Forte Software Ideas

I have a continuous roof joist with a slop of 8:12 with perpendicular glulam beams at the end supports and intermediate support. Is it possible to notch the joist as you see in the attached image?

When using dimensions such as 7'-0-3/4", the software shortens it to 7' 3/4" .....this leads to potential misreading of numbers...some more than others. Most of us use multiple programs and they all have slightly different fonts and dimension form...

Can there be a default of Feet Inches and Sixteenths, similar to Javelin. The option in the Forte program requires to enter spaces between, if it could be made to enter like Javelin it would make it awesome!

In some cases where dead load is a significant portion of the loading, we would want to limit the dead load deflection.

A version that uses only center-to-center support conditions will be efficient for some framing members where we don't need forte to design the supporting posts or hangers. For example, for a member with one or more long spans where we know deflec...

I would love to be able to check Purlins between trusses (face mounted) or purlins over the top of trusses for passing with snow loads. We see these on every Pole Barn that is built in our area and everyone seems to want to under size these crucia...

As in, when defining trib width of a load, the ability to type 27.75/2 and have the trib width equal 13.875'

A lot of folks complain about the timeout and not being able to continue working on a certain file. Undoubtedly, the timeout exists to allow users actually working on a file to do so without interruption, and to prevent file conflicts when not. Ho...

It would be great to have one tabulated page where all beams and their max/critical down and uplifts are shown. Perhaps this can be added to the "index" page.