How to Create Multiple Holes in a Plane at Once

[wilschroter]

I’m trying to create a speaker grill and I need to push these holes through the surface of the plane that’s 1/8" thick.

I’ve got the holes setup as components so that I can manipulate them all at once but I can’t seem to figure out how to get them to interact with the plane above and below it.

What’s the order of operations so that I’m not create each hole one by one with Push/Pull?

Speaker Grill.skp (750.1 KB)

[myspaceplanner]

Position the circles on the surface
Double-click on surface
Copy, delete all, then paste in place
Extrude surface

[Anssi]

Unless the model is used to guide a CNC machine, use a texture.

[wilschroter]

That worked perfectly! Thanks for the quick response.

[Box]

I agree with @Anssi but it is also worth noting that you can array holes on a plane then P/P.

[dezmo]

other ideas

first part:

second part