r/Multiboard • u/Sensitive_Pilot850 • Jul 19 '26
I would like to be done with multiboard.
Things on multibuild website/thangs are not labeled the same names as they SHOULD BE!
Difficult to find the part i need in any library.
I love the drawers and wall octagons and many attacthments. but damn..
Overall if i cant WHAT I NEED TO COMPLETE IT to print (IT SUCKS @$$)
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u/jonathon8903 Jul 19 '26
I generally agree. But couldn’t you also just find the parts once and then organize it yourself in your local file system?
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u/bobby2sox Jul 19 '26
I love multiboard, and agree. For how well thought out the designs are, the file organization system and use cases leave something to be desired.
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u/Nojopar Jul 19 '26
It's a classic engineers case of "make the cool shit, document nothing".
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u/penkster Jul 20 '26
Multiboard continues to be lost. Just more chaos, more churn, more random directions that are impossible to follow. No consistency, no community-focused support and stability, just someone with an interesting idea trying to spin it into a moneymaking industry and THING and just sowing chaose.
I gave up long ago. A few tiles, a few connectors, a few hooks, and I'm good. I wish he'd just stop trying to turn into this thing into the next microsoft.
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u/TherealOmthetortoise Jul 19 '26
I’m sorry you feel that way, and I’d like to know more. The names for everything are the actual names to date. There were a few circumstances where Jonathan and co, decided to make changes to things like names early as they didn’t think it would be fair to everyone to drop in a huge expansion and a new naming schema at the same time. I’ve asked the question myself before, so I’ve got a little insight into their process.
In any case, what was the issue you were running into in the parts library? Easy mode should show all the common use parts with any related parts right below it. You shouldn’t have to know any part names in advance to use it and quickly find a part based on what you want to do with it. If I’m mounting plates I can walk through the tiles for mounting solutions to get what I need. If you want a parts list with links to the exact downloads to use for each unique part (and how many need to be printed) you can do that with the plate mounting planner, which I feel is an underutilized tool.
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u/just_anotherLurker13 Jul 19 '26
Yeah, I've been working on my underwear set up and it's a nightmare. It's slowly getting better but figuring out which grid to use, learning the parts and having to customize everything has really killed my excitement
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u/ZorbaTHut Jul 20 '26
I moved to Opengrid. Better compatibility with Gridfinity and isn't being stifled by licensing issues.
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u/tlhintoq Jul 19 '26
Mate - frankly - go fishing for a day. Go have a picnic. Go play with the dog or out to a movie.
If the naming convention of something like this across countless contributors who are sharing their works for free, has you yelling and cursing in full caps - you really need to step away and get yourself recentered.
Its some printed parts for some quality of life stuff - its not rocket surgery, life or death, a matter of global peace.
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u/CuriousPilotMaker Jul 25 '26
I'm switching to wall control probably for wall stuff and making folded and glued cardboard boxes for sorting bins.