Iron Man Mark VII Foam -- IN PDF?

[TKSteve]

Hey there, folks. I had a question that I can't seem to find satisfactorily elsewhere, so forgive me.

Are there any foam builders who are on a Mac and using/making PDFs of any Mark VII files? I don't want to run any PC stuff on my machine (no offense) and would just love to get a look at some of these files printed out (even though the scaling is a total mystery to me).

Thanks!

 

[Cykeblaster]

You can use a program called VirtualBox to run Windows instead of perma-partitioning your hard-drive... VB does it for you - virtually.

You can then run VB while in your MacOS and run Pepakura from there.

Oh... if you figure out how to print from VB before I do... let me know... I just got it all together a few weeks ago, but haven't yet figured out the permissions/directions to printing the .pdo files - though I can run Pep just fine and it's looovely. :love

 

[iMan]

I use a program called VMware Fusion. It is $49.99 online but I just googled for a promo code and got 20% off so I only paid $39.99. It is also a virtual machine and does not split up your HDD.

You can always drag and drop files between the two systems. You do have to buy Windows though or just download it from a torrent website or something. You can also print from both Mac OSX and Windows. I love it and it makes building my suit so much easier.

BTW, I am also a hard core Apple user and do not like PCs at all but I made the sacrifice and I haven't regretted it once.

EDIT* See the pics below. This is a screen shot of my set-up. I currently have a two monitor set-up. My iMac and then an HP. I can run both at the same time on separate screens. Hope this helps!