Forte Software Ideas

Use a special value to mean "End of the member" when inputting loads, e.g. ('-')

First, I think ForteWEB is excellent. Thank you for such great software.


When inputting loads, it would be useful to have a special character shortcut that can be used to represent "the end of the member".


We have this already for inputting loads at the beginning of the member ('0'). It would be handy if there was a some value we can quickly enter to represent the end, also. It could something like 'e' or '-', perhaps? Often, I find there are loads at the ends of cantilever tips or I am entering a load that starts midway along a member and goes to the end. This is not a big deal when entering normal loads when I can see the length of the member. When I am entering linked loads, though, I find myself not remembering the exact value of the member length.


Would be nice to just be able to type '-' or 'e' to represent "the end".

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  • Oct 18 2021
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