Forte Software Ideas

I did a search and I found no other comment about metric, so I expect demand is not so strong. However, it would still be helpful for lengths and loads.

Software is running vary slow lately, sometimes to the point that when I add one of my quick-loads it simply doesn't show up in the loading area, prompting me to click "add" another time only to see nothing, then all of a sudden both pop in, which...

What a useless statement implementation. First of all, you can't see why something fails on the solutions tab, so if you don't click it and check the report, you'll have no idea what went wrong. Secondly, uplift is not a failure. This happens all ...

For those of us in seismic regions, we need to check load combinations including the vertical seismic effects and rho/overstrength where required. Can this be incorporated?

It would be very helpful to see the calculations (i.e. formulas, property values, etc. used) behind the solutions given, especially when comparing the solutions with NDS/hand calcs.

Fix the graphical output so the page numbers do not overwrite the text. Page 1 with the Summary Report is fine, however all the other sheets the page number is over top of the File Name. See Example Screen Shots.

It would be helpful if I could toggle the suggested framing alternatives (with the blue star) on or off similar to the show only working solutions checkbox.

Need to be able to specify holes in members.

We are a company that have projects in different states so we need our materials to be updated according to the project location.

Since Forte does not add the joist self weight, the joist self weight for selected product should be presented in the report so that the designer can double check their design dead load. Alternately, add a setting to specify that dead loads are su...