Forte Software Ideas

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

When I am on the file manager and go to edit the text the text turns white and blends in with the background (making it invisible). I suggest revising the text so it isn't lost when changing file name. I as well as many others are now stuck import...

This is particularly useful for structures with balloon framing

Dates of calculations can be off by a day from other calcutions done by hand or other programs.

Used by Engineers and Architects.

It would be nice to have 5 ply for 1.5" dimensional lumber and 1.75" LVL beams as an option in the product selection.

Instead of having a member reaction line item that reports the critical of the support or member reaction, add an additional row for support reaction. This would allow for quick understanding of which check failed.

If you are designing a shed roof you need to show a negative roof slope. The picture of the installation would be a ledger with the rafters using a metal hanger and sloping down to a beam.

In about a 4-hour session, the software got "stuck" where the loading screen displayed for 10 seconds or more on several occassions. This forces one to reload the page, and sometimes that boots the user back to the file list screen, unable to get ...