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...

Provide option to manually save files instead of the program automatically saving after every change. If this is not possible, provide an undo command.

Hello, why not all W members are listed in Forte? For example W14x82. Thank You.

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

We keep all the calc's for a master plan in one folder but when we need lot specific beam packages it would be nice to be able to delete multiple members for option that do not apply.

With the increasing number of Latino framers in our region we are finding the language barrier to be more of an issue. It would help to be able to print our Job packs in Spanish as well as English.

Hello, It will be nice to have a check mark on a member's report screen that will allow us to print the member and the detail page together. For example, an option would say "Print with details". Thank you.

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...

I occasionally design timber frame structures and would like to have larger dimensional size options in the program. usually no larger than 8 x, however, occasionally I look at 10 x width and depths up to around 24" max. Can your database be expan...