After choosing the manual mode of wire fabric definition and clicking OK in the Surface reinforcement distribution - wire fabrics dialog, the following dialog displays:
The options available 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. Number of sheets- use this option to insert simultaneously several wire fabric sheets; if a number of sheets is greater than 1, then the following become accessible:
and 
(they are used to determine how the sheets are to be positioned with respect to each other) 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 (see Job preferences).