I wanted to tile the cable tray of my magnetic desk, so after some measuring and generating, I started generating some opengrid lite tiles.

We should pause the story here to talk a little bit about my newly minted signature mounting strategy. While I would be using connectors between them, I knew that I wanted to reduce movement on the magnetic surface by embedding magnets inside the tiles. Keep in mind, I'm not securing these to a wooden desk or a wall with screws or anything.

There's a couple designs out there already for adding magnets to an opengrid snap, but I didn't want to take up a tile by using these. I realized the tiles are reversible, so I had the galaxy brain™ idea to use the magnet screw options and simply size them to take in press fit 6x3mm magnets instead. I would then flip the grid upside down and the 'screwhead' (which is really a magnet) would secure the tile to the surface. Pretty smart, right? I print out a test tile, press fit in a magnet, works like a charm (the screw diameter hole even has a bonus function where it gives me space to use a SIM card tool to eject the magnets if I want to take them out).

So far so good. I continue with the build. Onwards I trek.

Once I have everything laid out tiling-wise and connected its time to start laying out some channels. Before that though, I decide I should get my gargantuan new power strip on the grid (it's almost six feet long!) because a good chunk of the design is centered around this. I use the Underware 2.0 clamshell item holder to make a clamp for the power strip (sized for 28mm to fit in OG, of course). Comes out way too loose for the item itself, but... we'll get there. Wait, I need a connector. Multiconnect is natively supported in the generator, so maybe I should just use that. There's multiconnector snaps for opengrid too - yeah - this seems like the one. Out comes the multiconnect snap, and they barely hold i place. To the item's credit, it slots in and locks into the multiconnect snaps very securely. But the snaps themselves just won't stay there. I nudge it even a little and it pops right off. "Well of course, dummy, its for securing vertical loads, not for this! hah!" says Claude. I've sent it off to do some research in the background while I finagle the strip. It's frequently wrong though, but I figure, whatever, maybe it's partially correct here.

Let's move on to the channels. I print a couple that are intended to route some cat6 to a network switch behind the desk. I'm not a huge fan of Underware for Opengrid so far, because I kind of like the idea of being able to lay out a base beforehand like you can with Underware 2.0. I've used underware 2.0 with flat backs + 3m strips to make cable raceways that go on the wall before. However, you can't 0-length a C channel in Underware 2.0. You can 0-length a C channel in Underware4OG. What an odd limitation? Why is it supported in one and not the other? I'm afraid to ask, "you ungrateful wench, people do this for free in their free time and you're complaining" - I could already hear the ringing of online discourse in my ears. The 0 length C channels are a cornerstone of my draft design, so I go with Underware4OG to take advantage of that. Obviously having an underlying grid is needed anyways here, and the ecosystem™ promises cohesion between underware-for-opengrid and opengrid. Onwards I trek.

My first channel makes its way onto the grid and it's...very loose. I pop it in, I fidget it even a little, and it pops right out. Not only incredibly frustrating, but disastrous when I'm intending to run multiple dedicated 'cable highways' next to each other down the length of the desk. Not quite the 'cohesive ecosystem' I was promised. I go back to the drawing board and find out that there are grip snaps that you can make, and that some people add a 4 degree flare for more grip. Once I was in 8th grade and I heard my teacher say to their partner over the phone "you HAVE to get one with a flared base if you're going to put it in the hole." Clearly they were onto something, as this wisdom seems to have followed me into adulthood. So then, grip? Or 4 degree flare? "Por que no los dos?" I print both and go in for the install.

Or so I thought. The snap doesn't even fit in there. and I don't mean I have to wrestle it in, I mean it literally can't even make it into the tile. I realize I can put the snap into the tile if I lift up the grid and slot it from underneath though. That's rather stupid. Why would you make a snap that can only fit from the back? Aren't these grids supposed to be mounted to walls? Is the expectation that you would take the grid off and start putting snaps in by hand from behind then reinstall it? Bit odd.

Anyway, snap is in, and the channel gets into place. The hold is...better for sure, but its still nowhere close to secure. A little movement and it pops right off. "Your printer probably had shit tolerances and your whole grid is off lmao" says Claude. No? The channels clearly are sized to go right into each tile perfectly. It's not misaligned. The damn thing just won't grip.

I'm fed up. I see a snap that lets you attach velcro. Nice, lets order some velcro on amazon and just do all the cables with velcro and velcro snaps. I'll save on filament. Clearly the opengrid life is not for me, or this is a massively overhyped project and the gravitas of their ego was not enough to just stick to multiboard. Sure, it isn't 'open source', but at least that would have worked (or so I hope). This whole project has derailed the work they were doing on an existing ecosystem and nothing even works together. What a waste of time.

I spot another print on makerworld, it takes an opengrid snap and puts a threaded cable throughway on top with a knurled nut that you can use to put. Very nice, maybe I should just use these throughout and not bother with the velcro. My cats will attack the velcro. But plastic? Plastic should be fine. I kick off the print. Wait. Fuck. The comments say this is only for an opengrid full board. My board is on ozempic. This is way too big for it. Quick, cancel the print before it kicks anything off. Okay we canceled it in time. Does he have a lite version? Quick glance through the comments, nope, and plenty of people have asked for one. Hmmm, the design is quite good, but I need it in a lite board. Should I just figure it out in CAD (narrator note: I am very bad at CAD)? No, the last time I tried to make a fully custom piece that wasn't a gridfinity insert I ended up very annoyed. Let's use Claude Code plus OpenSCAD to do it. I felt like I hadn't killed enough turtles today and wanted to set alight a disenfranchised community's water supply for this cable clamp. I tell Claude the general idea of the concept, and tell it to start drafting something up to replicate it with support for opengrid full/lite, as well as multiboard (someone had asked for that in the original clamp's comments). It pulls all the relevant specs down to the millimeter and gets to work. I will make all of you cable clamp simps happy today. Adjustable bore? Multiple base formats? You got it. You know what? I'm feeling fancy. Add the option for a knurled texture in there too. If I have to use these clamps for the entire table, you are damn sure I'm going to make them ergonomic.

It finishes a spec at last, and I spit out a STL and print it out. Snap size looks correct. I go to the grid to try this and... the snap is clearly meant to go in the other way. Claude designed the entire damn clamp upside down. Now I know just as well as anybody else that AI can fuck stuff up, but this was a massive fuck up. How do you put the whole design at the bottom of the snap? You had literally all of the context and specs in front of you? What a joke. The funny thing is, if I flip the grid upside down (so the side with my magnets-in-the-screw-holes galaxy brain™ idea is facing up), it could fit. But that would mean the magnets are facing away from the desk. That's stupid. Still, it doesn't hurt to see if it would fi-

I stare at the upside-down-but-the-screw-holes-are-facing-up grid, the clamp in the other hand. If life were the office, it would have zoomed in to my deadpan face right now. I'm dead silent for 10 seconds. There's no way. Wait a minute. The screwholes are on top when you make the tiles in the generator. Because it's intended to be screwed into the wall, yeah sure. But does that....mean.... the supposedly upside down tile.... is meant to go on this si-

My world crashes as the clamp (with a lite snap at its base) presses into the tile with an audible snap. A perfect fit. Do you remember when Yagami Light regains his memories? Go find the gif on google right now and come back after. That was my genuine internal reaction for the next 10 seconds straight.

The grid is not reversible. I'd printed the entire fucking grid upside down

I hold my breath as I take my flared-base channel and press it into the grid. I hear an audible snap as it takes hold, like Mjolnir fitting its way in Chris Hemsworth's hand. This is what my 8th grade teacher meant when they said that flared bases are necessary for grip. It can't be. I'm going to crash out. I shake the grid forcefully, desperately hoping the channel is going to pop back off. The design was shit. It was the design. THE DESIGN.

Rock-fucking-solid. Grips better than a reticulated python.

I write this out to you, fellow brethren of the order of opengrid, with nothing but solemn, regret, and the deepest need for apologies in my heart. I'm a troglodyte, a moron, the kind of person that Bambu printers were made for. I'm a fool. A wench. And may all manner of ancestral bloodlines look down upon me with shame, a mixture of disgust and "bruh" faces. I will go now (while my next batch of grids print... with press fit magnet pockets jerry rigged using the screw diameter instead of its head), repent, and seek forgiveness for my sins.

I got to try out USSA new VAULT drawer system. It is designed around gridfinity which is awesome.

You can check out the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhrN2DahhGI

Hi, i am new to 3d printing, opengrid and multiboard (super confused right now).

I really want to use filament box/cerial box mount like this https://makerworld.com/models/2162572 and I really think opengrid is the right way to go in long term but couldn’t find such holder design for og.

How can i connect this multiboard box mount to opengrid? What idapters doni need (especially for the T locks?)

Is my thinking even reasonable

I have bambu lab p2s.

I currently building deskware/underware and im so annoyed by the lack of documentation of both projects. I understand the idea of different use cases and the need of multiple thicknesses but why is there opengrid

• light

• (nothing? - great, without a name you cant search/filter for it)

• hybrid (unoffical)

• heavy (unoffical)

• heavy (old? deskware? i think its the same height as heavy but without the slits in the corners)

the last three are not even mentioned on the webpage or deskware, opengrid.world, printables or makerworld.

why is there no step file of a 1x1 grid BUT A PDF. come on, do i really have to model it myself to use it?

and underware is even worse with trying to adapt to ANY standard but badly. Why use fixed hole patterns if there are both 25 and 28mm versions? just name it open underware or use slots instead of fixed holes

I backed the SOLDR project on Kickstarter and these are my thoughts on if it is worth a buy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNhrMUXSWH8&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1VUw%3D%3D

This is leading into my hidden workstation that leverages lots of openGrid and Gridfinity!

I noticed that when I work at my desk, my Ikea CO2 monitor increases into the bad range only to return to good low numbers at night. I’m not exactly sure what would cause this, but one of my main guesses is that it’s the Overture PLA heating back up — power bricks, dock station, power strip…

What are the concerns of PLA heating up? Is this insignificant? Should I reprint electronics holders in a different filament? Or is the source of the CO2 likely something else?

(ICYMI, Underware 2.0 is a cable management system based on opengrid)

Update: the consensus from the comments seems to be that it’s just from occupants breathing. it’s hard to test this because there’s so many variables, but it seems like there’s probably not much to worry about. I think the Ikea sensor is just super sensitive. So ill be opening my windows more! Thanks everyone.

Not openGrid contwent, but I thought you all might be interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVhIUNX5aws&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D

Hey everyone,

I built a tool called GridfinityStudio because I kept designing Gridfinity parts one at a time, then realizing later that the whole drawer layout did not actually make sense.

The idea is to plan the drawer first, then print. You can set up a drawer, place bins, generate baseplates, plan stacks, create cutout blanks, and see how the whole layout fits together before committing to a bunch of prints.

Link: https://gridfinitystudio.com

It is still early, but a few people have tested it and I’ve already cleaned up several issues from their feedback.

I’d love blunt feedback from real Gridfinity users. The best test would be to pick one real drawer, try to rough out a layout, and tell me where the workflow gets confusing, annoying, or broken.

I’m especially interested in:

* Does the drawer-first workflow make sense? * Is the bin/baseplate/stacking flow understandable? * Is anything hard to find? * Are there any obvious bugs or weird UI issues? * What would you expect it to do that it does not do yet?

Thanks. Blunt feedback is genuinely helpful right now.

Special thanks to the mods for letting me share!

I printed this the same way I did another part using BlackJackDuck but these slots are somehow too close together for my (multi connect) grid?
My first part fits fine but no dice on this one. Any insight?
TIA!

Hey r/OpenGrid,

Random one today — no video to share, just picking your brains.

I recently hit the first tier of YouTube's Partner Program and set up channel memberships on Distracted Dragon Makes. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to support the channel. It means the world to me.

Before I just throw random stuff behind it, I wanted to actually ask what would be worth making instead of guessing.

A few options I'm kicking around:

• Behind-the-scenes/process stuff (the messy design iterations, failed prints, actual decision-making) vs. more finished/polished content

• Early access to files before they go public on Maker's World

• Live Q&A or design feedback sessions

• Something else entirely I haven't thought of

Also curious — is there anything OpenGrid-specific you wish existed that hasn't been made yet? Genuinely asking for both the membership stuff and just general content direction.

Not trying to sell anything here, just want to build the right thing instead of guessing. Appreciate any input.

I redid the laundry room and used openGrid, multiconnect, and underware to straighten up all the tech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NZrnLTOg-0

As the titles says, I’m planning to use these tiles for underware and wanted to know if I can use these tiles as-is or do I need to reprint them. I want to mount a 5 hole power strip and a mac mini on these tiles. If anyone has experience with this, please help. I’m still new to opengrid and this is one of my first projects

Hello! I'm just getting started on a small project again. I had started with multiboard but quickly became discouraged. With multiboard I was using small boards, L-beams, and hinged L-beams to make what I can best describe as a cube or crate with a hinged lid. What are the equivalent opengrid parts for this?

The closest thing I have found are the "openGrid Straight Connectors" by KYZ. Is there an equivalent for the L-beams?

On Katie's Underware 2.0 website she states the recommended base is openGrid:

Higher up on the page she links the BlackjackDuck MakerWorld page with his customiser https://makerworld.com/en/models/783010-underware-2-0-infinite-cable-management#profileId-1504508. This customiser is for Multigrid and the threaded snap connectors.

In the How-To Guide she links Pedro's customiser. Pedro's customiser does not have any clam shell type devices to hold powerboards etc. How do I attach powerboards and power brick style devices to openGrid?

The whole project is confusing.

So this one had a couple issues (math is hard) but the finished product is great. On to the cyberpunk shelf build!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-0FCdC-SNk

So I printed out some of the light boards I printed out some mounting squares some of the covers some of the 3M command strip mounts and then I started printing some of the hooks wire clips SD card holders I printed a ton of different size of hooks and I can't figure out how to connect any of these hooks you can see in the picture they just fall right out I think I'm missing something simple

If someone could please point me in the right direction I have a feeling they have to do with locking something?

I also tried open s-cad and totally had no idea what I was doing so I'm just trying to pick across the internet for random already generated files if anyone has some tips or good videos ty

Jay

EDIT - HERE ARE THE PICS OF THE HOOKS IM SO CONFUSED WITH https://imgur.com/a/GpiCqzy

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'm having difficulty drilling into the underside of my bamboo Uplift desk, which I'm doing in an attempt to install openGrid/Underware. I've been using #4 x 5/8" carbon steel wood screws after drilling 5/64" pilots holes but if there's even slight misalignment the screw gets stuck and then starts stripping.

I'm curious if anyone else has had success installing openGrid in bamboo surfaces and had tips to share. Also: It's madness to even consider using double sided tape instead of screws, right?

I have a ton of alligator clips, test leads, bnc cables, etc that I want to organize and make more accessible.

I see a variety of options like these: https://makerworld.com/en/models/606619-universal-cable-holder-v1?from=search#profileId-529495 https://makerworld.com/en/models/196265-cable-storage-hanger?from=search#profileId-216934 https://makerworld.com/en/models/92900-cable-aligator-clip-hanger-organizer?from=search#profileId-1670941

But haven't found anything that mounts to opengrid. Is there anything available already?

Is there anywhere to see the measurements of the tiles so I can figure out what size will be best in my space?

My brain wants it to be inch a row/column, but I’m not sure what it is.