Forte Software Ideas

Add a place to put notes for the Level. For example, if I am making a Level for 2nd floor, I'll put in general notes like running the floor at 18psf DL because I don't know if tile will be used. A place to put a note to jog my memory

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

When designing wall columns the only lateral connector option for Mitek is the AC3 but I would like to have more options such as MP5, MP7 or MPA1. If I use Simpson I usually get 3 options. Not sure why only one option appears for Mitek

Incorporate rafter tie height into to rafter design. I joists will probably always state that the rafter must be at 0', other solid materials (including lumber) can have the rafter tie above the wall plate for raised ceilings, but it affects the s...

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.

It would be great if Forteweb had the function to show every single allowable location for a hole, along with the max sizes. With an option like this, we wouldn't have to keep adjusting the hole location to find the limits of allowable holes.

The commodity lumber materials should include stud grade. Residential homes typically don't buy #1 or #2 grade studs for the walls, and usually for 2x6 built-up headers (for example: if the home is framed with 2x6 stud grade walls then those same ...

ForteWEB can already design a maximum hole size based on location. To simplify the hole placement process, I propose a feature that gives users the ability to minimize distance to a support based on hole size. Users enter the support that they are...

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...