Dormer Auxiliary Rafters

The adjacent rafters are located to the right and left of the dormer on the main roof surface. They belong to the main roof surface on which the dormer was mounted, while at the same time also belonging to the dormer. As a result, these main roof rafters (adjacent rafters) are moved together with the dormer when it is moved, or removed when the dormer is deleted.

With the selection list at the top of the dialog box you can choose existing settings. Using the disk icon you can save the current setting under the same name or a new name. Via the management icon you can create new settings, also by adopting existing settings, or modify or delete existing settings. See 'Save settings' in the 'General Help' manual.

The adjacent rafters are defined by a rafter setting and the distance to the dormer contour. The rafter settings are the same as in the standard rafter input for the roof structure. Among other things, these settings allow you to specify whether these rafters should be shortened and whether they should be considered as panel boundaries or not.

If the adjacent rafters are defined as fixed rafters, the main roof rafters are automatically redistributed.

The distance parameter allows you to place the rafters beside the dormer or beneath the dormer. With a distance of 0.000 the adjacent rafters lie beside the dormer; with a negative distance (for example a negative rafter width) you can push the adjacent rafters beneath the wall plate and the corner post. The purlins and corner posts are connected to the adjacent rafters according to their respective settings.