delete every Nth element in a pattern?

adamohern

Are elements "created by" a pattern always listed in order? Would it be reliable to query elements created by a linear pattern and delete every Nth element?

EDIT:

Best solution I can come up with is to do multiple patterns: pattern up to the first skipped element, then pattern that pattern to create the other sections with a distance long enough to leave a gap. Works well in simple cases like this one.

ilya_baran

By pattern, do you mean opPattern or one of the pattern features?  And by elements do you mean faces or bodies or what?

adamohern

Well, I guess I'm open to any solution, really. I assumed I would be using opPattern, but I haven't spent much time playing with it. And by elements I guess I mean pattern instances--which may be bodies or features, as applicable based on the pattern type.