Forte Software Ideas

It would be nice to have this ability rather than having to create a whole new member and copy the old loads

You need to make it so that if you either close a file inadvertently (which can happen) or on purpose that you can open the file sooner without having to sit there and stare at you screen until you can open it again. I think it is supposed to time...

Allow me to set up a longer time for when the program automatically logs me off. Mostly I am working by myself. I would like an option to set the idle time (:15 min. 1 hour, 2 hours, etc) before it logs me off. I get the concept in a teamwork envi...

If I could design steel beams in Forte software I would only need one piece of software to do all my design work!

Being able to design dimension lumber for studs and columns in Forte software would allow users to compare benefits of TimberStrand to different species of dimension lumber and save time finding the right product.

Our office gets logged out of Forte very quickly. I would suggest changing this so people can stay logged in for longer than 10-30 minutes.

There are many conditions where the project calls for large sawn beams instead of an engineered beam. 8x beams are common at exposed conditions, and occasionally a 6x16 sawn is preferred over a 6x12 glulam. This is long overdue and would be VERY e...

Would be nice to see the Total Load for sizing other items. Not sure what "Factored" is. I thought my settings got changed to Canadian.

When a member is created it should automatically prompt to edit the name. Currently you have to click to add the member, select the type, highlight to edit the name then click to except the name (way to many clicks), nice graphics but to many clic...