The answer–perhaps not surprisingly–is yes. Consider this simple common emitter amplifier (I modeled it in PartSim, if you’d like to open it): While those steps aren’t very complex ...

Figure 1 The addition of a simple diode in the emitter circuit yields the symmetric waveform in Figure 4. Figure 2 This amplifier circuit produces the distorted waveform in Figure 3. Diode D 1 ...

[Paulo]’s calculator will therefore compute most of the characteristics of two class A common emitter/collector amplifiers for specified loads.