CAM: Added three options to the refactored postprocessors

with tests.

Removed extra spaces in comments to work around auto-fix
removal of spaces at the end of lines in multi-line python strings.

src/Mod/CAM/Path/Post/UtilsArguments.py

@@ -88,10 +88,13 @@ def init_argument_defaults(argument_defaults: Dict[str, bool]) -> None:
 
 def init_arguments_visible(arguments_visible: Dict[str, bool]) -> None:
     """Initialize the flags for which arguments are visible in the arguments tooltip."""
-    arguments_visible["bcnc"] = False
     arguments_visible["axis-modal"] = True
     arguments_visible["axis-precision"] = True
+    arguments_visible["bcnc"] = False
+    arguments_visible["chipbreaking_amount"] = False
+    arguments_visible["command_space"] = False
     arguments_visible["comments"] = True
+    arguments_visible["comment_symbol"] = False
     arguments_visible["feed-precision"] = True
     arguments_visible["header"] = True
     arguments_visible["line-numbers"] = True
@@ -167,6 +170,29 @@ def init_shared_arguments(
         "Suppress bCNC block header output",
         arguments_visible["bcnc"],
     )
+    if arguments_visible["chipbreaking_amount"]:
+        help_message = (
+            "Amount to move for chipbreaking in a translated G73 command, "
+            f'default is {str(values["CHIPBREAKING_AMOUNT"])}'
+        )
+    else:
+        help_message = argparse.SUPPRESS
+    shared.add_argument(
+        "--chipbreaking_amount",
+        help=help_message,
+    )
+    if arguments_visible["command_space"]:
+        help_message = (
+            "The character to use between parts of a command, "
+            "default is a space, may also use a null string"
+        )
+    else:
+        help_message = argparse.SUPPRESS
+    shared.add_argument(
+        "--command_space",
+        default=" ",
+        help=help_message,
+    )
     add_flag_type_arguments(
         shared,
         argument_defaults["comments"],
@@ -176,6 +202,16 @@ def init_shared_arguments(
         "Suppress comment output",
         arguments_visible["comments"],
     )
+    if arguments_visible["comment_symbol"]:
+        help_message = (
+            f'The character used to start a comment, default is "{values["COMMENT_SYMBOL"]}"'
+        )
+    else:
+        help_message = argparse.SUPPRESS
+    shared.add_argument(
+        "--comment_symbol",
+        help=help_message,
+    )
     if arguments_visible["feed-precision"]:
         help_message = (
             f"Number of digits of precision for feed rate, "
@@ -680,10 +716,15 @@ def process_shared_arguments(
             values["OUTPUT_BCNC"] = True
         if args.no_bcnc:
             values["OUTPUT_BCNC"] = False
+        if args.chipbreaking_amount:
+            values["CHIPBREAKING_AMOUNT"] = Units.parseQuantity(args.chipbreaking_amount)
+        values["COMMAND_SPACE"] = args.command_space
         if args.comments:
             values["OUTPUT_COMMENTS"] = True
         if args.no_comments:
             values["OUTPUT_COMMENTS"] = False
+        if args.comment_symbol:
+            values["COMMENT_SYMBOL"] = args.comment_symbol
         if args.header:
             values["OUTPUT_HEADER"] = True
         if args.no_header:

src/Mod/CAM/Path/Post/UtilsParse.py

@@ -82,12 +82,7 @@ def check_for_drill_translate(
 
     if values["TRANSLATE_DRILL_CYCLES"] and command in values["DRILL_CYCLES_TO_TRANSLATE"]:
         if values["OUTPUT_COMMENTS"]:  # Comment the original command
-            comment = create_comment(
-                values,
-                values["COMMAND_SPACE"]
-                + format_command_line(values, command_line)
-                + values["COMMAND_SPACE"],
-            )
+            comment = create_comment(values, format_command_line(values, command_line))
             gcode.append(f"{linenumber(values)}{comment}{nl}")
         # wrap this block to ensure that the value of values["MOTION_MODE"]
         # is restored in case of error
@@ -147,12 +142,7 @@ def check_for_suppressed_commands(
     if command in values["SUPPRESS_COMMANDS"]:
         if values["OUTPUT_COMMENTS"]:
             # convert the command to a comment
-            comment = create_comment(
-                values,
-                values["COMMAND_SPACE"]
-                + format_command_line(values, command_line)
-                + values["COMMAND_SPACE"],
-            )
+            comment = create_comment(values, format_command_line(values, command_line))
             gcode.append(f"{linenumber(values)}{comment}{nl}")
         # remove the command
         return True
@@ -186,12 +176,7 @@ def check_for_tool_change(
                 gcode.append(f"{linenumber(values)}{line}{nl}")
         elif values["OUTPUT_COMMENTS"]:
             # convert the tool change to a comment
-            comment = create_comment(
-                values,
-                values["COMMAND_SPACE"]
-                + format_command_line(values, command_line)
-                + values["COMMAND_SPACE"],
-            )
+            comment = create_comment(values, format_command_line(values, command_line))
             gcode.append(f"{linenumber(values)}{comment}{nl}")
             return True
     return False