Hip roof framing

[Al Launier]

I constantly run into the same problem whenever I have a hip roof that has an intersecting gable dormer located at the end of the hip roof. The problem is that the hip rafter is truncated at the peak of the gable ridge, rather than running all the way to the corner of the building. And the corner of the roof, which includes the gable framing, is inadequately supported by the gable framing.
Since the hip rafter is one of the major structural members of a hip roof,the gable roofing should be subordinated to the hip roof. As it is, I must modify the roof framing on the layout each time to reflect this. Is there a way to avoid this?
Thanks for your response,
Al

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Al Launier
Dolphinall@AOL.com
Bedford, NH

[Dean]

Al,

If you put a second wall break, say about 6" from the corner and define a
shorter dormer that does not quite reach the corner.
Define the dormer-wall with a full gable.

Auto-build the roof

You can select the roof slope that should be at the corner and move it to
match the corner of the building. Move the whole panel and not just the side.

You then must make the resulting side of the main roof 0" to match the
hip/ridge. This leaves the polyline running to the corner and back to the
peak of the dormer roof.(doubling back upon itself from the corner)

select the ridge of the dormer and join-roof to the other dormer roof. You
now have the dormer roof in the corner.

Build the roof framing and you will get the full hip rafter extending to the
corner.

The one I tried needed the lookouts trimmed to the valley and hip
rafters.

The trick is in the poly-line of the main roof extending down the hip-ridge
to the actual corner.

Clear as mud huh??