- updated the Tcl commands PlotAll and PlotObjects to have a parameter that control if the objects are to be plotted or not on canvas; it serve as a disable/enable

tclCommands/TclCommandPlotObjects.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class TclCommandPlotObjects(TclCommand):
 
     # Dictionary of types from Tcl command, needs to be ordered , this  is  for options  like -optionname value
     option_types = collections.OrderedDict([
-
+        ('plot_status', str)
     ])
 
     # array of mandatory options for current Tcl command: required = {'name','outname'}
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class TclCommandPlotObjects(TclCommand):
         'main': "Plot a specified list of objects in GUI.",
         'args': collections.OrderedDict([
             ('names', "A list of object names to be plotted separated by comma. Required.\n"
-                      "WARNING: no spaces are allowed. If unsure enclose the entire list with quotes.")
+                      "WARNING: no spaces are allowed. If unsure enclose the entire list with quotes."),
+            ('plot_status', 'If to display or not the objects: True (1) or False (0).')
         ]),
         'examples': ["plot_objects gerber_obj.GRB,excellon_obj.DRL"]
     }
@@ -53,11 +54,22 @@ class TclCommandPlotObjects(TclCommand):
         :param unnamed_args:
         :return:
         """
+
+        if 'plot_status' in args:
+            if args['plot_status'] is None:
+                plot_status = True
+            else:
+                plot_status = bool(eval(args['plot_status']))
+        else:
+            plot_status = True
+
         if self.app.cmd_line_headless != 1:
             names = [x.strip() for x in args['names'].split(",") if x != '']
             objs = []
             for name in names:
-                objs.append(self.app.collection.get_by_name(name))
+                obj= self.app.collection.get_by_name(name)
+                obj.options["plot"] = True if plot_status is True else False
+                objs.append(obj)
 
             for obj in objs:
                 obj.plot()