Forte Software Ideas

It would be really helpful if you can design a flitch beam within Forte Web.

Having the ability to add penetrations in glulam beams would be great.

In some applications we are required to use fire retardant treated lumber due to fire requirements. Manufacturers of these treatments list their adjustment factors for various design values fb, fc etc. As this changes per manufacturer having a pro...

Engineered lumber (LVL etc) and store lumber are limited in length, but structures can be much longer. Forte can span multiple supports with one beam, so beams are calculated for the longest single member (which may be multiple plies) and used rep...

It would be a huge time saver to be able to see reactions next to the member design in the Job Summary tab. Having the Results and Current Solution listed there for all members in a project is very helpful, but having to click each individual memb...

Now that Microllam has code approval for wall memebers, I've had an increase in requests to design in ForteWeb. In the southeast 2x8 TimberStand is only stocked 20' lengths. Taller walls have few options and Microllam is a good fit for strength an...

Would be nice to be able to check timber designs and not have to switch programs or perform the design by hand.

Would be useful if we could use pressure treated southern pine lumber as a solution option

When designing wall columns the only lateral connector option for Mitek is the AC3 but I would like to have more options such as MP5, MP7 or MPA1. If I use Simpson I usually get 3 options. Not sure why only one option appears for Mitek