Forte Software Ideas

It is harder to read and find the type of lumber one is searching for than it was before. It should be switched back to the way it was before.

It is difficult to supply a calc sheet to code officials using TB-506 as proof that our product is as strong as Boise Versalam.

Be able to export a wall header sized in Javelin at L/360-L/240 (Hard Coded) and check to see if the header will pass with snow roof load at L/240 - L/180 as code allows, without having to add a new member and re input all the loads.

Add a sheet on a job where you can import a pdf of a structural layout and then have the ability to use simple leaders to call out which beam is which

IBC 1604.3.7 allows for wind load for "component and cladding" to be 0.6 times when framing members support glass, in addition the deflection criteria is based on length on member designed where l/175 or l/240+0.25" may govern. Currently software ...

Jarred Bankston/Robert Miller In web software, when cantilever loading shows an uplift due to only utilizing LL on cantilever portion and assuming no DL at all . This condition will never exist and uplift shown member report is not necessary and c...

The IBC requires a 2000# concentrated load according to section 1607.4. The software is not entirely clear to one unfamiliar with the code that this is required. It's also not clear if one enters the full 2000# or enters a reduced value to somehow...

By adding a hover help, over the red exclamation mark that shows an invalid postal code format, it will help the user understand if their entry is seen as not in the valid format.

Instead of having to reach for my calculator to do 0.6DL - WL I wish you'd just report it where you do the loads. Piggy back - the total load shown adds DL + LL + SL even though that's not a load case for US codes that I'm aware of. Thank you

When dragging a file to a local location to create a shortcut please add the ability to click on the file name too and not just the file icon.