BVSTATE — Visibility States

Creates, renames, deletes and orders the visibility states of the block.

• Command: BVSTATE · Global name: _BVSTATE · Alias: BVS

Manages the visibility states of the dynamic block being edited, like AutoCAD BVSTATE. It only works in the Block Editor of a block with a visibility parameter (BVPARAM).

Usage

1. In the Block Editor, enter BVSTATE (or BVS). In the Visibility States dialog box, pick a state and click New…, Rename… (the name is typed on the command line), Delete, Move Up or Move Down; Close finishes.
2. Save the block with BSAVE.

In scripts, SCRIPT and AutoLISP there is no dialog box: the option and the state are asked.

Enter an option [New/Rename/Delete/Up/Down] <done>:

Notes

• A new state starts with every object of the parameter visible. Choosing what is visible in each state inside the editor (the AutoCAD current state) is not available yet: define them when creating the parameter. The order is the one of the Properties palette list. The dialog box cannot be scripted in the AutoCAD console: it has a unit test.

See also

BVPARAM · BPARAMETER · BEDIT