Forte Software Ideas

It would be helpful if Tapered PSF loading were available in your loading options for floor and roof joists. Tapered PLF is good, but tapered PSF would make joist spacing more flexible.

I occasionally design timber frame structures and would like to have larger dimensional size options in the program. usually no larger than 8 x, however, occasionally I look at 10 x width and depths up to around 24" max. Can your database be expan...

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.

Nice to have a carbon calculator in a tab to compare different materials

this is helpful in floor & roof dropped & flush headers.

Hi, It would be very useful to have detailed diagrams and values of reactions in the results. For example we can now only see governing factored reaction for the member. But when we need to take these reactions and transfer them below we need both...

It would be nice to have it also calculate the fire design checks based on input of 0 hr, 1 hr, 1.5 hr, or 2 hr fire-rating

When selecting hangers for beams/joists, provide the hangar capacity assumed by the program with a comparison to the member reaction.

When editing a member with a linked load and attempting to delete a span or the member all together a warning message says... "Removing a support location that contains a linked load reference will result in an invalid load for other members in th...