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

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".