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About Visibility States

You can modify the set of entities displayed in a CustomBlock reference using visibility elements and visibility states.

A visibility state is a property of the CustomBlock that specifies which entities of the CustomBlock appear in the Block reference.

For example, you can use a single CustomBlock with two visibility states (V1 and V2) to represent rectangular and round tables. Each visibility state displays the corresponding geometry, as follows:

  • V1 displays the circle
  • V2 displays the rectangle.

At creation time, a Block reference displays the entities from the default visibility state. You can use the visibility grip point to specify another visibility state.

Related Topics

Managing Visibility States

Parent Topic

Controlling Visibility of CustomBlocks Entities



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