VISIBILITYSTATES command

Creates and edits visibility states in the Command line.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Description

Creates and edits visibility states via Command line. It also opens the Visibility States panel if it was closed before running the VISIBILITYSTATES command.

Note:
  • BricsCAD® visibility states are not compatible with AutoCAD® visibility states. When you open a drawing with BricsCAD® parametric blocks in AutoCAD®, they are displayed as they were saved in BricsCAD®. However, when such parametric blocks are edited or copied to another drawing in AutoCAD®, all entities in the block become visible.
  • Entities hidden by a visibility state are excluded from exporting to IFC file (IFCEXPORT command), unless the Export all visibility states option in the Export To IFC dialog box is checked.

Options within the command

Note:
  • <P> is a placeholder for the name of the visibility parameter entered in the previous step.
  • <S> is a placeholder for the name of the active visibility state of the parameter <P>. On the screen, the actual names of the parameter and the state will be displayed instead of <P> and <S>.
New parameter
Creates a new parameter.

Type a name for the parameter (<P>), then press Enter.

Enter new state for <P>
Type a name for the new parameter state (<S>).
Add entities
Adds entities to the specified state of a parameter.
Select entities for <P>=<S> [selection options (?)]
Select entities for the new state using any selection method.

Press Enter to stop selecting.

When the parameters and states already exist in the drawing, the existing parameters and states are added to the prompts:

New parameter or [<P> (1)/ [<P> (2) … ]
Do one of the following:
  • Type a name for a new parameter.
  • Type the number of the parameter you want to edit.
Enter new state for [<P> or [<S> (1)/ [<S> (2) …]
Do one of the following:
  • Type a name for a new state of the parameter.
  • Type the number of the state you want to edit.
Remove entities
Removes entities from the specified state of a parameter.
make entities Visible
Makes entities visible to the specified state of a parameter.
make entities Invisible
Makes entities invisible to the specified state of a parameter.
Select state
Makes the mentioned state active.