Change hatch pattern dynamic block

[mluna4PKSU]

Hi all,

I work on a millwork company and right now I'm working on a dynamic block for what is out "standard base". The face of that base has different hatches depending on the material (plastic, veneer, etc.). I know that I can keep creating more and more visibility states to hide/show elements like the hatch in this case, but I was wondering if there is a property or anything like that, that would allow me to just change the hatch pattern based on a Attribute or a property to the block?  Not sure if I explained myself quite right, but I would appreciate any help here.  Attached is the block I'm working on. 

Thank you! 

[fkellogg]

WOW.
That is a very complex block for something that in my 25+ years of millwork drafting I have (almost) never drawn to any kind of detail. A simple Section, showing height and toekick setback, with a hatched rectangle (wood, P-lam, metal) for the toe kick finish is all I have ever shown. Our ladder frame base is included with our full base cabinet Section dynamic block, with most other cabinet components variable.
Our shop guy gets pre-ripped scrap material and a depth, height, and length dimension and he rock&rolls with that - no drawing required. We use CabinetVision for cabinetry, and don't even use that for toe bases.
Cheers!

[mluna4PKSU]

Thanks @fkellogg for you response.  Yeah, for our drawings we show the ladder base for the clients / shop and we've trying to improve our blocks (just like stretch here and there, etc.) but now and then we get some request from the shop and we, the drafters, try to adjust out blocks to those request. I'm just trying to have less blocks in our library but I know that, that would make our blocks more complex that they should be. Thanks again! 

[Libbya]

Visibility states are the only way I know of to change hatch patterns within a block other than having each hatch on a dedicated layer and turning the layers on/off to show the correct one.  Maybe you could scale it down to virtual invisibility, but associative patterns might not behave and maintain associativity.