After choosing the automatic mode of wire fabric definition and clicking OK, the Surface reinforcement distribution - wire fabrics dialog displays:
The options contained in the dialog are used to parametrize distribution in the region defined:
- In the Wire fabric field, you select a wire fabric type from the list; contents of the list depend on the RC code selected in the Job preferences dialog (similarly as for reinforcing bars); once the wire fabric type is selected, the fields are filled automatically with data from the fabric_xxxx.xml file (where xxxx stands for a name of wire fabric database) located in the DATA folder. Note: You can modify the wire fabric database or add user-defined types of wire fabrics in the file of wire fabric database - new records have to be given identical descriptions as records existing in the database:
Wire fabric cover,
L and l - total dimensions of a wire fabric sheet (the dimensions may only be decreased - they cannot be increased),
R and r - lap slices; these dimensions are ascribed to a given wire fabric and saved in the wire fabric database.
- In the Distribution parameters field the following options are available:
- Angle - the selection list containing angle values (the angle value may be changed); clicking
enables reading the inclination angle of the indicated edge of a region contour directly from a drawing. - Direction - indicates the contour side from which wire fabric distribution will start; clicking
enables changing the direction wire fabric distribution; the side from which wire fabric distribution will begin, is identified in a drawing by means of the 
symbol. - Align - determines the side with respect to which the generated wire fabrics will be aligned:
- aligns to 1st edge 
- after selecting this option, one edit field for defining a lap splice of wire fabrics becomes inaccesible; it means that lap splice lengths will be increased automatically in such a manner so that wire fabrics are aligned on both sides without the necessity to trim wire fabric sheets 
- aligns to the 2nd (opposite) edge 
- aligns to both edges; after you select this option, the edit fields for defining the lap splice of wire fabrics become inaccessible - After selecting the Diagonal option, the location of the diagonal changes in the wire fabric distribution (if the diagonal is displayed in the distribution).
- Number of layers - information only for the needs of the subsequent wire fabric table.
- Location (top/internal, bottom/external) - parameter describing location of wire fabrics; it affects graphical representation of wire fabrics.
- Grouping - if this option is selected, then wire fabrics of identical parameters positioned next to each other (i.e. with their edges touching) are presented as one object; it is an operation aimed at improving transparency and readability of a whole drawing.
- Type - allows selecting one out of three possibilities:
- normal type - shown in the drawing below
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passing and half-way types - wire fabrics are shifted in relation to each other by half the length (to avoid concentration of lap splices of several wire fabrics at the same point) - shown in the drawings below
o half-way type
o passing type
- normal type - shown in the drawing below
- Angle - the selection list containing angle values (the angle value may be changed); clicking
There is also a possibility of simplified presentation of wire fabrics; the drawing below shows the simplified method of presenting a generated wire fabric.
