Forte Software Ideas

I love FORTE, and want to use it more. Add products by competitors like PacificWoodtech or BoiseCascade so that I can do all my design in one place.

add more of the larger sizes - 10x10. 10x12, 10x14, 10x16 etc.

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...

this would help the selection of simpson hurricane connectors

Make it easier to read and save row space. Use fill shading to highlite only sparate levels (or categories).

Would make foundation load tracking a lot easier to see everything in one file. Either pdf or excel/.csv format would be great

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...