m_distribution properties

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Daniel

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Mar 10, 2017, 7:18:08 AM3/10/17
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Hello,

I am wondering if someone could provide some information on the two distribution types for the m_distribution property of the specular standard material type in Tonatiuh. In most of the literature I have seen the distribution of the surface errors are defined as some sort of bi-variant distribution using 2 angles to describe the deviation of the reflected ray. 

So I am wondering which of the two distributions offered (normal, and pillbox) tend to correspond best with experimental results and how the distributions are defined, (i.e. what does the value given to m_sigmaSlope equate to in terms of how the distribution is defined). 

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,
Daniel

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Mar 10, 2017, 5:38:20 PM3/10/17
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Please also see my post on the Tonatiuh github regarding the same topic:

https://github.com/iat-cener/tonatiuh/issues/88
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