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First, the Timber Design add-on must be activated in the Base Data.Once you have created the glulam material and section, edit the material and select the 'User-defined material' checkbox.
After that, navigate to the 'Timber Design' tab and scroll down to the 'Glued laminated timber' section. This is where you can adjust the lamella or the 'Thickness of lamination'.
In the main program RFEM 5 or RSTAB 8, it is necessary first to rotate the member about 90° to ensure the lamellas of the glued-laminated beam are lying edgewise (see Image 01).
In order to also consider the on-edge position of the beam for the design using the RF‑/TIMBER Pro add-on module, increase the resistance for edgewise bending in the National Annex parameters in the "Other Settings 2/2" tab (see Image 02).