Forte Software Ideas

It would be great to add the option of multi-plies for the standing post element. Example: 2x4 SPF No1/No2 with 1, 2, 3 or 4 plies. Actually only can select 1 plie.

I have used the header hanger were the window mullions are getting to wide for the customer. So the trimmers can be eliminated. I also think it would add good information for city plan review.

Hi, I noticed that for linking members, after renaming the file name, (or sometimes with no reason) all designed members become undesigned and for linking a member to a new to-be designed member, we need to go through the design process again. I h...

I would like to request that the design parameters of Forte for cantilevers be restricted to a maximum of ½ of member back span. Forte is currently available for anyone that wishes to download it in our market. We are concerned that someone with l...

You can select multiple job files in File Manager and you move multiple files but you cannot DOWNLOAD multiple files. Would be helpful for moving files between users who do not use Teams. Also helpful for user's who's email has been compromised an...

It would be helpful to add the ability to resize the width of the Link and Transfer Support Reactions window, similar to what was shipped with resizing the Member Tree List. Currently all member sizes are cut off due to a narrow list window, and w...

When users get a failure and no results show on the solutions tab (see attachment) could you add a message near the top or near "failed" advising users to click on the Report tab for additional failure messages?

Being able to turn on and off loads on a beam would be super nice. Right now, when I want to look at different load combinations on a beam... I have to copy the beam and redo the loads to a combination that I want so that I can compare. But if I c...

Steel is allowed as plate material in free-standing posts so it would be helpful if it could also be used for in-wall column design, especially for instances where the king stud is designed to sit directly on footing rather than on bottom sill plate.

Provide option to manually save files instead of the program automatically saving after every change. If this is not possible, provide an undo command.