Forte Software Ideas

Option for Microlam LVL, commodity lumber with steel plates ( flitch plate ) designs.


  • Guest
  • Sep 20 2023
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  • Guest commented
    17 Oct 20:03

    There is a lot more to designing flitch beams than just the member calcs. There is bolting both for the intermediate spacing and the ends and special bearing checks etc. This Design is likely best left to other paid for design programs. I am not plugging them, but I do use EnerCalc's Flitch Beam module and it works pretty well.

  • Guest commented
    November 17, 2023 23:29

    Use the same principles used in Strucalc to design flitch beams

  • Guest commented
    November 15, 2023 15:28

    This would be great; I hope they would add flitch beam. they can take a look to TEDDS and Cleacalcs to add that. It would be great and it would give us 100% fully report from FORTE