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947   Unlike other data-driven material types, the BSDF type is fully
948   supported and all parts of the distribution are properly sampled.
949   .LP
950 < .UL sBSDF
950 > .UL aBSDF
951   .PP
952 < The sBSDF material is identical to the BSDF type with two important
952 > The aBSDF material is identical to the BSDF type with two important
953   differences.
954   First, proxy geometry is not supported, so there is no thickness parameter.
955 < Second, an sBSDF is assumed to have some specular through component, which
955 > Second, an aBSDF is assumed to have some specular through component
956 > (the 'a' stands for "aperture"), which
957   is treated specially during the direct calculation and when viewing the
958   material.
959   Based on the BSDF data, the coefficient of specular transmission is
960   determined and used for modifying unscattered shadow and view rays.
961   .DS
962 < mod sBSDF id
962 > mod aBSDF id
963   5+ BSDFfile ux uy uz funcfile transform
964   0
965   0|3|6|9
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969   .DE
970   .LP
971   If a material has no specular transmitted component, it is much better
972 < to use the BSDF type with a zero thickness than to use sBSDF.
972 > to use the BSDF type with a zero thickness than to use aBSDF.
973   .LP
974   .UL Antimatter
975   .PP
# Line 1592 | Line 1593 | the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL Uni
1593   in Lausanne, Switzerland.
1594   .NH 1
1595   References
1596 + .LP
1597 + Wang, Taoning, Gregory Ward, Eleanor Lee,
1598 + ``Efficient modeling of optically-complex, non-coplanar
1599 + exterior shading: Validation of matrix algebraic methods,''
1600 + .I "Energy & Buildings",
1601 + vol. 174, pp. 464-83, Sept. 2018.
1602   .LP
1603   Lee, Eleanor S., David Geisler-Moroder, Gregory Ward,
1604   ``Modeling the direct sun component in buildings using matrix

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