Forte Software Ideas

It is very easy to delete a member by accident because the red "X" button in the toolbar is right next to the copy member and member info buttons. Please add a pop-up window to confirm that you actually want to delete the member because there is n...

I just analyzed an 11-7/8" TJI 560 purlin in a building roof. The system specifies deflection criteria of L/240 for transient loads and L/180 for total load. I tried to customize these and the software says that limits must meet code minimums of L...

There's really no reason i should need to click on this item, let's say to check that linked beams have the correct support linked. There is plenty of real estate below to accommodate this.

Beams often have vertical holes at holdown locations and it would be great to be able to analyze the reduced section at the holdown location.

I do not want to create a team to share files... I would like to be able to export a file as a hyper link (short cut). I would like to dbl click on the export on my computer & enter directly into job file for editing instead of looking for it ...

Please add page numbers to the Job Summary Report.

Hello, It will be very useful to have an option to input custom unbraced lengths to all relevant design modules. Thank You.

When I use the "quick loads" drop-down to add a load, I do not want the window refreshing me back to the left edge of the slider when I have a beam with a lot of different loads. Then, I have to re-grab and slide the slider back to be able to see ...

The summary page should show the maximum utilisation for each member and a note indicating what this is for. E.g. if you had a member at 98% bending capacity the summary page should show this as Max UC = 98% - Bending. This makes reviewing larger ...