calling invisible figures without toggling visibility

i want to create a function that plots a bunch of invisible figures, and then returns figure handles, without actualy drawing the figures.

i tried doing:

f=figure(1)

f.Visible=off

figure(f)

or

f=figure(1)

f.Visible=off

figure(1)

but in both cases the figure visibility toggles back on when I call it

I cannot plot right away after setting visibility, because my function alternates between figures, plotting different curves on different figures

would be thankful for any assistance

Nathan

Answer 1

[Mehmed Saad]

f= figure(1);
a = axes(f);
f.Visible = 'off';

x = 1:10;
y = 1:10;
plot(a,x,y)

Now when you want to see the picure, just call

f.Visible = 'on'

[nathan blanc]

thanks mehmed, this fixed the issue