Examples of HyperGlaze in use

Glaze Card
Searching for Glazes, Clays, and Materials
Glaze Calculator
Glaze Limits Graph
Materials analyses
Utilities and Help

The following images are of the Macintosh OSX version of HyperGlaze. The Windows version will appear similar, but slightly different, due to the way Windows handles menus and other system features.

Click on any image to see a full sized screen shot of that HyperGlaze window.

Also click here for HyperGlaze QuickStart – a PDF document that comes with HyperGlaze (2 Mbyte file).
Learn what all the parts of HyperGlaze do.


Glaze Card


Glaze recipes are kept on on-screen cards like this one. The unity formula is automatically calculated, as is the batch recipe, cost of the batch, and estimated thermal expasion.The Glaze Index is at the right, and the HyperGlaze Index at the left.Click on any index name to see a recipe instantly.
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Finding Glazes - Complex Search

     

It's easy to locate a number of glazes that match your needs by using the Complex Search features of HyperGlaze. You can search for glazes, clays, or materials by any combination of the attributes in the respective windows above.
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Glaze Calculator


Glazes can be recalculated in the Glaze Calculator portion. HyperGlaze makes it easy to transfer recipes and formulas from one place to another without typing. In the Glaze Calculator you can calculate a batch recipe from the unity molecular formula. This can be a new recipe or just a revision of an existing glaze.
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Glaze Limits Graph

   
The Glaze Limits card offers some of the most unique features of HyperGlaze - the ability to look at glazes in a more visual format. Here the glaze is represented by the light blue bars of the graph, while the limit formula for this type of glaze is represented by the colored bars behind. The light blue bars (your glaze) can be easily dragged up and down using the mouse to adjust each oxide. Keeping the tops of the light bluebars within the limits (colored bars) ensures that the glaze will likely melt at the temperature given. The flux oxides (RO section) automatically readjust to maintain unity when any oxide is changed. Silica and Alumina can be linked to stay in in a specific ratio when adjusting. Custom limits are available and can be added by the user. The firing cone for the glaze can be automatically changed to adjust the fomula of the glaze to melt at higher or lower temperatures. And now the percentage analysis is visible all the time, too.
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Materials stack


The Materials stack makes it easy to edit, update or add new materials analyses for your local materials. HyperGlaze will calculate the molecular formula from the typical weight percentage analysis supplied by manufacturers, and also calculate the molecular weight of the material. Health hazard information can be added to each material page, and this hazard information will be automatically added to any glaze or clay recipe which uses that material when the recipe is calculated. One useful function for learning about glazes is the ability to view just the materials in a particular glaze or clay recipe - available with a click of the mouse on the Materials cards.
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Utilities and Help - QuadBlender and more...


The QuadBlender helps in glaze testing and development by doing the calculations for complex blends of materials, colorants, or glazes.

Also included in HyperGlaze are lots of help and tutorial information. There is a tutorial on glaze calculation, Unity Explained, and a collection of various utilities, including things like plaster calculation, in The Potter's Friend. Most parts of HyperGlaze also have helpful information on glazes available at a mouse click.

    

There is a full interactive help stack available at all times which covers all the features of HyperGlaze. The Help stack floats above other parts of the program, so you can leave it open on a large screen while you learn to use HyperGlaze.
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