221 — Edge Miters, in cv-web¶
The angled cut on a panel’s vertical edge that lets two panels close a building corner. Tutorial 110 sets the same two angles in AutoCAD.
Note
This lesson also exists in the browser. Work it in ConstructiVision on the web — same steps, same values, so you can follow either and end up with the same panel.
Where it is¶
The properties panel, Geometry section — Miter L and Miter R.
That is the first difference worth naming. AutoCAD keeps these inside Main Panel Details, a dialog you open and close. cv-web keeps panel geometry on a properties panel beside the drawing, always visible. Same two values, different place to look.
Working the corner¶
Miter L |
left edge angle, degrees. 0 = square |
Miter R |
right edge angle, degrees. 0 = square |
The two edges are independent. A square building corner is closed by two panels each cut at 45° — each takes half of the 90°. A panel that turns one corner carries 45 on that edge and 0 on the other; only a short return panel, turning a corner at both ends, has an angle in both.
It is a rare feature. Across both sample projects — 146 panels — exactly one carries a miter: Arlington Airport A panel 100, at 45° left and 0° right. Those are the values this lesson uses, and the same ones tutorial 110 uses, so the panel is recognisable moving between the two products.
One thing AutoCAD has that cv-web does not¶
ConstructiVision for AutoCAD also carries a Z Offset per mitered edge — how far the cut is held back rather than running the full thickness. cv-web models the angle only.
If a job needs the offset, that value lives on the AutoCAD side. This is a genuine difference between the products, not an omission in this lesson.
Two different things called “miter”¶
Worth separating once, because the word does double duty:
what it describes |
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Miter L / Miter R (this lesson) |
the angle cut on one panel’s edge |
Corner type = Miter (elevations) |
the condition between two panels at a building corner — a fixed 45° meeting with a 3/8” joint |
The first is a panel property. The second is a site-level relationship. Setting one does not set the other.
Watch the lesson¶
A companion video for this lesson is planned alongside the written curriculum.