Here's a neat trick for pattern generating.
Naman writes:
Hi guys,
After doing the tutorial on "Creating holes without deleting mesh", i was testing wire-frame modifier. It was alright until i pressed ctrl+2 (i.e. shortcut for subsurf level 2) and found this. So in this tutorial we will be "Creating patterns using wire-frame and other modifier". Link of .blend is below.
Have fun :D
Naman
This is what we will be creating: