Forte Software Ideas

Report tab looks good, however, on the printout, none of the grids align and there is a lot of wasted space. Additionally, why is 8.5" x 11" the standard printout size in a world of PDFs we should have different sizes

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...

Having a location on the Job Tree that shows a list of recently deleted members or a place to archive members would be useful especially if changes in the project required reverting to older members previously designed but removed or unused. We co...

We run into these a lot in high end residential design, so I end up using different software to design these members.

Allow multi-ply built-up columns (like (2) 2x6) for column solution selection. These are common, and need to be checked for larger beams. For that matter, why limit the column solution selection at all? If it has a compression design value, includ...

There's an option for French, please add Spanish.

Please see Table 1B from NDS Supplement to see which beams are missing. Thanks.

I often use center to center distance when specifying span lengths. It would be more convenient if I could click on an bullet option at the top rather than have to select "Custom Dimension Locations" and then select center for each span.

This is a somewhat tricky construction detail and doesn't seem to generate with the other construction details. There are backer blocks, certainly, sometimes web stiffeners and filler blocks (if supported by a double TJI).

Would like to be able to design Glulam columns.