Forte Software Ideas

I am always selecting the wrong member in the link function because I have to go back and count how many lines down the member I want is in the main menu and then count in the link function. So irritating.

When patch printing a ForteWeb job pack, our Weyerhaeuser Notes disclaimer verbiage is printed for every member calculation, most often leading to excess pages with just this note on every other page. Lots of blank space produced on pages. How abo...

The report clearly states that holes are only checked for engineered lumber. Why? Add the simple hole calcs to the software or why do you even have the ability to add holes? Anyone can check a table for max holes sizes and depths for TJI's, and yo...

Can we have a user setting for a default beam load placement? I prefer mine to always be TOP loaded by default since that's where the majority of my beam loads are placed. When trying to do something quickly, I've sometimes forgotten to change the...

As of now, it seems that the only mode of linking a wall load to a beam below is as a point load. It would be extremely useful to be able to transfer this load as a distributed load to the beam below since the wall, in this case, is bearing on the...

Most homes use lally columns for carry beam support. It would be useful to have the report represent actual construction method for CEO.

It would be great to be able to analyze gable roofs with rafter ties and to analyze the rafter ties themselves.

Certain municipalities want to see proof that all load combos have been considered. Currently this requires individually generating a pdf for each member. Can you add an option to the job summary that allows for generation of a full detailed repor...

the program needs to have custom made sizes for roof or floor joists design. let say we have existing 2x6@24"o.c. roof rafters. we are vaulting this roof and need to add new 2x10 roof rafters i need to combine the two sizes to make it work. the pr...

Please, disable autosave.