Forte Software Ideas

I love using "R" for the right side or "M" for the mid point. If we could use "Q" for quarter point and "T" for third point it would be really helpful and should be easy to add to the program. Maybe "Q1" is first quarter (0.25) and Q3 is third qua...

In Forte, create rotated roof slope purlin orientation design for roof members Common question by customers on how to do this. Be nice if Forte could handle this common application. Talk to Rob Miller for details

Sometimes a beams reaction will be linked in another beam. You cannot delete a beam from the calc unless the linked reaction is removed. However, if you don't know which calculation has the linked reaction, you cannot unlink the reaction and there...

Have an option in Forte Web that allows osb fillers in between headers to increase strength values

Some building officials who receive ForteWEB Member Reports (or other software output) have asked how they can be sure the document has not been modified by the user. I suspect it leads to some engineer seal requests due to lack of trust in the do...

Then we don't have to 'fake' a member in a different place to check deflections.

When copying an entire file, it's usually for a slight variation on the same plan at a different location. It would be nice when using the Copy To function to be allowed to set the file name for the copy during the process rather than have to sepa...

This would be useful for when you have a brick veneer that isn't full height, so you could check the deflection at the extent of the brick without having to set your whole member to L/360 from L/180.

I think this would be a great add, especially for our HDH services. Thanks for all considerations in advance.