Forte Software Ideas

Add more size options for commodity lumber and glulam, 6x14, 6x16, 8x12, etc.

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 easy to implement...

  • Guest
  • Aug 9 2019
  • Shipped
  • Mar 27, 2020

    Admin response

    We will review the current offering of dimensional solid sawn lumber and glulam and add additional depths and widths to include common sizes. We will likely provide incremental additions over multiple deployments.

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  • Guest commented
    30 Jan 01:52pm

    Add 3x lumber for exposed fire resistive materials


  • Guest commented
    30 Apr, 2021 06:06pm

    Please also add treated commodity lumber options for exposed conditions such as outdoor decks.

  • Guest commented
    10 Feb, 2021 07:49pm

    Why arbitrarily add any limitations? Have one massive database of all member sizes, just scour the NDS supplement, and there you go. The software can suddenly, and without warning, design anything.

  • Guest commented
    9 Aug, 2019 02:56pm

    Also, add deep depth options for glulams. Why limit depths to 24"?