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A recipe database
is a collection of up to 100 recipes. Any number of recipe databases
may be created for whatever reason you would like to collect recipes
together in one file.
Advantages
Associated with Using Recipe Database to Store Recipes
When recipes
are collected together in one file they are very accessible.
There names can be listed in a dialog together with their images,
recipe and formulae. This makes the location and loading of a particular
recipe very easy. Fig.1 shows the dialog for loading a recipe from
a database into the Recipe to Formula environment. The dialog is
expanded to show both formula and recipe for the highlighted recipe
in the list.
The dialog shown
in Fig.1 may be opened by clicking the 
button in either the Recipe to Formula or the Formula to Recipe
environments.
Fig.1
Loading a recipe from a database |
When recipes
are collected into a database the database may be searched
for recipes of particular qualities. New lists are generated which
may be saved as new databases - essentiall subsets of the original
source database.
A new dialog
is provided for this purpose in which the complete information stored
for a recipe may be displayed in a window independent from the main
Matrix window.
Fig.2
The Recipe Search Window displays full information about recipes
in a database or individual files. |
Recipes displayed
in this dialog (Fig.2) may be "sent" to either environments
in the main Matrix window. More ..
Information
Stored in a Recipe Database
The following
information is stored for each recipe in a recipe database:
- recipe name
- up to 14
materials with quantities
- up to 5 colourants
and quantities
- the temperature
and cone for the glaze (reads the temperature setting and units
in the Matrix window)
- unity formula
values
- qualities
- opacity, texture, stability, fit, firing details, status,
colour
- date
- clay body
on which glaze was tested
- comment [250
characters]
- Text File
Path for locating an attached document
- Image File
Path for locating an attached glaze picture
- Coefficient
of Expansion
- Surface Tension
- Al2O3 : SiO2
ratio
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