Specify distance or vector length of translation

[M.Brassel]

When creating feed systems or cooling channels, I often need to translate some nodes, curves and/or beams parallel to some geometry, but with a different distance than the nodes I use to specify the vector. Many of the translations are not in the directions of the coordinate system.

An option to specify the length of the translation vector would give a lot of freedom in altering existing runner systems or new concepts of cooling channels.

So I have two suggestions/ideas:

• Add a field 'distance' to the 'Input Parameters', to change the length of the vector. I would prefer to give the vector a specified length (not a percentage).
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• Implement the possibility to change the distance in the field of the 'Measurements' window, so the 'Vector' field would be updated accordingly:
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Maybe a similar option would be interesting for the creation of curves and beams.

Any comments or additions by anyone?