AC #02 - Let's Make in AutoCAD - DYNAMIC BLOCK WITH MULTIPLE VISIBILITY PARAMETERS

Let’s make a dynamic block with multiple visibility parameters (kind of) in AutoCAD!

While you can't actually have multiple visibility parameters in a dynamic block, it is possible to mimic doing so with some extra work (including extra lookup parameters and a few special guests). In this video, I'll take you through the process. Though I will often say "visibility states" when I mean "visibility parameters." Also, something about a squirrel... ?

This video was recorded in AutoCAD 2017, a Computer Aided Drafting program by Autodesk, Inc. using Open Broadcast Software, with audio mixing in Audacity and edited in Hitfilm 4 Express.

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“AutoCAD” on Title Card rendered using A360 from an AutoCAD file by myself.
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AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2017, Let’s Make, Let’s Make AutoCAD, computer aided drafting,

[PeaceParts]

Just another little tip, You can right click items and go to Object Visibility and select Show for all States or Hide for all States. Way easier than having to go through every visibility state and turning them on/off

[Rikky_AS]

This is stunning! Problem I did have for a long time, with a lot of blocks! This works perfect!

[espaceman]

Awesome! I love squarells! Thank you!

[chrisjoel]

how can you do something like this but with text?

[mythic_snake]

Please please please somebody point me in the right direction. I need to do exactly this, but with 4 sides of my block able to turn on and off independently. Does that mean I need to set up each "move" parameter with 8 "lengths" each, with a total of 32 "sizes", and then instead of a double lookup, I would need an octo-lookup??? Or do I just need two "sizes" for each side (on and off) and then a 64-lookup parameter to control the whole block? Is there a video that shows how to do this?

[diegohumayta]

Muito bom!
Parabéns pela publicação.

Very good!
Congratulations on the publication.

[gladysramirez]

This is great! I am currently working on something similar and I found this video to be very helpful, but now I'm stuck. When I delete the block and drop it in a new window my items are showing and listed correctly in both Lookups... but my items are not switching. They seem to be stuck on the first visibility status. Mind you, I am adding more items that you have in this video. Any idea what I am doing wrong?