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Thanks to all the responses... I realized engineering is based on local codes... but, as with anything that CAN do engineering, you install the plugin or whatever with the CAD info... Can either CA or HD do that? support the CAD modules with the engineering in them? Thanks for the KB's too.. .that was more the question in this post than the engineering... well, 50-50 I suppose...

I'm looking at buying CA possibly, I need to someday draw plans and build on to my house, so looking for something to do that as well, but for now, I'd like to get something that can do simpler things too, like my shop, pole barns, etc. Shop's are probably a no brainer, but the pole barns may be different. I saw one place somewhere say that it's doable with CA, just have to stand on your head. I guess the biggest question, does it have the capabilities of computing the engineering aspects? And that goes for regular designs too, can it give me beam sizes, joist sizes, etc.