Rosetta is unacceptable, consider reaching out to Revopoint support to ask for an estimated release date for native Apple Silicon compatibility.
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