Forte Software Ideas

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

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...

If possible, please allow steel results to be sorted by weight. Thank You

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.

It would be helpful to analyze members not made of the materials listed in the library. I.E. i have a client who wants to use rough sawn Oak for a drop beam member.

Would like the option to put Glu-Lam material in our tall wall so they can be designed giving us that option.

Forte used to have an option for "ridge beams". Now you show "flush beams" as the roof option. I think this can be misleading or confusing . While you treat them the same in the software calculations I don't think of them the same. I think of the ...

Would be useful to input line loads or link loads from studs/joists to size the rimboard with Weyerhauser products.

The "team" aspect of ForteWEB" is an integral component to bringing the web software up to par with the previous non-web-based software version. Unfortunately, editing and viewing documents created by different users in a shared team is very uncoo...

Designing posts that stack and accumulate higher loads is difficult without incorporating live load reduction. This has to be done manually outside the program in its current configuration and costs extra time.