Forte Software Ideas

The situation where beams are used to catch load bearing walls above happens all the time in typical wood framing. The ability to link wall loads as line loads to beams would simplify the process tracking all the load combinations from the wall ab...

Report tab looks good, however, on the printout, none of the grids align and there is a lot of wasted space. Additionally, why is 8.5" x 11" the standard printout size in a world of PDFs we should have different sizes

For cases where the main floor member is not a product ForteWEB sizes for, in many cases open web wood joists, it would be nice to able to model a "non-physical member" just to be able to use the load transfer to the carrying member. I'm a huge fa...

We use flitch plates between to keep beam depths down.

I'm making a patio cover with steel beams that go past support columns

Would be helpful to add a steeper slope than 12/12 as we do quite a few residential structures with steep roof pitches. The rafter length won't be correct, nor will the total load be if we use the available 12/12.

I would like the ability to share our user settings from user to user. With our companies expanding EWP design team, It would be extremely helpful to have the ability to share our user settings with new users. With this capability we would not hav...

Can we get an option to design a shear wall? Portal framing around garages or large openings are pretty common and it would be very handy if Forte could add this functionality. We already have wind loading built-in so adding the sheathing calculat...

Just checking someone's work in the office and they had forgotten to add PT to their deck members. When I went to add it only showed PSL's as option. Please revise to allow 2x_ and 4x_ members. 6x_ members large enough so no PT reduction applies t...

It would be nice if the load input page was consistent on the load inputs, service level or ultimate levels. It is confusing to input live/dead/snow loads at the ASD service level loads but then in the same summary you are required to input the wi...