Invisible Clip
In my relatively recent venture into cyberpunk, I have used a lot of bars and flex tube to build pipes/conduits along walls. If the wall and bar are the same color, a 1x1 plate with a clip works perfectly well as an unobtrusive attachment point. When the bar and wall are different colors, I was not a fan of any of the simple options. If the clip plate matches the bar, it stands out against the wall. If it matches the wall, it stands out against the bar; and with a bar clip in a hollow stud, the colors match on both but the clip is big and distracting. So I went in search of a better alternative. That brought me to triangle tiles. I initially did not like the ~1/2 plate cutoff at the end, but I have since then found it to be useful in filling some oddly shaped gaps, such as here. In this case, an old 4735 robot arm fits through the gap created by that clipped corner. The clip on the robot arm is smaller than on any other part I can think of, and so the attachment points become nearly invisible. This trick also allows the bar to be tight against the wall, as it is in this example, but it can be moved farther out in small increments by adjusting the attachment point.
Invisible Clip
In my relatively recent venture into cyberpunk, I have used a lot of bars and flex tube to build pipes/conduits along walls. If the wall and bar are the same color, a 1x1 plate with a clip works perfectly well as an unobtrusive attachment point. When the bar and wall are different colors, I was not a fan of any of the simple options. If the clip plate matches the bar, it stands out against the wall. If it matches the wall, it stands out against the bar; and with a bar clip in a hollow stud, the colors match on both but the clip is big and distracting. So I went in search of a better alternative. That brought me to triangle tiles. I initially did not like the ~1/2 plate cutoff at the end, but I have since then found it to be useful in filling some oddly shaped gaps, such as here. In this case, an old 4735 robot arm fits through the gap created by that clipped corner. The clip on the robot arm is smaller than on any other part I can think of, and so the attachment points become nearly invisible. This trick also allows the bar to be tight against the wall, as it is in this example, but it can be moved farther out in small increments by adjusting the attachment point.