Glaze database and calculation program for Windows.

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        News
        About GlazeChem
        Download and Install
        Extra GlazeChem Data
        GlazeChem News and User's Group Mailing Lists

News

• March 14, 2007 - GlazeChem Help on Vista does not work, because Microsoft did not include the old Help program in Vista. Thanks to Microsoft for such fine attention to backward compatibility. See this page on the Microsoft support site. They promise that the old Help program will be available for download in "early 2007," so check that page occasionally.
• March 9, 2007 - Windows Vista, possible solution to any problems you may have running GlazeChem: run the program as administrator. See this page on the Microsoft support site, step 5. (Thanks to Robert Metivier.) I have another report that the program installs and works correctly on Vista Home Premium. I have other reports that it doesn't work at all. For the moment, don't count on GlazeChem working on Vista unless you test it on your own machine.

About GlazeChem

GlazeChem is a ceramic glaze database, analysis, and calculation program. GlazeChem will help you to keep your glaze recipes and test results organized, will show you their chemical and cost analyses, and will assist in making substitutions, changing recipe sizes, performing batch calculations, and other common tasks. GlazeChem has extensive online help and a tutorial, and includes oxide, material, substitution, and limit formula data.

System requirements

• Windows 95/98/ME/NT/etc. (reported to work just fine on Windows 2000 and Windows XP)
• 80486 or Pentium-class processor
• 8 Mb RAM (more recommended, depending on your operating system)
• 10 Mb or more free disk space (25 Mb during installation)
• 800x600 or higher screen resolution recommended

Note: Macintosh users may be able to use GlazeChem through a Windows emulator.

License

GlazeChem is shareware, with a 45-day trial period. If you decide to keep the program, the license fee is $35.00 US (upgrade from version 1.2 is $10.00 US). Use after 90 days requires a registration code. More information is available in the Readme file and in the online help.

I do accept credit card payments through PayPal. The fee is slightly higher, though ($37). Email for details.

Download and Install

You can download GlazeChem 2.1 here:

GlazeChem version 2.1 (glazechem212.zip - 2.8 megabytes)

This is a zip file containing everything you need to install and run the program. Here's what to do:

1. Download the zip file by clicking on the link above.
2. You will need a tool to unzip the zip file. Later versions of Windows have built-in unzip capability, but otherwise you need a stand-alone tool such as PkZip, WinZip, or StuffIt Expander.
3. Unzip the file to a temporary directory. Make sure the unzip tool's 'Restore Directory Structure' option is on. With most programs it is on by default. If you get an error message during installation, go back and check this. The directory to which you unzipped should contain several subdirectories.
4. Run the setup program (SETUP.EXE) and follow the instructions. A 'Typical' installation is highly recommended for new users. (Note: if you have a previous version of GlazeChem, be sure to install to a new directory.)

You can then delete the files you extracted from the zip file.

The next thing you should do is read the Readme file. If you're upgrading from version 1.2, read the Upgrade from 1.2 readme file. (Both included in the download.)

To learn how to use GlazeChem, I recommend working through the tutorial in Tour.rtf, found in your GlazeChem program directory. If you're already an experienced GlazeChem user, look at the "What's New" section of the Help file.

Extra Data

The following databases* are also available for download:

• ClayArt glaze from the CeramicsWeb (clayart_ceramicsweb20010308.zip - 178Kb) - several hundred glazes posted on Clayart over time and entered into the CeramicsWeb ClayArt database by Richard Burkett and co.; further edited by myself.
• GlazeBase submissions (glzbasesubmissions_20010312.zip - 103Kb) - a few hundred glazes submitted through my GlazeBase page since late 1996. Also includes a material database with analyses for some of the unusual materials used in the glazes (you can add these materials to your regular database using GlazeChem's Merge function).
• Raku glazes from Dewitt Gimblet (degraku.zip - 15Kb) - this was his raku glaze collection through 12/26/98.
• University of Florida collection (uflorida_20020513.zip - 248Kb) - Glazes from Linda Arbuckle. Low/mid/high-fire glazes, raku glazes, and some high-fire clays from a variety of sources.

A suggestion: after you download any of the files above, unzip the contents to your GlazeChem data directory. Then start GlazeChem and activate the Database Tree view. Use the Edit | Add Databases to Tree command to add the new files to the tree.

* These files are in GlazeChem 2.1 format. To read with version 1.2, open the database file with WordPad and change the 'Version' from 2 to 1. You will lose some (non-critical) information.