About the Wire Selection Mode

The wire selection mode involves selecting a fixed rebar profile, using a curve (either an existing one or a curve created on the fly in the Sketcher or CATIA Rebar Routing 3D Design).

See Also
Creating a Rebar Wire

A curve and an additional axis system —if no pattern is defined (Pattern tab) are necessary to create a rebar using the wire selection mode.

The axis system determines the coordinate system in which the curve is defined. It allows the pattern to replicate the curve (patterns replicate axis systems). When a pattern is defined, an axis to axis transformation is applied between the axis associated to the curve and the pattern axis.

Example of a Rebar with a Curvillinear Pattern





if the axis system is modified as follows:





The curve looks like this (above figure).