Of course not. Take $I$ (the incenter) on a line whose distance from $AB$ is $r$, between the projections of $A$ and $B$ on such a line.
The symmetric of $AB$ with respect to $AI$ and the symmetric of $AB$ with respect to $BI$ will meet at a candidate $C$-point. The locus of such $C$s is a hyperbola:
Of course not. Take $I$ (the incenter) on a line whose distance from $AB$ is $r$, between the projections of $A$ and $B$ on such a line. The symmetric of $AB$ with respect to $AI$ and the symmetric of $AB$ with respect to $BI$ will meet at a candidate $C$-point. The locus of such $C$s is a hyperbola: