Recipe Tutorial - Entering a Recipe
NOTE: It is assumed that no Glaze Calculator
windows are open when starting this step by step tutorial.
Click on the
button to open a Recipe window, then on the
button to open the Material List Window. In the box called
'D/base' you should read 'Orig16.mdb' which is the database supplied with the Glaze
Calculator. If this file is not displayed, you will have to select it by clicking
on the
Open Database button. To display the materials in
this database click on 'Refresh'. Scroll through the list of materials and select
Pot Feldspar
(Ideal) by holding down the left mouse button (over Potash
Feldspar) and then moving the pointer across to the Recipe window
and placing it on the top line of the recipe box (far
left of the Recipe Window). During this operation the pointer will change to the
Material Icon. When you have positioned it, release the mouse button and Potash
Feldspar will be dropped on the first line of the recipe.
Now repeat this operation for Whiting, China Clay (Ideal) and Quartz
(Ideal), placing them on the second, third and fourth lines. To the right of the
recipe, click on the
check boxes which are in line with Potash Feldspar
(Ideal) and Limestone
(Ideal). This will unlock the amounts of these two materials. Move the mouse over
to the right hand arrow of the
slider which is in line with Limestone (Whiting) and click on it until the amount
goes up to 20.00. You will notice that the amount of Potash Feldspar is 80.00. Lock
the Limestone amount and unlock the China Clay amount by clicking on their check
boxes. Click on the right hand arrow of the China Clay slider until its amount reaches
10.00. Lock the China Clay amount and unlock the Quartz
(Ideal) amount. Click on the right hand arrow of the Quartz slider bar until its
amount reaches 40.00.
At this stage the Recipe box should look like this:
Pot Feldspar (Ideal) | 30.00 |
Calcia (Ideal) | 20.00 |
China Clay (Ideal) | 10.00 |
Silica (Ideal) | 40.00 |
Total | 100.00 |
Cost | 0.00 |
There should be a reading for Silica of 71.33 in the Analysis Box on the right hand side of the of 71.33 in the Analysis Box.
Now click on the Description Tab at the top of the Recipe Window. This will bring up the Comments, Name and Type boxes and the Silica Equivalent Combo Listbox.
To save the recipe you must give it a name and then click on 'Add'. If the name you have chosen is the same as a recipe already in the database, you will be asked if you want to save the changes. If you click on 'Yes', the old data will be overwritten by the new.