Forte Software Ideas

Allowing the user to set design loads for the entire project (i.e. roof dead load, floor dead load, etc) would enable the user to just enter that piece of information once and then every member being designed in FORTE WEB would be able to receive ...

We sometimes have extra lateral loads acting on walls & columns other then wind loads. Sometimes those are perpendicular point loads and sometimes they are at an angle such as loads coming from structural brackets or knee bracing. It does not ...

This would be convenient because instead of switching from beam to beam to get the reactions, all of the reactions are displayed in the summary.

Rather than having to create individual runs for each level in a building for bearing wall design, it would be awesome to input your loads and tributary length for each level to output a stud design for each level. This would help make the design ...

While calculating single member headers in outside walls, the bearing length or moment will sometimes fall short of the design criteria my firm specifies. The detail we use from the IRC places a flat wood plate the full length of the span below th...

In some instances, floor joists fail as single members at 16" O.C. Doubling everyone is overkill and 12" O.C. works but is difficult for HVAC and Plumbing Contractors to work with. Noting to double every other joist at 16" O.C. is something our fi...

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

It would be nice if more sizes such as 3x4, 4x4, 3x6, 2x8, etc. were added as options for each wood grade and species when designing the wall studs.

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...

It would be nice of Forte just remembered that you typed 1+ ___mm or 2| or M so you don't have to go back and re-input all of your loads if you increase support width due to a bearing failure.