Forte Software Ideas

Green infrastructure provides social, environmental, and economic benefits to urban areas, and can include things like green roofs, rain gardens, and urban forests. This idea proposes the creation of a new online platform to connect individuals an...

It would be great if the moment, shear, and deflection diagrams for a member could be included in the detailed report. While the values are helpful, the actual diagrams could be much more helpful to visualizing and discussing different designs.

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

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...

Would be useful when trying to compare the effect of adding point loads from a post on how it affects the design.

Most specifiers tend to select Microllam LVL by default for their beam designs, whereas a lot of dealers like to sell TimberStrand LSL. To help when a dealer (or TM) wants to convert a house plan to LSL beams, what if we had a button in ForteWEB f...

When Designing Beams I run into lots of applications where they attach to Columns like Simpson Strong-Tie details for their HUCQ hanger in their Wood Construction Connectors Catalog C-C-2024 page 107. So under the Bottom/Flush category when one pi...

As the primary function of Ceiling Joists is to resist tension in conventionally-framed roof systems, Attic joist member types should consider such forces in their analysis.

As an enhancement, it would be beneficial have treated Parallam as an option for support material. This would be specially useful when sizing decks.