We have a very simple part (imagine a pice of sheet metal with a ton of holes in it) that takes way to long to resolve. We have tried the following:

1)cut one hole and pattern the cut
2)pattern the hole in the sketch and do one cut extrude

Both work but are very slow. I suggested not showing all of the holes, but this isn't a great option. I also suggested that the cut we split into a moderate amount of cut extrudes, but was told that wasn't a great solution either. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

Jeremy