Creating holes with rectangular array

[CalmWind]

Someone please help me with the array problem.  

I have created two separate holes at either end of my folded metal sheet.  Now, I need to places as many holes between them as possible with a length of approximately 100 mm between two adjacent holes.  I tried the rectangular array, but the arrow kept pointing at out of plane direction.  I think I am doing something wrong.

Can someone point me to the right direction?  Yes, pun intended.  Thanks.  

A tutorial video would help a lot too.  Thanks.

[graemev]

Select an edge or axis for the direction of the array, not the face. After that, it's a simple matter to calculate the quantity of holes via length and spacing parameters. (Use "floor" or "ceiling" as necessary in your equation.)

[admaiora]

You can improve it using parameters too

[CalmWind]

Thanks for the help Admaiora.  It worked.

Another quick question please.  If I want to delete the 2nd or 3rd hole or whichever hole I desire.  How would I go about doing so?

I tried selecting it and hit delete, but it does not work.

Thanks in advance.

[maulik_patel]

Hi!

Occurrences created by pattern cannot be deleted. However, you can suppress it( RMB on it/Select 'Suppress').

Thanks 

[dan_szymanski]

Hi @CalmWind,

You can suppress occurrences (generated from the pattern) from within your Browser per your design need.

• Expand the Rectangular Pattern feature from within the browser to expose all the occurrence nodes
• Right click on a Occurrence (it will cross-highlight within the graphics area so you can see the selected feature)
• Select Suppress

Hope this helps some.

Regards,