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...

Requesting/suggesting to add the design of the Collar Tie beam via link to the already designed rafters

Hi I believe that 2 updates to the member graphics would be a grate help. Show each load individually boxed or colored differently, which demonstrates a clear picture of the various loads compared one to another. Point load placed close to beginni...

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...

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 ...

(2) 2x4 header works, but (3) 2x4's don't--same span Curious, why 3 plies doesn't work for lumber.

It would be nice to have it also calculate the fire design checks based on input of 0 hr, 1 hr, 1.5 hr, or 2 hr fire-rating

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

I'm coming across to use your website a lot on a job site. It will be a much faster axis through a direct app then searching it on the web. When searching on the web through a mobile device it is a bit complicated to use it it's different than on ...

Hi, it would be great if you could add a feature to your software that allows copying all members from one level to another