Forte Software Ideas

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...

in my situation we're doing a covered deck with no walls, to stiffen the posts we're doing 6*6 braces 3-4 feet long that go from the beam down to the column at a 45 degree angle, securing them on both ends with ready rod, washers and nuts. adding ...

This would allow you to make notes as to why you sized it the way you did, and any internal company notes needed. For example, I want to make a note that I discussed a member with a fellow coworker even though it is not within company standards.

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.

There are cases where we need to check multiple conditions on a member, like a cantilevered beam where there's 3 conditions for different live load situations. or, we're designing similar loaded beams with similar spans and want to find the contro...

Currently, its cumbersome to move or copy a project. After using Forte Web for awhile, our projects need organized but it is such a waste of time to organize them at this point because you have to search the location with the window that pops up. ...

The program already does solid sawn and PSL, why not glulams for out of plane loads on headers?

Users question why they cannot edit the Job Summary Comments column. Changing the Header name to System Notes might improve this misconception.

Boyere entered for user: When I collapse levels in the job summary and then come back to it (looking for fails only which is why I'm using the Job Summary to navigate). It would be nice if I didn't have to re-collapse the levels. Could it leave th...

Unable to sort steel members In the results tab based on weight. What is the sort criteria?