Forte Software Ideas

Create and keep updated/sync’d an Excel .XLS that would have the summary of the components that I have designed. Ideally on my computer, but a downloadable file could be made to work. AutoCAD (and I presume others) can link and paste dynamic a spr...

Like the picture on page 5 of the Canadian Wall Guide (TJ-9503), there are many situations where the top chords are sloped (ex : gable end wall). There is no where in ForteWeb to identify the top plates as being sloped so that the correct connecto...

Allow for a linked load to be tapered. For rafter loading on a ridge beam where the bottom of the rafter hits a valley. It could have 100% load at the full length end of the ridge beam and then taper to 0% where the top of the valley hits the ridg...

Adding a few keyboard shortcuts ( Add a load, ***copy a load***, etc) would increase productivity.

We like to save everything involved with a design/calc package in the same file. Beings your software automatically saves our calcs it would be nice to drop a copy of the plan we are sizing from in the same place. Simply a copy and paste action.

this would help the selection of simpson hurricane connectors

Forte does not support posts or beams that are more then four ply. In the field, you will see five or six ply posts pretty regularly. It would be great for Forte to allow you to insert more than four ply for posts and beams. As a bonus, it would b...

Even when I set live_load=0, the computed "system vibration control" remains unchanged and non-zero. Practical application: an uninhabitable attic. A basic floor would help during construction and afterwards to support insulation. Thanks for the o...

A couple ideas to improve the member tree on the left side of the screen: -Add a button to collapse all "levels" so you don't have to collapse each level -Be able to drag and reorganize levels -Be able to double click on member name to rename it -...

In order to correctly model a king stud, and many other tall stud walls with lower members framing into them, one must be able to incorporate lateral (horizontal) point loads and uniform loads. These are not just wind loads from the tributary widt...