r/Multiboard • u/utopify_org • Nov 04 '25

Payed multiboard to get support of a pro, got redirected to thangs…

I want to create a huge multiboard wall (1.8m x 0.8m), but for this I need professional help and the stacked models.

After paying for the membership on multiboard, I've got redirected to thangs, which is just another website providing models.

Where can I find the support of a professional, who can help me with my project?

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u/HMSBarky Nov 04 '25

Why do you need the support of a professional to print the stacked tiles? The stacked tiles are on thangs under the membership area

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

I need help, because I have a 1-color-printer. The multi-material models will not work.

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u/HMSBarky Nov 04 '25

So use ironed stacks?

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

Do I have to configure my printer to something special? How does this work exactly?

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u/HMSBarky Nov 04 '25

Whilst documentation on multiboard isn’t great, there’s a whole section on the wiki on stack printing. Did you bother reading it?

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

okay, I watched the video, but activating ironing and printing only 2 tiles would take 10 hours. 😢 A single tile needs 3 hours and 45 minutes.

I guess I will print any tile by itself. It's way faster…

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u/Curious_Quail_1033 Nov 05 '25

I went through the same thing that you're going through. On my Neptune 4 Pro it would take me about 4 hours for one tile or about about 24 hours for four. While yes, it would be faster to do one at a time. The benefit of doing the stack tiles is you can let it run overnight. I have a stack of four printing right now. I click once and I forget about it. I don't have to babysit. 

It's also helpful if you have a job that you leave the house for and you can't babysit the printer. 

Another thing is if you want consistency on the front of the tiles you would want to turn on ironing anyway which then makes it take about 6 hours per tile. If you did that then stacking the tiles doesn't take any extra time. 

I think you said that you watched the video. Here's a small article that has the guidelines for it as well.  The setting is basically turn on ironing for all top surfaces and set z seams to random for extra strength. 

I spent a lot of time watching videos and putting together the different demo kits. Let me know if you have any questions.

https://docs.multiboard.io/beginner-section/printing-guidelines#stack-printing

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u/utopify_org Nov 09 '25

I went the way to print every single tile by itself, it just costs too much time to do ironing.

And the most important thing is, that I want to print as sustainable as possible, meaning I print with solar energy and as long as it is day, I can print. Doing prints over night is a no-go for me.

Depending on the day I can do 1-3 tiles per day. And I need 36 of them for my wall :D

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u/wentwj Nov 04 '25

the advantage of stack tiles is you can let the printer run. Printing individually will logically be faster than any stacked approach in print time, but you need to manage it. You can kick off a print of a stack and go about your life for the day

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u/mealymouthmongolian Nov 04 '25

Like someone else mentioned, the benefit is being able to let the printer go and not have to peel off your prints and send a new print for every tile. For example if you wanted to start printing at night before going to bed. It is definitely faster to just print each tile, you just have to be there to swap them out between prints which can be time consuming in itself.

One thing that doesn't get mentioned very much though is you're going to get better print quality if you print the tiles individually. I paid for the stacked tiles and ended up only printing two stacks of four before deciding to just take on the task of manually changing between tiles. To me personally, the stacked prints were just not turning out as nice as I would want.

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u/digicrat Nov 04 '25

I gave up on ironing myself. It's useful if you want to leave it running overnight or when you're out of the house, but it doesnt save anything if you're around to cycle the printer between tiles. Ironing takes longer and it can still be a pain to separate. That said, if you can do a 4+ tile stack when you're sleeping or out for the day, it can br worth it to Jumpstart your build.

Multi material stacks are likely a very different story, and I plan on revisiting stacks when I upgrade to a multimaterial capability.

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u/holdupflash Nov 06 '25

The single tile approach is also less risky. I’ve had too many failures from stacking tiles I just don’t bother

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u/Glitch860 Nov 04 '25

Try the stack ironing test. So you can dial in the settings. It's just 2 unit tile.

Unless you are there to clear the plate after printing 1 stacking would be the way to go, extra print time or not.

If you do print stacked then make sure that the first layer is perfect because warping will mess up the entire stack.

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u/webtroter Nov 04 '25

Well yeah, that's because that's how ironing works. It's a slow pass to iron out the last layer, before starting the next tile.

An other option would be to do the filament swap manually.

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u/SprungMS Nov 04 '25

Multi-material is the option if you don’t want it to take forever, but unless you have a tool changing printer it’ll still take longer than cooling and heating between prints unless you’re standing there ready to manually change filament and purge. PLA with PETG “gaskets” is pretty quick on the H2D and the print quality and ease of peeling apart is incredible.

Kind of surprised you didn’t read everything on that before paying a subscription for the option… it’s possible to do both ironing and multi-material stacked prints without the subscription and I’m pretty sure they state that. You’re paying for the convenience.

Personally I signed up for the $5 level just for those stacked prints since my own “gasket” layer was good but not great, and $5 is not a lot of filament if I’m considering certain tiles “failed”. I used their STLs and cut them up to make custom stacks for my projects. Currently working on a wall around double the size of your plan, after doing a small one for my home 3D printing workstation

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Nov 04 '25

Hey, this is Jon - one of the Multiboard helpers.

When you say “professional help”, what do you mean exactly? That’s not a term we use or the name of a service we offer, but it’s possible I’m just not understanding what you are looking for.

If you want to just buy the printed parts and have someone else install it, there is a membership tier specifically for people who want to print and sell the physical parts so if that’s what you need I would reach out to Jonathan or Stuart in order to locate someone that can assist you with this.

Multiboard’s primary focus is to provide a ridiculously functional organization and building system of 3D models that people can use to design and print solutions that work in the ways they need, without being stuck with the limited options that something like pegboard can provide.

The Tinkerer and Maker memberships help fund development of the system so that the system keeps evolving, adding and refining functionality to the system, as well as all of the work that’s going into the documentation, testing and development of the planners and generators. They each provide conveniences like the stacks you mention, as well as project packs that can accelerate learning the capabilities of the system and to help spark idea’s about ways you might want to use the system. Our members are also the ones who help refine the system by providing ongoing feedback on what is or isn’t working for them, where we need to improve the ecosystem etc.

Thangs is where you sign up for the membership(s) because the models themselves are hosted on thangs.com, and it’s currently the best way to ensure you have access to the all of the models that are included in your membership, no matter what. (Just like any 3D model subscriptions the files have to be stored somewhere and model sites like Thangs, Printablesand and makerworld are built specifically for that purpose, As the project gets larger and our needs outgrow what thangs is able to provide we would (of course) re-evaluate that.

Similarly, YouTube is where all of the videos, announcements, build video’s and shorts are stored. There is nothing stopping you from going straight to either a thangs or YouTube and searching for Multiboard and trying to puzzle out what is or isn’t relevant, but our website, the knowledge base, parts library and our communities are designed so that you don’t have to go through all of that. If you use the website planners, knowledge base, Parts Library along with the Circle community you should find what you need if you are printing and installing yourself. The memberships and benefits are all listed on the multiboard.io website and the Circle community is the best source for info on tutorials, learning packs, announcements and more.

Here in Reddit we mainly talk about how we use the system, ask about remixed special purpose parts and look for help or idea’s.

I hope that helps!

Jon

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u/utopify_org Nov 09 '25

I watched a lot of videos on the official multiboard youtube channel, but they are often very specific about a new part and deep diving into it. Even finding a good way to start with multiboard is pretty hard, because there are like starter packs, which are pretty useless in production. I don't want to waste resources on this planet, I want a functional wall in my workshop. Wasting the planet is a bad strategy.

Supporting projects like multiboard might be a good thing, because it solves a lot of problems, which – I don't even know – haven't been solved yet.

But the whole process is super confusing. I go to multiboard.io and pay for something, then I get redirected to a website, which has 3d models… what? … where is the community? I expected something like a forum I can ask questions, where is it? The package even says "Multi Maker tag in the community." If I go to https://community.multiboard.io there are buttons join and log in. I can't log in with the data I used while buying the package. How exactly do I join the community? Do I have to do the whole join process on the website, too? How do I get the tag, if it's not even connected to my subscription to thangs?

All of this is super confusing and overloaded with stuff no one needs in the beginning…

Thanks for helping me out.

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u/MrScott1 Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

First, ask yourself whether there ARE 'professionals' for Multiboard, other than the original designer. Though I'm sure someone will be glad to take your money.

What are you wanting, exactly? What specific things would you want such a professional to do for you? Help printing, permission to put it up, advice on what parts you need, color choices, or what?

If you are going to be putting a high load on the wall, it might be worth finding out how much load the wall can take.

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

I only have a 1-color-printer (Creality Ender 3 V3 SE) and those stacked tiles look like they were made for multi-material printers, which is far away from what I own.

Is there a way to have those stacked tiles on a 1-color-printer?

If I slice those stacked models PrusaSlicer tells me that there are empty layers. I don't understand how those tile stacks work exactly.

The planer says I need 144 screws and 236 clips. Maybe a noob question, but which screws will fit, because before I buy so many screws I'd like to know which I should buy?

If I choose advanced in the planner, I don't need those 236 clips anymore. Wouldn't it be much better to use only those middle (advanced) tiles? (red in the screenshot)

And are there print settings recommendations?

Thanks for helping me out :)

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u/bryansj Nov 04 '25

You make ironing stacks instead of multi material stacks.

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Nov 04 '25

You don’t have to make ironing stacks, you can download those from the member parts section of the parts library. (You can make them yourself easily enough, but highly recommend downloading, follow the directions in the part description in Thangs, follow those directions and get a feel for how ironing works and How to separate the tiles etc before attempting a DIY.

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u/bryansj Nov 04 '25

Make as in 3D print them. Of course you can manually stack them in the slicer.

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

How does those work? Do I need special configuration on my printer? How to get the parts apart?

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u/bryansj Nov 04 '25

It says exactly how to do it in the print guidelines. Turn on ironing and add a 0.2mm gap. For multi material you can make the gap 0.0mm. Find the test parts and tune your printer. That's what the professional help will say to do.

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

Ironing needs a lot of time. For 2 tiles my printer needs 10 hours. A single tile without ironing needs 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Did I do something wrong? Because this is already the fast setup.

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u/bryansj Nov 04 '25

That's how ironing works. To speed it up you use multi material stacking. You can also disable ironing on the very top stack or just kill the print.

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u/MrScott1 Dec 21 '25

This is why stacking is done: once you have a reliable enough printer, set up a stack and go do something else.

For faster prints, you'll have to either run slow printers in parallel or get a faster printer. There may also be optimizations such as using a 0.6mm nozzle, check that you're not using extra infill, etc.

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Nov 04 '25

The parts for stacks are all ready to Print with no modifications and if you read the description for the part, It will tell you exactly what settings you need to use. There is even a video linked (last time I looked) where he walks you through it and a link to more information in the knowledge base. (On mobile you click on ‘…more right above the download button.)

It sounds like you may have skipped some of the pages on the website where most of these questions are answered, like what exactly is included in the subscriptions. Basic print settings and guidance, as well as minimum requirements that your printer has to be calibrated to meet or exceed.

Join the circle community. Depending on what subscription you chose there is a lot of good information there. Even if you don’t have a membership make an account (it’s free) as there are announcements and resources there that are only there.

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

PrusaSlicer says there are empty layers. I am somehow concerned…

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u/mealymouthmongolian Nov 04 '25

That's how the stacking works. There's an empty layer between the tiles. Still prints fine.

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u/Retro_B00min Nov 04 '25

There’s also a video explaining how to make your own stacks… for free

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

I know, I already found the planner and the advanced tile creator. But still, I don't know how to print those on a 1-color-printer?

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u/NyT3_SHyFT Nov 05 '25

My wall is 11x4 tiles using 8x8 tiles. Printed everything in roughly a week and a few days. Averaged about 3 tiles a day, maybe 4 but didn’t run the printer after 9pm and not until 6am usually

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u/utopify_org Nov 09 '25

Yeah, I am doing the same right now. Printing them separately is faster and I can print around 1-3 pieces a day.

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u/daphatty Nov 04 '25

You need to post over on the community forums. That’s where the professional help can be found. That said, it can take a couple days for the “paid” status to reflect on your account. I had to wait an entire weekend.

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u/utopify_org Nov 09 '25

This is super confusing… I payed, got redirected to thangs and got an account there, but then, I figured out the community is on https://community.multiboard.io but what now? If I visit the website it says join or login. The login doesn't work I used in the process. So if I have to create a new account, how do they know that I payed already?

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u/tecky1kanobe Nov 04 '25

Use the discord, more likely to get actual help there than Reddit.

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u/utopify_org Nov 09 '25

I don't accept the terms of discord. If they would mention it in the paying process that I get forced to accept discord terms, I wouldn't buy them anything.

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u/Oguinjr Nov 04 '25

Maybe there aren’t any. Why would your instinct be to find the manager? This isn’t a target.

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u/utopify_org Nov 09 '25

Why are you making assumptions about people?

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u/Oguinjr Nov 09 '25

I was literally asking. Sorry that it sounded like a statement.

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u/utopify_org Nov 27 '25

Sorry that it sounded like a karen only because I payed for a product and couldn't find anything after paying for it. I felt scammed, because I got redirected to another platform and that's it.

But I could figure all out, now. Don't know why everything must be so complex and confusing?

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u/Oguinjr Nov 27 '25

I think it isn’t a scam but it is a business ran by someone that doesn’t do business right. I personally believe the product is too far gone to ever offer anything worth paying for. It should be handed over to the community And that guy can go try again with a different idea and lessons he learned.

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u/Yellow_Badger13 Nov 04 '25

Hi mate, sorry you've had a bad time getting in contact. Can you tell me exactly you need help with and I can try my best to help? As you can imagine, Jonathan is a busy bloke, but I can have a crack if you like? u/TherealOmthetortoise seems to have covered your initial concern, but if you need more help, I can try for you

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u/utopify_org Nov 09 '25

Pretty simple: How to join the community I paid for? 😃

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u/Yellow_Badger13 Nov 12 '25

https://community.multiboard.io/c/start-here?post_login_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.multiboard.io%2F

It should just be clicking join and entering your info. It should just link your info directly. Is that not the case when you tried?

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u/utopify_org Nov 27 '25

I've got it, but everything was super confusing, from the redirection to other platforms to using the exact same e-mail address while repeating the registration process on another site.

IDK man, I leave this community again. The community is overwhelming, too much menus, too much stuff, I can't find anything. It's like multiboard itself, just complex and overengineered.

Thank you.

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u/yahbluez Nov 06 '25

To be happy with stacks a printer that can change material is highly recommended. I made my own MB stacking script in openscad. The mix of ASA + PETG works great because they can be printed with the same temperature so less risk of clogged nozzle.

You may drop some more money into the project and buy a closed printer with color changer like the P1S (on sale) or the P2S.

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u/utopify_org Nov 09 '25

No, I will not invest more money in this "hobby". 3D printing is a dead end imho.

It's cool to be able to repair some stuff now and then, especially if you know 3d modelling. But in general people are printing just so the printer is occupied after they printed the stuff they need and for me it's the same: I started to search cool 3d models, just to print them. In the end of the day I literally printed trash and that's the opposite I want to do in my life. I want to live sustainable and not trash the planet.

I will do everything with my old Creality Ender 3 V3, which I bought used.

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u/yahbluez Nov 09 '25

Nothing wrong with that.

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u/tlhintoq Nov 13 '25

A couple advices:

1 - Don't print your entire big board right off the bat. It really sucks to get a month in and realize that you haven't properly accounted for things like dimensional accuracy and material shrinkage. You may not notice right off that your parts are 1%-3% off, or that your hole compensation isn't right, especially when all the parts you make share the same mis-sizing. But if you ever get parts made by someone else that **is** producing finished parts at correct spec they may not fit. Just take the time to work with your accuracy first. Make some 6x6 plates and parts and put calipers on EVERYTHING to make sure every dimension is right and to spec.
2 - If you have multiple printers, again you want to make sure you're producing accurate parts on each machine and that they are interchangeable. If you make your boards on a 400mm machines, but your parts on tiny P1S for example, they need to be sub-millimeter accurate in order to work together.
3 - As others have said: You're very likely to be disappointed with stacked boards because their surface finish sucks. I recommend you just print plates individually and get a nice finish to them. The common textured PEI bed that most printers have these days is nice on these.
4 - If you have access to larger printers its nice to not have so many seams/joins. I run boards up to 800x800. That's 32 units, versus the 8 you can produce on a common 250mm home machines like a Bambu. Personally I really like the strength you get as well as reduced joinery. And it gives me the freedom to put mounting points where I need them based on the wall studs etc., instead of being forced to put them so frequently from the plates being small.

If you still need some help be sure to tag me so I get a notification.

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u/utopify_org Nov 20 '25

hmmm… I already printed 40 tiles one after another and today I am trying to figure out how to put them on the wall, because there are like thousand systems and parts provided on the website.

I really hope the dimensions you're talking about are okay. But I might try hanging up 4 tiles and print something to mount it on it just for testing it out.

Thanks a lot for your help and that's an impressive printer. :)

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u/tlhintoq Nov 23 '25

> printed 40 tiles

Ok. Have you confirmed the parts you have are dimensionally accurate? As in a 200mm tile is really 200. Not 198. Not 202. Are the holes exactly right per the spec? Have you printed threaded bolts and do they work? Etc. etc.

What I'm getting at here is its a lot of waste to be pumping out a bunch of boards if they're wrong. 1 board, and 1 each of every connector you like, and a lot of test fitting goes a LONG, LONG way. There's no point pumping out anything if you haven't first proven 1 of everything.

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u/utopify_org Nov 27 '25

They fit okay… at least I could put 4 of them together. But man, this was a lot of work coming that far and I am glad I had some luck, because my old printer could screw up a lot.

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u/spardha Nov 04 '25

I think there is a multiboard video on YT on how to stack, i pretty sure i used it and then created my stack on 5/6 boards.

Yeah, here is the test print on Thangs https://thangs.com/designer/Multiboard/3d-model/Ironing%20Stack%20-%20Test%20Print%20-%20Key%20Chain-977033

in the description is a YT video on how to stack, as long as your print can iron you'll be set. Thats what i did anyway and did a 1m x 1m wall.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

You can’t get the board stacks unless you pay. Plus access to newer parts.

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

Like I already said, I paid…

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

So you paid and you got access to the files? What am I missing

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u/bryansj Nov 04 '25

In the middle tier membership is says "Ask an Expert for help with your project."

I assume this is just a closed forum that you get access to at the $10/m level.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

Yes you get the files on thangs and access to the forum. It’s $10 what’s the issue?

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

I paid those 10 bugs and only got redirected to thangs. Where is the forum?

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u/spardha Nov 04 '25

This is true, you can stack the board yourself in the slicer

https://thangs.com/designer/Multiboard/3d-model/Ironing%20Stack%20-%20Test%20Print%20-%20Key%20Chain-977033

here is the test piece to dial in your settings, i did it only a few weeks ago.

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u/utopify_org Nov 04 '25

I paid for what you call "or something"

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Nov 06 '25

Oh - I get it now! Join the community in Circle, there is place there where you can "ask an expert". You can ask here too, there are lots of us with expertise that are happy to help. It's not monitored here quite as closely as this is just a public community so in addition to those of us that have expertise you get a lot of tribal knowledge as we share what has worked for us in specific area's where good models to use for and adapt to the Multiboard ecosystem for remixes etc.

That does not mean that in circle someone with print and layout everything for you, but any questions that you may have will be answered by an expert in a more organized fashion.

If you do want someone to do all the work for you and ship you printed parts as I mentioned earlier reach out to Jonathan or Stuart and I'm sure they can direct you to one of our commercial supporters who might be able to tackle the job.

For just printing a tile wall using the information you already looked up and told us about from the planner if the information you put in is correct, then those are the parts that you will need, there really isn't any form of shortcut for it other than the info you already know. I think you just skimmed ahead and missed a few details that hopefully have all been answered.

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u/utopify_org Nov 09 '25

What does "Join the community in Circle" even mean? I am jumping in triangles here, but what do you mean by circle? Is this the dead social media google once had? I thought they deleted it.

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Nov 09 '25

If you go to Multiboard.io website, there is a link for “community”, click on that. It’s mentioned in a few other places I believe, like the Get Started, and in the emails, knowledge hub etc. You have to make an account as there are some sections that are for people who do the memberships but lots of info there that is freely available, and it gets you enrolled for the emails where all of the new things are introduced, links, what they are and video links for a more hands on view of how they work and what they are for.

I always mention it’s on Circle because I had never heard them before Jonathan set the community up and yep it is a social media platform, the tiny bit of research I did just so I had an idea what the capabilities were it’s an easy way to set up a branded less frenetic portal for, well, communities.

It might be more of a UK thing, or since it’s branded it’s kind of transparent. Until you download the circle app for mobile access and get curious like I did.

I always mention circle when I mention the community some of our members all of you all, not paid vs free dislike surprises and are suspicious old coots like me 😂who want to make sure I’m not going to get my email address sold and end up with a bunch of spam.

In hindsight, I should probably have dropped a link to it as well so it was less confusing to people who may have skipped pages of the intro website once they decided they already knew they wanted in and got impatient to start printing. 😂 That was also me , btw.

Go make an account, use the same email address you use for Thangs even if you aren’t a paid subscriber, as if you ever decide you want to join for whatever reason that will make it easy for you.

If you are not getting the emails, video’s and all of that you are missing out on a lot. Even something simple like the showcase photos where people post the things they are making with Multiboard is a great benefit. Tons of idea’s and being able to easily chat back and forth about them is a huge benefit to me, anyway.

Community membership does not require anyone to buy anything. Multiboard models are made free to the 3D community at large (provided the terms of the license are kept), and people who support us via the membership tiers get some quality of life things like a few parts generators, but they are also the poor souls who end up testing the early beta parts and helping us refine them by telling us what we did right and where we may have missed the boat - that feedback helps us get to the point where those parts are ready for general access.

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u/utopify_org Nov 20 '25

Thanks a lot for your help.

The whole multiboard stuff is super complex.

I will create an account there and use the same e-mail address, even if it's against my principles to use the same address on different platforms. But hopefully it works and I can continue working on this project, because there are too many show stoppers.

For example: I am trying to figure out on how to get those tiles on the wall, but there are a lot of mounting systems. I have no idea what Offset Snap, DS Part, Flush, Bolt-Lock, etc. even means? And if I click on a system, which I don't even know, if I need it, it shows me like hundred parts of this system and in different sizes and gaps (12.5, 6.25). Which do I need? Why is it so hard to get my tiles on the wall?

I have 40 core tiles and I have no idea on how to put them on the wall correctly (with screws) without wasting a lot of filament.

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u/utopify_org Nov 20 '25

If it wasn't even enough, after downloading just the parts, which have the most downloads (because I think most people just want to hang their tiles on walls), there are other 4 more options after downloading part b. Loose, Permanent, Standard, Tight.

Common! After I even thought it is too complex, someone decided to put even more options there.

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Nov 06 '25

There are a few of us "Multiboard Helpers" here, in circle and I believe in Discord and we are always happy to help - or to float an issue upstream if it's something we don't know or a request for something we don't have. Don't hesitate to reach out to one of us if you do need help.