Translate point along a normal

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Madz T
Tue, 01/16/2018 - 15:04
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Modeling Data and Algorithms

I have a point on a face and I've found the normal to that point. I want to translate that point along that normal to a given distance. How do I achieve this?

Thank you.

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Shing Liu
Tue, 01/16/2018 - 16:39

The demo code:

gp_Pnt aPointOnFace;

gp_Dir aNormalDir;

Standard_Real aDistance;

aPointOnFace.Translate(aNormalDir.XYZ() * aDistance);

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Madz T
Thu, 01/18/2018 - 09:01

Thanks eryar. Just what I was looking for.