Forte Software Ideas

Regardless of whether or not it is required by the building codes, this is an important consideration for many projects.

If you can do it in Risa, why not in Forte? I know this is a wood program mostly, but it does come up occasionally.

Adding "stud grade" to available options will increase flexibility for member sizing in lieu of having only #1/2 or #2 grades as the minimum base line per species.

If you try to delete a member which is linked to another, an error pops up saying that it cannot be deleted, and to remove the linked load reference. Information identifying which member(s) to which the load is linked would be helpful, rather than...

Adding an option where the user could toggle whether or not the beam was continuous across a column or not would be very handy. With long spans I don't know what column the contractor is going to splice the beam over. analyzing a continuous beam f...

This would save a minute or two per member when there are multiple point loads coming down on a member. There would be a spot within the link reaction to add additional reactions. When you are done adding, they would show up as all individual load...

Sometimes decks have tapered joists with tapered sleepers to allow for water to drain away from structure. Would be nice to size based on actual geometry vs. analyzing a smaller lumber size and being conservative.

For fire rated areas in a building, optional design factors

Useful when working on older structures and ability to have more options

Helpful when working on existing buildings to check effects on existing older structures when remodeling.