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Getting startedYour first design in 5 minutes

Getting started

Your first design in 5 minutes

Build a small hexagon pegboard with the Shaped panels workflow, export it, slice it and hang it — available on every tier.

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This walkthrough uses Shaped panels, the workflow included in every tier. You will end up with three hexagon tiles in printed frames, ready to hang on two screws. Budget five minutes in the app, then a few hours of printing.

Before you start

Have these at hand:

  • Your printer’s bed size. The build plate’s usable width and depth, in millimetres.
  • Your slicer. Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer for multi-colour 3MF; any slicer for STL.
  • The hooks you want to use, if you already own some. They decide the pegboard type.

Build it

  1. Start the project. On the dashboard, choose New design → Shaped panels. A project opens with three pointy-top hexagon tiles (110 mm edge) on the capsule system.

  2. Set your bed first. Open the Bed tab in the settings rail on the left and pick the preset that matches your printer, or enter its width, depth and height. Everything else is sized from this: a tile whose frame would not fit your bed is flagged straight away. Keep the default margin (4–6 mm) unless you know your printer well.

  3. Choose the pegboard type. Open the Board tab. The capsule system (5 × 15 mm slots on a 40 mm staggered grid) is the default. Switch to US 1/4″, US 1/8″ or EU 5/25 if your hooks are made for those boards. The board thickness and the wall distance follow the type you pick — 5 mm panels on the capsule system — see Pegboard types and compatibility.

  4. Grow the layout. In the Plan view (press 2), faint ghost tiles marked + surround your design. Click one to add a tile there. Click a tile to select it — the Selection tab opens — and change what it holds:

    • Pegboard — a panel with holes (the default),
    • Solid — a plain panel, for a label, colour or artwork,
    • Insert — an open frame for your own acrylic, cork or wood insert.

  5. Check the frame. The Frame tab’s defaults are a good start: 8 mm outer walls, 4 mm inner walls, 20 mm depth. Keyhole mounts on the top row are in the Mounting tab. Leave the LED rail off for your first print.

  6. Pick colours. In the Colours tab, give the frames and panels different colours if you have two filaments; one colour is fine too.

  7. Look at the preview and the checks. Orbit the 3D preview (1), and read the Issues tab on the right (for example a tile too big for your bed). Fix any errors before exporting.

  8. Export. Click Export (Ctrl + E) and choose the format for your slicer: 3MF · Bambu Studio / OrcaSlicer, 3MF · PrusaSlicer, or STL · one file per part. Several files arrive as one ZIP with a README.txt and an assembly map. This is one export from your monthly quota.

Slice and print

  1. Import, don’t open. In Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer use File → Import (Ctrl + I). Importing creates one filament slot per colour; opening the file as a project does not. In PrusaSlicer, select a multi-material printer profile first, then import. Details: Multi-colour and slicer import.
  2. Keep the orientation. Panels arrive front face down on the bed. That is on purpose: the face against the plate is the one you will see on the wall.
  3. Use normal settings. 0.2 mm layers, 3–4 walls, 15–25 % infill, no supports. See the printing guide.
  4. Print the frames and panels, then glue each panel onto the shelf inside its frame (the default fixing) and join neighbouring frames — the defaults leave holes for short pieces of 1.75 mm filament used as dowels.

Hang it

The top tiles have keyholes in the back of the frame; tiles in the same row share one keyhole height. Mark the keyhole positions on the wall — the drilling guide on the assembly map (in the ZIP, or downloaded on its own as SVG · assembly map, which is free) gives their heights and spacing — drive a 4 mm screw (in a wall plug on masonry) at each mark so its head stands a few millimetres proud, then hook the frames on and slide them down. The shaped frames guide covers keyholes, panel fixing, dowels and LED strips in detail.

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