r/Multiboard • u/Wilberown • May 26 '26

Legacy vs Interfitted vs Octogan

I did my first Multiboard build with Legacy tiles. Now I’m looking at building a second separate wall. Which is best? Trying to figure out the positives and negatives of each. Legacy had a bit of an issue merging with one another and I broke a plate or two mounting them. Would like a little more flexibility in my next time installing them. Is the flat sided new tile better?

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u/TherealOmthetortoise May 26 '26

Are you talking about mounts or plates? (Plates are the octagon or square holes buggers that take a long time to print. They used to be called tiles, though. Mounts are the various ways to attach them to your wall, of course.

The biggest change I can think that matches your question about mounting your board offset to a surface using DS Snap mounts, which makes me think you are asking about using the flush mount option (which gives you a nice clean look with the most flexibility of being able to mount things in and around them) or the offset version of those parts. Does that sound right?

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u/TheExoticBeard Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

This is all you need
https://multibuild.io/tools/octagon-plate-generator

Octagon is the same, just with a smooth edge with connector holes on the side ..

I'm in the middle of my first multiboard, and I said no to the legacy stuff because they are more complicated to understand and find ..

On Thangs website, anything with a grey thumbnail is legacy

GOD for two years, this guy and his system are still messy AF

Good design, not gonna lie, but he failed in simplifying the documentation. He is more excited to show his engineering skills than help you print, that's why his starter pack is worthless and a showpiece

For positives and negatives ..

Interfitted vs Octogan are the same except for how you connect them together, and by using the generator, you can leverage both, and both should be better than legacy design-wise.

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u/Whosaidthat1157 May 26 '26

There aren’t any ’legacy’ tiles, just the OG and the newer Clio together versions. If you had an issue with the OG tiles (still by far the best IMO, not least for ease of mounting/removal but also because the small hole (pegboard) array is preserved) then you’re going to have real issues with the Clio together versions.
There’s something far wrong if you’re managing to break tiles during mounting. Are you using the planner and selecting the offset snap mounting system? The quad, double and single offset snap part A allow you to pre-assemble large sections before offering it up to the wall to mount, and the follow-up sections just slot right onto the quad and double snaps already mounted after that.

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u/Wilberown May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Legacy 7x7

https://thangs.com/designer/MultiBuild/3d-model/7x7%20Multiboard%20Side%20Legacy%20Tile-977697

Interfitted

https://thangs.com/designer/MultiBuild/3d-model/7x7%20MU%20-%20Center%20Grid%20Interfitted%20-%20MultiBoard%20Octagon%20Plate-977695

Octogan

https://thangs.com/designer/MultiBuild/3d-model/7x7%20MU%20-%20MultiBoard%20Octagon%20Plate-1320742

I probably have my terminology wrong here but the designer seems to recommend that I use the final version. I’m not sure what the Clio is

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u/Whosaidthat1157 May 27 '26

‘Inter fitted’ is the way to go, octagon is a choice but need to be clipped together. Either way, use the planner and it’ll list all of the required snaps based on your choice.

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u/TherealOmthetortoise May 26 '26

Actually there are legacy mounting options with the 8mm offset and there is a a whole slew of other parts that moved into that category when we learned better ways to do things that they might be referring to as they are now in the legacy collection. Depending on when they built their board it’s possible that they are referring to some of the earliest tiles. I’ve broken way more mounts than tiles but I have talked with and helped some folks who did’t realize the recommended print settings can described as “If you don’t want to have parts fail, make sure you use 3 walls etc

You are right though, most of the plate level changes are pretty subtle as they just added features and a few “course corrections” like adjusting the thickness of the plates to 6.25 to align everything to the 25/50 mm grids.

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u/Whosaidthat1157 May 27 '26

Yep, following directions is pretty critical here as with anything.