diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5dd270791..43cbad840 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -181,3 +181,7 @@ harness = false
 [[test]]
 name = "integration"
 path = "tests/integration.rs"
+
+[patch."https://github.com/HakanSeven12/opencadkernel.git"]
+opencadkernel = { git = "https://github.com/ramox81/cadkernel.git", rev = "1df75f5" }
+opencadkernel-constraints = { git = "https://github.com/ramox81/cadkernel.git", rev = "1df75f5" }
diff --git a/src/command.rs b/src/command.rs
index 1ff3a281c..cc9fbe178 100644
--- a/src/command.rs
+++ b/src/command.rs
@@ -1356,6 +1356,9 @@ pub struct SweepOptions {
     pub scale: f64,
     /// Total twist along the path, in radians.
     pub twist_angle: f64,
+    /// Where the path was picked: an open path is swept from its end nearest
+    /// this point (seen from above), as the reference does.
+    pub path_pick: Option<DVec3>,
 }
 
 impl Default for SweepOptions {
@@ -1366,6 +1369,7 @@ impl Default for SweepOptions {
             base_point: None,
             scale: 1.0,
             twist_angle: 0.0,
+            path_pick: None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/insert/solid3d_cmds.rs b/src/modules/insert/solid3d_cmds.rs
index 727a412b8..933ad656c 100644
--- a/src/modules/insert/solid3d_cmds.rs
+++ b/src/modules/insert/solid3d_cmds.rs
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ impl CadCommand for SweepCommand {
         self.step == SweepStep::PickPath
     }
 
-    fn on_entity_pick(&mut self, handle: Handle, _pt: DVec3) -> CmdResult {
+    fn on_entity_pick(&mut self, handle: Handle, pt: DVec3) -> CmdResult {
         if self.step != SweepStep::PickPath || handle.is_null() || self.contains_profile(handle) {
             self.injected_path = None;
             return CmdResult::NeedPoint;
@@ -1835,6 +1835,7 @@ impl CadCommand for SweepCommand {
         let Some(path) = path.filter(crate::scene::model::sweep_model::is_sweep_path) else {
             return CmdResult::NeedPoint;
         };
+        self.options.path_pick = pt.is_finite().then_some(pt);
         if (self.options.scale - 1.0).abs() > 1e-12 {
             if let Some(message) = crate::scene::model::sweep_model::scaled_sweep_path_refusal(&path) {
                 return CmdResult::ReportMeasurement(format!(
diff --git a/src/scene/model/sweep_command_model.rs b/src/scene/model/sweep_command_model.rs
index 812dc6192..296b3699f 100644
--- a/src/scene/model/sweep_command_model.rs
+++ b/src/scene/model/sweep_command_model.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,53 @@ pub fn sweep_selection_options(profiles: &[EntityType], mut options: SweepOption
     Some(options)
 }
 
+/// The path traversed the other way when it was picked nearer its end
+/// (measured in plan, as the reference measures the pick), else `None`.
+fn reversed_toward_pick(path: &EntityType, pick: glam::DVec3) -> Option<EntityType> {
+    let (start, end) = match path {
+        EntityType::Polyline3D(value) if !value.is_closed() => {
+            let p = |v: &codec::entities::Vertex3DPolyline| glam::DVec3::new(v.position.x, v.position.y, v.position.z);
+            (p(value.vertices.first()?), p(value.vertices.last()?))
+        }
+        EntityType::Spline(value) if !value.flags.closed => {
+            let points = if value.control_points.is_empty() { &value.fit_points } else { &value.control_points };
+            let p = |v: &codec::types::Vector3| glam::DVec3::new(v.x, v.y, v.z);
+            (p(points.first()?), p(points.last()?))
+        }
+        _ => {
+            let planar = crate::entities::curve::entity_curve(path)?;
+            if planar.curve.is_closed() { return None; }
+            let at = |t: f64| glam::DVec3::from_array(planar.plane.point_at(planar.curve.point_at(t)));
+            (at(0.0), at(1.0))
+        }
+    };
+    let flat = |p: glam::DVec3| p.truncate().distance(pick.truncate());
+    if flat(end) >= flat(start) { return None; }
+    match path {
+        // An arc has one direction; reversed it is a one-segment polyline.
+        EntityType::Arc(arc) => {
+            let mut polyline = codec::LwPolyline::new();
+            let sweep = (arc.end_angle - arc.start_angle).rem_euclid(std::f64::consts::TAU);
+            let at = |angle: f64| codec::types::Vector2::new(arc.center.x + arc.radius * angle.cos(), arc.center.y + arc.radius * angle.sin());
+            let mut first = codec::entities::LwVertex::new(at(arc.end_angle));
+            first.bulge = -(sweep / 4.0).tan();
+            polyline.vertices = vec![first, codec::entities::LwVertex::new(at(arc.start_angle))];
+            polyline.normal = arc.normal;
+            polyline.elevation = arc.center.z;
+            Some(EntityType::LwPolyline(polyline))
+        }
+        _ => crate::modules::draw::modify::reverse::ReverseCommand::reversed(path),
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn sweep_record(profile: &EntityType, path: &EntityType, options: SweepOptions) -> Option<SolidHistorySweep> {
+    // Placed from the picked end; the record keeps the original path, and
+    // the placed frame tells which end the sweep starts from.
+    if let Some(reversed) = options.path_pick.and_then(|pick| reversed_toward_pick(path, pick)) {
+        let mut record = sweep_record(profile, &reversed, SweepOptions { path_pick: None, ..options })?;
+        record.path_entity = Some(embedded_sweep_path(path)?);
+        return Some(record);
+    }
     let (sweep_entity, sweep_entity_transform) = embedded_sweep_profile(profile)?;
     let (plane, wires, _) = kernel::acis::sweep_profile_geometry(&sweep_entity, sweep_entity_transform).ok()?;
     let base_point = match options.base_point {