Forte Software Ideas

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.

I find that I often have floor plans that do not provide reasonable support points for a ridge beam. I would often like to use triangular trusses to transfer the load to the sidewalls. Timberframe does this regularly with ornate wood. I want simpl...

I quite often design 2-ply 5.25" wide parallams and even 2-ply 7" wide parallams. Forte only allows for 3.5" parallams to be designed as 2-ply. I understand that there are no Simpson hangers available for 10.5" or 14" wide beams but that should no...

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

You would be able to see how the loads are stacking from floor to floor if each floor had a color coded system.

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

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.