@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ turns cream.
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-<a href="examples/degenerate-bevel-weld/"><img src="examples/degenerate-bevel-weld/preview.webp" alt="Degenerate bevel weld: two blue hard-shell equipment cases — left with a flat end panel and clean chamfer bands, right with its rim rolled into a knife ridge traced by a glowing red seam and orange beads at the zero-area faces, proving the half-dimension bevel collapse ships degenerate triangles" /></a>
+<a href="examples/degenerate-bevel-weld/"><img src="examples/degenerate-bevel-weld/preview.webp" alt="Degenerate bevel weld: two blue hard-shell equipment cases — left with a flat end panel and clean chamfer bands, right with its rim rolled into a knife ridge traced by a thin red-orange seam line and small amber pins at the zero-area faces, proving the half-dimension bevel collapse ships degenerate triangles" /></a>
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@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ future Blender changes triangulation — re-measure and update deliberately).
 
 **Render as proof:** two rugged hard-shell equipment cases whose shells
 *are* the check's two meshes — `beveled_box(DIMS, 0.10)` and
-`beveled_box(DIMS, 0.20)` — with every fitting (handle, latches, molded
+`beveled_box(DIMS, 0.20)` — with every fitting (handle, steel draw latches with wire bails, rubber corner guards, molded
 frame, purge valve, ID plate, feet) kept inside the flat front land that
 survives both offsets, so the bevel is the only difference. The cases turn
 their end panels to the camera: the left keeps a flat end framed by clean
 chamfer bands; on the right the end and top lands are gone and the band
-rolls into a knife ridge at mid-depth. That collapsed seam is traced in hot
-red from live mesh data (every edge of every face thinner than 1e-6), with
-an orange bead on each of the 12 zero-area faces the check counts — change
+rolls into a knife ridge at mid-depth. That collapsed seam is traced as a thin
+red-orange ink line (low emission, no neon halo) from live mesh data (every edge of every face thinner than 1e-6), with
+a small amber pin on each of the 12 zero-area faces the check counts — change
 the offset and the overlay moves or disappears. The clean case is the
 designed asset and passes the asset-quality floors (exit 11).
 
 
@@ -344,6 +344,32 @@ def grip(bm):
         parts.append(_part(sc, f"{prefix}.LatchLever{'LR'[sx > 0]}",
                            _block(f"{prefix}.LatchLever", (0.11, 0.035, 0.13), 0.014),
                            mats["accent"], shell, (sx * 0.40, fy - 0.045, 0.15)))
+        # wire draw-bail: a steel loop from the lever over the hasp
+        def bail(bm, sx=sx):
+            y = fy - 0.032
+            _tube_path(bm, [(sx * 0.37, y, 0.195), (sx * 0.245, y, 0.215),
+                            (sx * 0.245, y, 0.125), (sx * 0.37, y, 0.105)],
+                       0.008, sides=8)
+        parts.append(_part(sc, f"{prefix}.LatchBail{'LR'[sx > 0]}",
+                           _mesh_from_bm(f"{prefix}.LatchBail", bail),
+                           mats["steel"], shell))
+    # rubber corner guards on the front land, capping the frame joints
+    for sx in (-1, 1):
+        for sz in (-1, 1):
+            def guard(bm, sx=sx, sz=sz):
+                for dims, off in (((0.13, 0.05, 0.05), (-sx * 0.04, 0.0)),
+                                  ((0.05, 0.05, 0.13), (0.0, -sz * 0.04))):
+                    res = bmesh.ops.create_cube(bm, size=1.0)
+                    for v in res["verts"]:
+                        v.co.x = v.co.x * dims[0] + sx * 0.565 + off[0]
+                        v.co.y = v.co.y * dims[1]
+                        v.co.z = v.co.z * dims[2] + sz * 0.275 + off[1]
+                bmesh.ops.remove_doubles(bm, verts=list(bm.verts), dist=1e-6)
+                bmesh.ops.bevel(bm, geom=list(bm.edges), offset=0.012, segments=2,
+                                profile=0.5, affect="EDGES", clamp_overlap=True)
+            parts.append(_part(sc, f"{prefix}.CornerGuard{'LR'[sx > 0]}{'BT'[sz > 0]}",
+                               _mesh_from_bm(f"{prefix}.CornerGuard", guard),
+                               mats["rubber"], shell, (0.0, fy - 0.018, 0.0)))
     # molded reinforcement frame around the front land
     for nm, dims, pos in (("FrameTop", (1.17, 0.03, 0.035), (0.0, 0.28)),
                           ("FrameBottom", (1.17, 0.03, 0.035), (0.0, -0.28)),
@@ -408,16 +434,16 @@ def build_weld_overlay(sc, shell, mat_seam, mat_hot):
 
     def seam(bm):
         for va, vb in segs:
-            _tube_path(bm, [va, vb], 0.018, sides=10)
+            _tube_path(bm, [va, vb], 0.009, sides=10)
         joints = {tuple(round(c, 5) for c in v) for s in segs for v in s}
         for j in joints:
-            bmesh.ops.create_uvsphere(bm, u_segments=10, v_segments=6, radius=0.020,
+            bmesh.ops.create_uvsphere(bm, u_segments=10, v_segments=6, radius=0.012,
                                       matrix=Matrix.Translation(j))
     seam_ob = _part(sc, "WeldSeam", _mesh_from_bm("WeldSeam", seam), mat_seam, shell)
 
     def beads(bm):
         for p in counted:
-            bmesh.ops.create_uvsphere(bm, u_segments=12, v_segments=8, radius=0.038,
+            bmesh.ops.create_uvsphere(bm, u_segments=12, v_segments=8, radius=0.019,
                                       matrix=Matrix.Translation(p.center))
     bead_ob = _part(sc, "PinchBeads", _mesh_from_bm("PinchBeads", beads), mat_hot, shell)
     return [seam_ob, bead_ob]
@@ -439,8 +465,8 @@ def mats(tag):
                                         rough=0.55, metallic=0.0),
             "steel": make_material(f"{tag}.Steel", (0.62, 0.63, 0.66), rough=0.32,
                                    metallic=1.0),
-            "accent": make_material(f"{tag}.LatchAnodized", (0.95, 0.52, 0.06),
-                                    rough=0.35, metallic=0.6),
+            "accent": make_material(f"{tag}.LatchSteel", (0.30, 0.31, 0.33),
+                                    rough=0.26, metallic=1.0),
             "rubber": make_material(f"{tag}.Rubber", (0.025, 0.025, 0.028), rough=0.8,
                                     metallic=0.0),
             "plate": make_material(f"{tag}.IdPlate", (0.80, 0.78, 0.70), rough=0.3,
@@ -452,10 +478,12 @@ def mats(tag):
                                   (-0.95, 0.2, hz), CASE_YAW)
     degen, degen_parts = build_case(sc, "CaseDegen", DEGEN_OFFSET, mats("Degen"),
                                     (0.95, -0.2, hz), CASE_YAW)
-    seam_mat = make_material("WeldSeam", (1.0, 0.06, 0.02), rough=0.4, metallic=0.0,
-                             emit=(1.0, 0.05, 0.02), estr=2.2)
-    hot_mat = make_material("PinchHot", (1.0, 0.2, 0.05), rough=0.4, metallic=0.0,
-                            emit=(1.0, 0.16, 0.04), estr=3.0)
+    # an inspector's ink line, not a neon tube: thin red-orange seam, and a
+    # small warm pin on each zero-area face the check counts
+    seam_mat = make_material("WeldSeam", (0.62, 0.07, 0.02), rough=0.5, metallic=0.0,
+                             emit=(1.0, 0.12, 0.03), estr=0.35)
+    hot_mat = make_material("PinchHot", (0.95, 0.45, 0.10), rough=0.4, metallic=0.0,
+                            emit=(1.0, 0.45, 0.10), estr=0.6)
     overlay = build_weld_overlay(sc, degen, seam_mat, hot_mat)
 
     floor, wall = build_studio(sc)
 
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
       "name": "degenerate-bevel-weld",
       "dir": "examples/degenerate-bevel-weld",
       "teaches": "Bevel offset >= half the min box dimension collapses the band into zero-area faces — and they ship: a stdlib GLB re-parse counts the degenerate triangles crossing the export boundary. Two rugged cases whose shells are the check's meshes: flat end panel versus a rolled knife ridge, the collapsed seam traced hot from live mesh data.",
-      "alt": "Two blue hard-shell cases: the left with a flat end panel and clean chamfer bands, the right with its rim rolled into a ridge traced by a glowing red seam and orange collapse beads.",
+      "alt": "Two blue hard-shell cases with steel draw latches and rubber corner guards: the left with a flat end panel and clean chamfer bands, the right with its rim rolled into a ridge traced by a thin red-orange seam line and small amber pins at the collapsed faces.",
       "witnessesFix": "At offset == min_dimension/2 the bevel band pinches to exactly 12 zero-area faces (4 edges x 3 segments); 32 degenerate triangles cross into the exported GLB, waiting for any merge-by-distance to weld them.",
       "hero": "docs/gallery/assets/degenerate-bevel-weld-hero.webp",
       "preview": "examples/degenerate-bevel-weld/preview.webp",