diff --git a/crates/sylpheed-formats/examples/edge_cap_sweep.rs b/crates/sylpheed-formats/examples/edge_cap_sweep.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a310ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/sylpheed-formats/examples/edge_cap_sweep.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+//! Calibrate the connectivity cap against the whole disc.
+//!
+//! `XBG7_EDGE_CAP` sets the cap; this reports, for one setting, how much
+//! geometry decodes and how self-consistent it is across containers — the two
+//! numbers any change to the cap has to trade off. Run it once per cap value.
+use sylpheed_formats::mesh::Xbg7Model;
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+fn main() {
+    let dir = std::env::args().nth(1).expect("resource3d dir");
+    let mut files: Vec<_> = std::fs::read_dir(&dir)
+        .unwrap()
+        .flatten()
+        .map(|e| e.path())
+        .filter(|p| p.extension().and_then(|s| s.to_str()) == Some("xpr"))
+        .collect();
+    files.sort();
+
+    // name -> (verts, tris) -> spans seen, exactly as mesh_consistency_disc.rs.
+    let mut seen: BTreeMap<String, Vec<([i64; 3], usize, usize)>> = BTreeMap::new();
+    let (mut models, mut verts) = (0usize, 0usize);
+    for f in &files {
+        let Ok(bytes) = std::fs::read(f) else { continue };
+        for m in Xbg7Model::anchor_models_cancellable(&bytes, 0.0, &|| false) {
+            let (mut lo, mut hi) = ([f32::MAX; 3], [f32::MIN; 3]);
+            for s in &m.meshes {
+                for q in &s.positions {
+                    for k in 0..3 {
+                        lo[k] = lo[k].min(q[k]);
+                        hi[k] = hi[k].max(q[k]);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if lo[0] == f32::MAX {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let v: usize = m.meshes.iter().map(|s| s.positions.len()).sum();
+            let t: usize = m.meshes.iter().map(|s| s.indices.len() / 3).sum();
+            models += 1;
+            verts += v;
+            if std::env::var("DUMP").is_ok() {
+                // Per-resource signature, so two cap settings can be diffed:
+                // a cap change that silently MOVES an existing anchor is the
+                // risk a coverage count cannot see.
+                println!(
+                    "{}|{}|{v}|{t}|{}|{}|{}|{}",
+                    f.file_name().unwrap().to_string_lossy(),
+                    m.name,
+                    m.meshes[0].vbuf_offset.unwrap_or(0),
+                    (hi[0] - lo[0]).round() as i64,
+                    (hi[1] - lo[1]).round() as i64,
+                    (hi[2] - lo[2]).round() as i64
+                );
+            }
+            seen.entry(m.name.clone()).or_default().push((
+                [
+                    (hi[0] - lo[0]).round() as i64,
+                    (hi[1] - lo[1]).round() as i64,
+                    (hi[2] - lo[2]).round() as i64,
+                ],
+                v,
+                t,
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+    let (mut shared, mut inconsistent) = (0usize, 0usize);
+    for (_, list) in &seen {
+        if list.len() < 2 || !list.iter().all(|e| e.1 == list[0].1 && e.2 == list[0].2) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        shared += 1;
+        if list.iter().any(|e| e.0 != list[0].0) {
+            inconsistent += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    println!(
+        "cap={}  models={models}  verts={verts}  shared={shared}  inconsistent={inconsistent}",
+        std::env::var("XBG7_EDGE_CAP").unwrap_or_else(|_| "0.28 (default)".into())
+    );
+}
diff --git a/crates/sylpheed-formats/src/mesh.rs b/crates/sylpheed-formats/src/mesh.rs
index dde2926..404220b 100644
--- a/crates/sylpheed-formats/src/mesh.rs
+++ b/crates/sylpheed-formats/src/mesh.rs
@@ -708,6 +708,27 @@ pub fn debug_find_index_buffer(bytes: &[u8], name: &str, vb: usize) -> Vec<(usiz
     out
 }
 
+/// The connectivity cap: a searched block whose mean triangle edge exceeds this
+/// fraction of its bounding-box diagonal is rejected. `0.28` is the shipped
+/// value. A runtime capture names blocks the engine really draws, and one of them
+/// (`e106_eng_02_l`, a 24-triangle LOD) measures **0.417** — so the cap has a
+/// known false positive. `XBG7_EDGE_CAP` overrides it for calibration sweeps;
+/// it is a diagnostic knob, not a setting (see docs/re/structures/xbg7-mesh.md).
+fn edge_cap() -> f32 {
+    std::env::var("XBG7_EDGE_CAP").ok().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0.28)
+}
+
+/// Triangle count below which the looser [`small_cap`] applies. `0` (default)
+/// disables the split, so the flat [`edge_cap`] governs every block.
+fn small_tris() -> usize {
+    std::env::var("XBG7_SMALL_TRIS").ok().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0)
+}
+
+/// The connectivity cap for blocks below [`small_tris`] triangles.
+fn small_cap() -> f32 {
+    std::env::var("XBG7_EDGE_CAP_SMALL").ok().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0.45)
+}
+
 /// Internal: the descriptor parameters the diagnostics need.
 fn decl_of(bytes: &[u8], name: &str) -> Option<(VertexDecl, Vec<(usize, usize)>)> {
     if bytes.len() < 16 || &bytes[..4] != b"XPR2" {
@@ -987,7 +1008,13 @@ fn validate_block(
             .sqrt()
             .max(1e-6);
         let mean_edge = edge_sum / (sampled as f32 * 3.0);
-        if mean_edge / diag > 0.28 {
+        // A COARSE block is coarse by construction: a 24-triangle LOD's edges
+        // are a large fraction of its own size, which is why the flat cap has a
+        // capture-proven false positive (`e106_eng_02_l`, ratio 0.417). Under
+        // `XBG7_SMALL_TRIS` blocks below that triangle count get the looser
+        // `XBG7_EDGE_CAP_SMALL` instead — a targeted relaxation, off by default.
+        let cap = if tris < small_tris() { small_cap() } else { edge_cap() };
+        if mean_edge / diag > cap {
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/docs/re/structures/xbg7-mesh.md b/docs/re/structures/xbg7-mesh.md
index d23625b..e4463be 100644
--- a/docs/re/structures/xbg7-mesh.md
+++ b/docs/re/structures/xbg7-mesh.md
@@ -748,6 +748,39 @@ fix to reach for blind: the threshold trades against false anchors, and now that
 a capture can name true blocks, it can be **calibrated** against them rather than
 guessed. Not changed here.
 
+**7. Calibrating the cap: a real trade, not a free win.** `XBG7_EDGE_CAP`
+(and `XBG7_SMALL_TRIS` / `XBG7_EDGE_CAP_SMALL` for a triangle-count-aware
+variant) make the threshold sweepable without changing the default;
+`examples/edge_cap_sweep.rs` reports coverage and cross-container consistency per
+setting. Over the whole `resource3d` directory:
+
+| cap | resources decoded | anchors moved vs 0.28 | shared | inconsistent | consistent → **inconsistent** | inconsistent → consistent |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **0.28** (shipped) | 5 480 | — | 678 | 125 | — | — |
+| 0.35 | 5 955 | — | 707 | 140 | — | — |
+| 0.42 | 6 069 | 254 | 714 | 153 | **18** | 3 |
+| 0.45 | 6 093 | 254 | 716 | 153 | 18 | 3 |
+| 0.28, but 0.45 below 64 tris | 6 090 | 236 | 716 | 151 | **16** | 3 |
+
+**Nothing is ever lost** — every resource that decoded at 0.28 still decodes —
+and the capture-proven case is fixed: at any cap above 0.417, `e106_eng_02_l`
+anchors at exactly `0x44a32c`, and the four e106 parts that were already correct
+stay correct. So on the only ground truth available, relaxing is a strict
+improvement (4 → 5 of the ship's drawn buffers correct).
+
+But it is bought: ~590–610 resources that previously decoded not at all now do,
+**~240–254 existing anchors silently move**, and 16–18 shared resources go from
+cross-container consistent to inconsistent (against 3 repaired). The
+triangle-aware variant barely narrows that — almost everything the looser cap
+admits is a small block anyway.
+
+**So the cap is not changed here.** The evidence says 0.28 is too tight and that
+mean-edge-over-diagonal is a weak discriminator for coarse LODs; it does not say
+0.45 is right, because the 254 movers have no oracle. Deciding needs either a
+capture covering more ships and stages (the same `--truth` method extends to any
+container the engine drew from) or a discriminator that does not degrade for
+coarse geometry. Both are recorded as the next step rather than guessed at.
+
 Not settled: `e106_brg_01_b_02` ≡ `e106_brg_01_l` (51 verts). A second 51-vertex
 `vbase` exists in the logs but is **not** from this container, and the container
 holds three near-identical 51-vertex runs, so the pair has no oracle yet.