Forte Software Ideas

Add a database of historical and legacy dimensional lumber sizes and species, including larger-dimension solid-sawn lumber that is not commonly available in modern construction. This would allow engineers to analyze existing structures using actua...

Design a beam in plank (aka flat) orientation. Primarily used (at least in my world) to support (resist) the outward thrust of a roof without rafter ties. These can be installed inside the wall and form a shelf or boxing, or installed outside the ...

In commercial space particularly but also in long span residential jobs, I may need to design ML or TS as multiple ply joists. I know the multiple member connection is a simple one but code officials want to see that on the calculation, not to go ...

just asking if Forte can be made to work on An iPad. I’m having no luck seeing how to add a member etc.

It would be awesome to have the ability to change from a joist to a flush beam & vice versa. Entering the loads twice sucks.

I would like to see a more in-depth calculation of allowable stresses along with all adjustment factors used. Example, explicit calcs for all adjustment factors that result in a modified allowable stress. Just want clarity on "behind the scenes" c...

When working on residential projects sometimes a Prime Hip truss is truncated. would it be possible to add an additional geometry to the loading assistant to more accurately load lintels that support this?

when sizing say like SPF solid beams the forteweb will only do 8 inch wide. 8" is so 2010. everyone is using 10x and 12x because of the bulk look etc. is there an update or some way to have the program incorporate the larger size beams now

A user-editable "Comments" field on the Job Summary page would be a welcome enhancement.