Forte Software Ideas

Sometimes for notched TJI joists, a repair is not possible and we have to frame around the damage and send new header loads to adjacent joists. I would love it if FW had a "loading assistant" - similar to what we do in the Loads tab for window hea...

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 ...

Steel isn't restricted to floors in real life. So why is it in Forte?

ForteWeb is not showing the correct hanger or even hanger maufacturer for members exported out of mitek's sapphire. This means the hangers on the calc are incorrect and do not match the layout. The hanger shown in Forteweb calc may even require we...

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

When editing a member with a linked load and attempting to delete a span or the member all together a warning message says... "Removing a support location that contains a linked load reference will result in an invalid load for other members in th...

I like the ease of adding a member in Forte like a basement beam by adding in each of the spans for one continuous member. But it would be nice if there was a check box somewhere that allowed one beam size but split over the supports as that does ...

Would be nice to have an option to see which members are supporting (via load link) a selected member.

Thinking of an optional column on the member navigation panel that shows rounded span dimensions (2'oh_16's1) or post height. Also, user defined 'tags' to create groups of like-members (ridge beams, rafters, etc.). Last, a way to then filter by me...

When a beam isn't working, knowing all the design stresses and beam properties would make that easier to work through options. Being able to see E, I, and Fb would be really helpful. I can back it out or calculate but it would be faster if just st...