# Steel solar structure on which solar panel are installed and earthquake level;.... working on Windows. can SketchUp do this?o

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**Created:** [November 11, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/steel-solar-structure-on-which-solar-panel-are-installed-and-earthquake-level-working-on-windows-can-sketchup-do-this-o/247904 "2023-11-11T09:29:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dezmo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/dezmo/32/51058_2.png) [@dezmo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/dezmo)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/steel-solar-structure-on-which-solar-panel-are-installed-and-earthquake-level-working-on-windows-can-sketchup-do-this-o/247904/4 "2023-11-11T09:57:49Z")

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I’m not an expert of it, you may check e.g. this topic:

> [@Structural Engineering Tool?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/structural-engineering-tool/38693):
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> I looked in the Extension Warehouse for this, and I realize it may not even be possible to create, but… Is it possible to get/create an extension that will analyze a model to see if it is structurally engineered satisfactorily? That is, is it safe, reliable under X conditions - Earthquakes, normal load, for a given projected weight of the structure, etc.? This is not quite as crazy as it sounds since: SU “knows” the dimensions and empty space SU knows when something is made out metal, conc…

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