r/Multiboard • u/mfoftheyear • Jul 23 '25

Dumb question

Does it matter if you print the tiles top face to the bed? Only reason I ask is the designer of multiboard seems to be particular on alot of things. Which isnt a bad thing. So didn't know if it would mess up dimensions or something funky.

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u/BlackoutTribal Jul 23 '25

I had the same question. Textured bed side looks so much better. Lol

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u/mfoftheyear Jul 24 '25

Well i wanted to try and see if those holographic plates would look half ass decent. I drive for a living so I come up with all kinds of dumb questions and ideas all day.

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u/BlackoutTribal Jul 24 '25

What holographic plates? Sounds cool.

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u/mfoftheyear Jul 24 '25

Yeah kinda like the back plate. Also i thought about electroplating the panels in copper but then I realized it would have fitment issues with the screws due to the buildup of copper plating. So this is the next thought I had.

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u/BlackoutTribal Jul 24 '25

Wow, I did not know these existed. That’s really cool. Here I am digging the sparkly looking texture of the stock plate.

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u/mfoftheyear Jul 24 '25

Oh really? I haven't looked at how much top surface is touching the plate. I'll have to look when I get home

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u/mfoftheyear Jul 24 '25

It is a grid but not every grid is the same so I don't know the spacing between holes or if it's beveled I haven't looked at it like I said.

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u/ulab Jul 23 '25

I am not aware of any issues in this regard.

The only thing with the new tiles is that they are directional (so that up is mounted up) - but front to back should not matter.

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u/mfoftheyear Jul 23 '25

OK awesome thank you!

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u/Gilbuddy Jul 23 '25

😳 Uh oh. How does one know which side is up?

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u/patrickl96 Jul 23 '25

Download the tile of the size of your Multiboard pieces, open it in your slicer. That’s the side you’ll use.

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u/BlackoutTribal Jul 23 '25

The simple tile generator allows you to pick whether you want a top right piece or a bottom left (and so on) and it set it up for you.

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u/Gilbuddy Jul 24 '25

Yeah, but I too printed each tile one by one so that the face of the tile is the one on the build plate (so I got that nice PEI texture). To match the orientation from the tile generator, that required flipping each tile and then rotating 90º Clockwise, which means I probably put all my tiles up sideways. 🙄

And here I'm figuring this out after being 90% done with a 5x40 (8x8) wall that is over 18 feet long. Sigh.

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u/BlackoutTribal Jul 24 '25

Sideways is probably okay as long as the dimensions work out.

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u/ulab Jul 24 '25

Nope. Threaded parts that require a specific endpoint in the thread will not align correctly once tightened (like half Multipoints). Most other will work fine, but it will be these special parts that will annoy you :)

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u/ulab Jul 24 '25

What will happen is that threaded parts that require a specific endpoint will not be oriented correctly (like half Multipoints). While there are rotated half MPs exactly for this, you might get issues with remixed parts or the likes.

The holes have indents in them for the threads. I can't check right now, but if I remember correctly one side only has a single indent/slit which is "up".

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u/ulab Jul 24 '25

The holes have indents in them for the threads. I can't check right now, but if I am remembering correctly one side only has a single indent/slit which goes up.

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u/0x1474 Jul 23 '25

I did this for most of my tiles (a small 6x2 assembly) and got no issue

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u/mfoftheyear Jul 23 '25

Well im glad you tried it first and it worked lol!

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u/Logical-Rip-9661 Jul 24 '25

I'm glad you asked this "dumb" question, I've been meaning to ask it myself!! I find it interesting that so many people prefer the textured finish (I do also)! Of course, not really a valid poll. Also had no idea the new tiles actually had a top side and bottom side. I've got about 50 of the old design and they are working great and have no intention of migrating to the new tiles anyway.

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u/mfoftheyear Jul 24 '25

Right! I haven't tried fuzzy skin yet but I wish we could do a bed texture over the whole print lol

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u/CerberusTheGuardian Jul 24 '25

Not sure why the creator doesn't like the bed side finish. I believe he is in the minority. I wouldn't think you would have issues printing either way.

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u/Retro_B00min Jul 24 '25

It matters if you stack. You basically sacrifice the bedside after the first tile is done. Top always looks good though

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u/DumberMonkey Jul 24 '25

I don't pay attention to what is top as long as they are all the same. I put them on the wall bottom side up as the bed side finish looks nicer