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I ran into this issue and figured it out, maybe it will be helpful to someone else.

In a simulation you may want to simultaneously simulate circuit behavior with a switch open or closed, or in state A or B, etc.

You might think that you could Sweep Parameter for something like SW1.STATE and set it to "Custom" with "A, B" as the options but nothing like this appears to be supported.

Instead you can accomplish this by replacing your switches with resistors, and assigning them expressions using the "Parameter Element" (under "Unsorted Elements").

For example if you wanted to sweep an SPDT switch in both states, first create a new parameter element called SWITCHSTATE and give it value 0. Then create two resistors, one with R = SWITCHSTATE and the other with R = 1G - SWITCHSTATE.

Then if you Sweep Parameter SWITCHSTATE in your simulation using values 0 and 1G, the two resistors will effectively be 1 short and 1 open, then 1 open and 1 short. From this you can construct an SPDT switch that you can simulate in either state.

Can't seem to make it running.. Can you describe a bit more clearly for a beginner please?

@dannyvl Take a look at this example:

This accomplishes the same thing as described above without the explicit Parameter Element.

@mrobbins : Works like a charm, many thanks!

Danny