diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Include/Atom/Feature/Mesh/MeshFeatureProcessor.h b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Include/Atom/Feature/Mesh/MeshFeatureProcessor.h
index e7e794c76e..08f2dde474 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Include/Atom/Feature/Mesh/MeshFeatureProcessor.h
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Include/Atom/Feature/Mesh/MeshFeatureProcessor.h
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ namespace AZ
             void BuildDrawPacketList(size_t modelLodIndex);
             void SetRayTracingData();
             void SetSortKey(RHI::DrawItemSortKey sortKey);
-            RHI::DrawItemSortKey GetSortKey();
+            RHI::DrawItemSortKey GetSortKey() const;
             void SetLodOverride(RPI::Cullable::LodOverride lodOverride);
-            RPI::Cullable::LodOverride GetLodOverride();
+            RPI::Cullable::LodOverride GetLodOverride() const;
             void SetMinimumScreenCoverage(float minimumScreenCoverage);
-            float GetMinimumScreenCoverage();
+            float GetMinimumScreenCoverage() const;
             void SetQualityDecayRate(float qualityDecayRate);
-            float GetQualityDecayRate();
+            float GetQualityDecayRate() const;
             void UpdateDrawPackets(bool forceUpdate = false);
             void BuildCullable();
             void UpdateCullBounds(const TransformServiceFeatureProcessor* transformService);
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Source/Mesh/MeshFeatureProcessor.cpp b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Source/Mesh/MeshFeatureProcessor.cpp
index 7d1d7ed851..286724b06a 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Source/Mesh/MeshFeatureProcessor.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Source/Mesh/MeshFeatureProcessor.cpp
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ namespace AZ
             }
         }
 
-        void MeshFeatureProcessor::SetMinimumScreenCoverage( const MeshHandle& meshHandle, float minimumScreenCoverage)
+        void MeshFeatureProcessor::SetMinimumScreenCoverage(const MeshHandle& meshHandle, float minimumScreenCoverage)
         {
             if (meshHandle.IsValid())
             {
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ namespace AZ
             }
         }
 
-        float MeshFeatureProcessor::GetMinimumScreenCoverage(const MeshHandle& meshHandle)
+        float MeshFeatureProcessor::GetMinimumScreenCoverage(const MeshHandle& meshHandle) const
         {
             if (meshHandle.IsValid())
             {
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ namespace AZ
             }
         }
 
-        RHI::DrawItemSortKey MeshDataInstance::GetSortKey()
+        RHI::DrawItemSortKey MeshDataInstance::GetSortKey() const
         {
             return m_sortKey;
         }
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ namespace AZ
             m_cullable.m_lodData.m_lodOverride = lodOverride;
         }
 
-        RPI::Cullable::LodOverride MeshDataInstance::GetLodOverride()
+        RPI::Cullable::LodOverride MeshDataInstance::GetLodOverride() const 
         {
             return m_cullable.m_lodData.m_lodOverride;
         }
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ namespace AZ
             m_cullable.m_lodData.m_minimumScreenCoverage = minimumScreenCoverage;
         }
 
-        float MeshDataInstance::GetMinimumScreenCoverage()
+        float MeshDataInstance::GetMinimumScreenCoverage() const
         {
             return m_cullable.m_lodData.m_minimumScreenCoverage;
         }
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ namespace AZ
             m_cullable.m_lodData.m_qualityDecayRate = qualityDecayRate;
         }
 
-        float MeshDataInstance::GetQualityDecayRate()
+        float MeshDataInstance::GetQualityDecayRate() const
         {
             return m_cullable.m_lodData.m_qualityDecayRate;
         }
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Include/Atom/RPI.Public/Culling.h b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Include/Atom/RPI.Public/Culling.h
index 30cf091735..4a39a21e0b 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Include/Atom/RPI.Public/Culling.h
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Include/Atom/RPI.Public/Culling.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace AZ
                 float m_lodSelectionRadius = 1.0f;
 
                 // the minimum possibe area a sphere enclosing a mesh projected onto the screen should have before it is culled.
-                float m_minimumScreenCoverage = 1.0f / 1080.0f;
+                float m_minimumScreenCoverage = 1.0f / 1080.0f;  //For default, mesh should cover at least a screen pixel at 1080p to be drawn
                 // The screen area decay between 0 and 1, i.e. closer to 1 -> lose quality immediately, closer to 0 -> never lose quality 
                 float m_qualityDecayRate = 0.5f;
 
diff --git a/Gems/AtomLyIntegration/CommonFeatures/Code/Source/Mesh/EditorMeshComponent.cpp b/Gems/AtomLyIntegration/CommonFeatures/Code/Source/Mesh/EditorMeshComponent.cpp
index d46017af16..3308767de9 100644
--- a/Gems/AtomLyIntegration/CommonFeatures/Code/Source/Mesh/EditorMeshComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/AtomLyIntegration/CommonFeatures/Code/Source/Mesh/EditorMeshComponent.cpp
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ namespace AZ
                         ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::ComboBox, &MeshComponentConfig::m_lodOverride, "Lod Override", "Allows the rendered LOD to be overridden instead of being calculated automatically.")
                             ->Attribute(AZ::Edit::Attributes::EnumValues, &MeshComponentConfig::GetLodOverrideValues)
                             ->Attribute(AZ::Edit::Attributes::Visibility, &MeshComponentConfig::IsAssetSet)
-                        ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Default, &MeshComponentConfig::m_minimumScreenCoverage, "Minimum Screen Coverage", "Minimum proportion of screen area an entitiy takes up, after that the entitiy is culled.")
+                        ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Slider, &MeshComponentConfig::m_minimumScreenCoverage, "Minimum Screen Coverage", "Minimum proportion of screen area an entitiy takes up, after that the entitiy is culled.")
                             ->Attribute(AZ::Edit::Attributes::Min, 0.f)
                             ->Attribute(AZ::Edit::Attributes::Max, 1.f)
                             ->Attribute(AZ::Edit::Attributes::Suffix, " percent")
-                        ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Default, &MeshComponentConfig::m_qualityDecayRate, "Quality Decay Rate",
+                        ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Slider, &MeshComponentConfig::m_qualityDecayRate, "Quality Decay Rate",
                             "Rate at which mesh quality decays (0 -> always stay highest quality, 1 -> quality falls off to lowest quality immediately).")
                             ->Attribute(AZ::Edit::Attributes::Min, 0.f)
                             ->Attribute(AZ::Edit::Attributes::Max, 1.f)