Rod Wuetherick on tue 19 apr 05
> It would be great to have a graph that include the likely hood of a glaze
> running. My guess is you can get this from the al/si + colorants. You
would
> need hold to a prescribed firing curve, maybe something like John's O1, R1
> etc curves.
Glazechem has more graphs than you can shake a stick at. It also allows you
to add new graphs if one is so inclined to do so.
I know that Glazechem is not written for a Mac but I turned a friend on to
it a few days ago and they run a Mac. Glazechem ran flawlessly on the
interpreter. Is it not true that Mac System 5 includes an interpreter? I
understand that the interpreter may not be efficient or work well with some
programs i.e calculation intensive programs such as Graphic processing,
games, massive databases, etc. Remember Glaze calculation software is not
complex in the execution of the code. They perform simple calculations, some
(like Glazechem) include simple flat file databases. These programs should
run quite easily on Mac interpreters.
Ron Roy mentioned that he dislikes some Glaze calc software because of the
limitations the software designer puts in in his execution of the problem.
Robert Wilt has made Glazechem so customizable that I can hardly see what
more I would want. There are a few little enhancements he could make - but
I'm sure he is busy doing other things and as it is I'm happy with it.
Speaking of graphs how about the ability to select any group of glazes and
graph any portion of the glaze, unity, molecular weight, , etc. etc.
Searchable database for glazes that exhibit a multitude of configurable
selectors. The program is not immediately intuitive but spending one
afternoon with it most people should be able to use 90% of the program
without difficulty.
peace,
rod
May Luk on wed 20 apr 05
Hello;
I recently started plotting graphs with Si:Al ratio with Excel. Not a one
click operation, but it's not that complicated. I just learnt plotting the
raw materials in a graph from Mike Bailey. It's interesting. Another way to
help understand glazes. His book Oriental Glazes explains it.
Understanding and adjusting recipes require experience. Doing a lot of test
helps and graphing also helps understand the calculated numbers.
I'm still waiting for the Glaze Calc software that serves full English
breakfast. :^p
Regards
May
London, UK
Ron Roy on thu 21 apr 05
Hi Rod,
There is a stand alone program that can turn a Mav into a PC but it slow
things down. Some calc programs are slow to start with so it can certainly
be a problem - especially for someone like me who calculates so much.
Choosing a program is tricky - and part of the problem is - once you have
learned a program you tend to stay with it - because learning another
program is almost as hard.
I used an emulator to turn my Atari into a Mac so I could use the only
calculators available back then - so I am not saying I would not recommend
GlazeChem - I am saying that each program has strengths and weaknesses.
I often think it would be an advantage to use several programs to access
the different functions - now if there were just a few more hours in the
day .....
RR
>I know that Glazechem is not written for a Mac but I turned a friend on to
>it a few days ago and they run a Mac. Glazechem ran flawlessly on the
>interpreter. Is it not true that Mac System 5 includes an interpreter? I
>understand that the interpreter may not be efficient or work well with some
>programs i.e calculation intensive programs such as Graphic processing,
>games, massive databases, etc. Remember Glaze calculation software is not
>complex in the execution of the code. They perform simple calculations, some
>(like Glazechem) include simple flat file databases. These programs should
>run quite easily on Mac interpreters.
>
>Ron Roy mentioned that he dislikes some Glaze calc software because of the
>limitations the software designer puts in in his execution of the problem.
>Robert Wilt has made Glazechem so customizable that I can hardly see what
>more I would want. There are a few little enhancements he could make - but
>I'm sure he is busy doing other things and as it is I'm happy with it.
>
>Speaking of graphs how about the ability to select any group of glazes and
>graph any portion of the glaze, unity, molecular weight, , etc. etc.
>Searchable database for glazes that exhibit a multitude of configurable
>selectors. The program is not immediately intuitive but spending one
>afternoon with it most people should be able to use 90% of the program
>without difficulty.
>
>peace,
>rod
>
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