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You can dowload and unzip visibility-add-eng.lsp file with source texts of the following A.Lazebny's programs:
1. eval_graf_output - getting ACAD_EVALUATION_GRAPH dictionary from the block editor space
2. visibility_add - adding a new Visibility Set parameter
3. visibility-up - setting selected Visibility Set as current
4. eddedd - switching grips on for all the elements of the current Visibility Set
5. tecuch_visibility - retrieving name of the current Visibility Set
6. blk-visib-param-auditor - auditing BLOCKVISIBILITYPARAMETER dictionary
7. element-sel-current-del - removing selected elements from the current Visibility Set
8. element-all-current-del - removing all the elements from the current Visibility Set
9. element-sel-current-insert - adding selected elements to current Visibility Set
10. visibility_clear - complete cleaning current state from all the elements, dynamic properties and states
11. properties_add_all_visibility - setting visibility of all the dynamic properties and grips in all the states of all Visibility Sets
12. sootvetstvie - determining accordance of element pointer in the block editor space with ACAD_EVALUATION_GRAPH and BLOCKVISIBILITYPARAMETER dictionaries

Versions for download:
29.01.09. Version 1.0.
15.02.09. Version 1.1 (and move-to-visibilityset function is added).
24.07.09. Version 1.2 (element-sel-current-insert function was changed).
24.10.09. Version 1.3 (eval_graf_output function was changed).
11.02.10. visibility-add-eng-v1.4, move-properties-eng-v1.4 - support of properties tables in AutoCAD 2010 dynamic blocks added.
22.10.15. visibility-add-eng_1_6.zip (update by DBdJ1) can work in AutoCAD 2016.

And now an example of dynamic block with 10 visibility parameters (vp01, vp02, ..., vp10):

This DWG file is here. To create such a block from a usual dynamic block with one visibility parameter you should run steps:

1. Load visibility-add-eng.lsp in the block editor window containing your usual dynamic block

2. Add a new visibility parameter with (visibility_add)

3. Move new visibility parameter up with (visibility-up)

4. Add and edit visibility parameter states

5. Repeat steps 2-4 for other visibility parameters

6. Save your dynamic block

17.02.09. Addition: function move-properties for moving custom properties up or down in dynamic blocks (e.g., in blocks used for commercial products).

Note
Some dynamic blocks have many custom properties and user cannot see them all in the PROPERTIES palette. You can move the most useful properties up and make their visibility more convenient.
Launch: (move-properties). Download from here.

11.02.10. See above on a new version.

24.07.09. One more example of dynamic block with several visibility parameters (by T.Bennett).

22.10.15. Good news: thanks to DBdJ1 the program works in AutoCAD 2016! Download: visibility-add-eng_1_6.zip, sample file Brandmelders_Dynamic_MVSP1.dwg.

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