Location-aware search with Apache Lucene and Solr

Location, location, location! Just as location is king in real estate, search plus location awareness can yield significant dividends in helping users effectively and efficiently find information. For instance, if you are a business-directory provider (such as a "Yellow Pages" site), when a user searches for a plumber, the site should return results for plumbers near the user's home. If you run a tourism site, you might want to allow travelers to search for places of interest near their...

Using Polylines

  Polylines Polylines draw lines similar to the line command we used in lesson 2, but are a lot more powerful. Let's start by drawing the same plot of land we drew in lesson 2, but this type using polylines. The polyline command is situated on the 'draw' toolbar. 1) Choose the polyline command 2) For a start point, enter 50,50 3) ...

Help With Modify Commands

Basic Modify Commands Here we'll cover the modify tools, which give us control over simple shapes we have created. As the name suggests - we can modify drawing elements. This is what the modify toolbar looks like (if you don't see it, check the modify box in 'view - toolbars'): The modify tools (from left to right): Erase, Copy, Mirror,...

Using Layers

  Layers Layers are a way of managing, tidying and also controlling the visual layout of a drawing. A whole section of a drawing can be turned on or off, or simply one aspect can be controlled - text for example. This is all done by using layers within Autocad. The concept of layers is used in other software applications, such as Paintshop...

Hatching in AutoCAD

  Hatching Hatching is used to add shaded patterns to objects and shapes within an Autocad drawing. Hatch patterns can be used to indicate a material to be used, such as a concrete hatch. Alternatively it could be used to make an area of a drawing stand out. A foundation detail with the Autocad default AR-CONC hatch pattern applied. The hatch command can be found on...

The Extend Command

Introduction AutoCAD drawings are rarely completed simply by drawing lines, circles etc. Most likely you will need to Modify these basic drawing objects in some way in order to create the image you need. AutoCAD provides a whole range of modify tools such as Move, Copy, Rotate and Mirror. As you can see, the command names are easily understandable. However, the way these commands work is not always obvious. This tutorial is designed to show you how all of the Modify commands work. If...

Brushed-Explosion

Step 1: Introdution   This tutorial is divided into two different parts. The first part, will be a step by step guide on how to create the following brushed explosion: The second part of the tutorial will be a rough guide that will teach you how to create and implement your own 3d text into the explosion and obtain a similar result: The entire result will be obtained using JUST Photoshop with its default brushes and settings.     Step...

Realestate website template header stock photo in photoshop.

[1] Take a new file of 700 pixels, 200 pixels, of resolution 72 dpi in the RGB mode. [2] Using the “Pen Tool” draw a shape as shown below color is not important. [3] For this shape add the following layer styles. [4] Now take the “Brush Tool” and now download these brush a Google for some of your favorite brushes. Or you can go to Deviantart.com to search. [5] Now create a new layer make sure your foreground is set to white after that play with your...

Create a Cute Pig postcard from sketch

This tutorial aims to guide you from sketchbook to screen; a “Cute Pig” drawn with pencil in just a couple of minutes translated into a vector postcard. You can send it to your girlfriend later, or print it on a cup or a bowl. Intermediate knowledge of Adobe Illustrator is advised. Step 1: The Sketch Open your sketch file in Illustrator by either opening it directly or opening a new document and going to File > Place. Give the layer it’s on an appropriate name and...

Create an old TDK cassette

Do you have any of those at home? Even if they are considered retro elements, there are probably still a lot of people that continue to use them. Because retro style is very popular right now and besides that, they are just so nice! In this tutorial I’ll show you to create a standard D-C60 TDk cassette in just some minutes. Below is the final image we will be working towards. Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Estimated...