in the way of an update of sorts...

I have been learning about 'Riegelbau' from a Swiss carpenter. Riegelbau is the Swiss version of the German Fachwerk, which can be done either in Gefäch, or half timbering, or covered over with siding. Regardless of the enclosure method, the framing is basically the same. The interior of such structures is almost always covered over with wood panelling of some sort, or in later examples plaster, the timbers typically are not exposed and the framing techniques go to great lenghths to ensure an even interior surface to serve as a basis for a smooth wall, meaning things like corner posts are specially shaped so as not to intrude into the interior space.

regarding the Swiss Reigelbau, here is some specific information:
Posts are typically somewhere around 5x5", maybe 4x6 or ssomewhere in that general area. The posts are spaced at intervals of about a 3 to 4 feet apart.

Sills come into 3 different categories, there are the ground sills, the wall sills for upper levels, and sills that support the rafters or roof framing in general. These are all perhaps 6x8, the extra width compared to the posts would stick to the inside.

The ground sill corners can be joined with a pinned though mortise, or in more modern building may be joined with a hidden lap joint reinforced with steel bands bolted on the outside.

The Swiss do often use the typical German method for constructing floors, where the joists are captured between plate and sill, but there is another method that they sometimes use as well.
In this case, the joists are maybe 6x6, and are dropped into the sill beams to sit flush with the top, reduced to 3 inches thickness whre they pass through the sill. The joint here is complicated, and I will have to put up a picture. It is important to note, the joists typically pass through the sill and stick to the outside of the structure a good ways, where they may have ornately carved ends or simpler adornments, or may stick out even further to support balconies. joists are spaceed 2 to 3 feet apart.

The posts are joined to sill below and plate above by means of very short tenons, which are around 1 1/2 to 2" in length, and are not pegged. the long slanting braces are joined in the same way.

the horizontal 'riegeln' are perhaps 4x5", and these may be pegged in place, but very often aren't.

There are 2 special categories of posts, the corner post and the 'Bundständer'. The corner post is often quite large, maybe 8x8 to perhaps 10x10 or even larger. However, the inside corner is cut out to form an 'L' shaped timber whose inside faces will sit in the same plane as the inside faces of the other 5x5 posts to form a continuous wall plane. The bundstaender stands where an interior wall joins the otside wall, and as such is made larger, perhaps 6x8. Once again, it is shaped with cutouts to create an even wall plane, giving it a shape somewhat like a squatted 'T'

There are a few special joints that too must be adressed,
first, in the swiss method where the joists sit flush with the sills, rather than being captured between sill and plate, there are 2 special joints needed. The timber that sits on the end walls, which in the German method would joined as another joist, must in this case employ another type of joint. This timber is made the same size as the top plate, 6x8, and in fact is both a top plate for the lower end wall and a sill for the upper.

This timber sticks out past the side wall a good ways, and the plates for the side walls are joined into it with a joint called a 'Schwalbenschwanz" which in English would be called a dovetail (the German word means Swallowtail)

The sill for the upper level therfore sits directly atop the plate, and is joined to it with pegs. in the other method where the joists are captured, the sill is instead joined with the 'kamm' joint and also pegged to the joists.

The other special case is the instance of a ridge beam, which is not always used. Here there are 2 ways in which it might support the rafters. The old way is to have the top of the beam peaked, with the rafters simply resting on top, joined to each other with a bridle joint. the newer way is to have a flat top, with bridmouths in th rafters to sit on top of it, and secured in place with a long spike or screw. here the rafter pairs would just be cut flush to each other and nailed together, the idea being that the weight in the old system is born by the bridle joint, whereas in the newr system it is born by the birdsmouts in the rafters.

the rafters themselves would be about 4x6, at the same spacing as the joists, purlins would be about 6x10, with their supporting posts 6x6 and braces 5x5

in the Bernese style, a gable overhang might be about 4 or 5 feet, while the eaves might be 3-7 feet, or even more on larger buildings with wide balconies.

a typical roof pitch is about 40 degrees, which more or less corresponds to a 10/12 pitch which is 39.81 degrees

thats enough for now, feel free to ask any questions