Forte Software Ideas

As we begin to add our client name folders to our "Team Folder" job tree, the folder names do not alphabetize making it difficult to find client folders at times. Will become increasingly difficult over time as more new client folders are added to...

Deflection should be checked per code for Live, Snow or Wind, and Dead+Live combinations ONLY. Right now Forte fails beams due to the seismic load combination deflection.

The text in the comment box below loads appears to be of similar size to the text in the comment box that pops up when a comment is edited. Allow for direct editing of the comment within the box below the load. Disable the pop up window.

searching for files requires you to scroll...if i can search for a specific name, will increase efficiency

I believe this was on the desktop version of Forte where you were able to add the roof loads of a hip roof onto a header.

We often get comments from building departments who look at the total loads to a support and are surprised by how high our loads are.We know "Member Reaction" is factored and shows the highest reaction, please provide that information for all supp...

As an engineer, I appreciate the errors and warnings that Forte gives, but when I provide a design outside of forte for the uplift or other warnings, there should be a way to override the FAILING in Forte and allow it to show as passing. In this c...

For example, it would be nice to be able to apply a point load to the "middle" of the beam without having to calculate exactly what the middle location is considering the support widths. Additionally, if the support width changed, the load could a...

Lockout timer is an absolute waste of a "security" feature. Each 6 minute lockout costs me $25 of wasted time. 6 minute lockout multiplied by an engineers billing rate is roughly $25 in lost time each time we're locked out, get back in and up and ...