diff --git a/src/entities/circle.rs b/src/entities/circle.rs
index 7afa22f5f..f76cd49f3 100644
--- a/src/entities/circle.rs
+++ b/src/entities/circle.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use acadrust::entities::Circle;
-use truck_modeling::{builder, Point3, Wire};
 
 use crate::command::EntityTransform;
 use crate::entities::common::{
@@ -20,20 +19,6 @@ fn to_truck(circle: &Circle) -> TruckEntity {
     let (ax, ay) = crate::scene::view::transform::ocs_axes(normal);
     let (cwx, cwy, cwz) = crate::scene::view::transform::ocs_point_to_wcs((cx, cy, cz), normal);
 
-    // Circle points in WCS: centre_wcs ± r * Ax  and  centre_wcs ± r * Ay
-    let pt = |da: (f64, f64, f64), db: (f64, f64, f64), s: f64| {
-        Point3::new(
-            cwx + s * da.0 + s * db.0,
-            cwy + s * da.1 + s * db.1,
-            cwz + s * da.2 + s * db.2,
-        )
-    };
-    // right: centre + r*Ax, left: centre - r*Ax, top: centre + r*Ay, bot: centre - r*Ay
-    let p_right = pt(ax, (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), r);
-    let p_left = pt((ax.0 * -1.0, ax.1 * -1.0, ax.2 * -1.0), (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), r);
-    let p_top = pt(ay, (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), r);
-    let p_bot = pt((ay.0 * -1.0, ay.1 * -1.0, ay.2 * -1.0), (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), r);
-
     let cv = glam::DVec3::new(cwx, cwy, cwz);
     let rf = r as f32;
     let q = |d: (f64, f64, f64)| {
@@ -95,14 +80,37 @@ fn to_truck(circle: &Circle) -> TruckEntity {
         };
     }
 
-    let right = builder::vertex(p_right);
-    let left = builder::vertex(p_left);
-    let upper = builder::circle_arc(&right, &left, p_top);
-    let lower = builder::circle_arc(&left, &right, p_bot);
-    let wire: Wire = [upper, lower].into_iter().collect();
+    // Tessellate directly as a cos/sin polyline rather than a truck
+    // `circle_arc` (arc-through-three-points). At large WCS coordinates
+    // (e.g. −1.2M UTM) the three-point fit cancels catastrophically — the
+    // circle comes back with a ~3% radius wobble and uneven segment lengths,
+    // which then throws off a dashed linetype's dash spacing. Direct
+    // evaluation only adds a small ±r term to the centre, so it stays precise;
+    // the `Lines` path RTE-splits the absolute-f64 points into the
+    // double-single the shader reconstructs.
+    let tol = crate::scene::convert::truck_tess::current_curve_tol();
+    // Chord-height tolerance → segment count: sag = r·(1 − cos(π/N)).
+    let n = if r > tol {
+        (std::f64::consts::PI / (1.0 - tol / r).clamp(-1.0, 1.0).acos())
+            .ceil()
+            .clamp(16.0, 4096.0) as usize
+    } else {
+        16
+    };
+    let tau = std::f64::consts::TAU;
+    let mut pts: Vec<[f64; 3]> = Vec::with_capacity(n + 1);
+    for i in 0..=n {
+        let a = i as f64 * tau / n as f64;
+        let (s, c) = a.sin_cos();
+        pts.push([
+            cwx + r * (c * ax.0 + s * ay.0),
+            cwy + r * (c * ax.1 + s * ay.1),
+            cwz + r * (c * ax.2 + s * ay.2),
+        ]);
+    }
     TruckEntity {
         pick_tris: Vec::new(),
-        object: TruckObject::Contour(wire),
+        object: TruckObject::Lines(pts),
         snap_pts,
         tangent_geoms: vec![tangent],
         key_vertices: vec![],
diff --git a/src/scene/convert/tess.rs b/src/scene/convert/tess.rs
index 1fbf94aab..bb9c13ba6 100644
--- a/src/scene/convert/tess.rs
+++ b/src/scene/convert/tess.rs
@@ -1227,9 +1227,47 @@ pub(crate) fn tessellate_entity(
     // this path.
     if let Some(clt) = crate::io::linetypes::resolve_complex_lt(document, lt_name) {
         if let Some(base) = bases.first() {
+            // Walk the dash / glyph layout in a local frame so `apply_along`'s
+            // f32 math stays precise, then lift each wire back to world DS.
+            // `base.points` is the double-single HIGH half; at UTM coordinates
+            // (−1.2M) that alone quantises to ~0.1, which jitters the complex
+            // linetype's shapes and dashes. Reconstruct the absolute f64 path
+            // (high + low) and re-origin it at the first vertex before walking.
+            let abs = |i: usize| -> [f64; 3] {
+                let p = base.points[i];
+                let l = base.points_low.get(i).copied().unwrap_or([0.0; 3]);
+                [
+                    p[0] as f64 + l[0] as f64,
+                    p[1] as f64 + l[1] as f64,
+                    p[2] as f64 + l[2] as f64,
+                ]
+            };
+            let origin = base
+                .points
+                .iter()
+                .position(|p| !p[0].is_nan())
+                .map(&abs)
+                .unwrap_or([0.0; 3]);
+            let local: Vec<[f32; 3]> = base
+                .points
+                .iter()
+                .enumerate()
+                .map(|(i, p)| {
+                    if p[0].is_nan() {
+                        [f32::NAN; 3]
+                    } else {
+                        let a = abs(i);
+                        [
+                            (a[0] - origin[0]) as f32,
+                            (a[1] - origin[1]) as f32,
+                            (a[2] - origin[2]) as f32,
+                        ]
+                    }
+                })
+                .collect();
             let mut wires = text::complex_lt::apply_along(
                 &base.name,
-                &base.points,
+                &local,
                 &clt,
                 (lt_scale * pslt_factor).max(1e-4),
                 entity_color,
@@ -1241,6 +1279,7 @@ pub(crate) fn tessellate_entity(
             );
             if !wires.is_empty() {
                 for w in &mut wires {
+                    convert::tessellate::shift_wire_to_world(w, origin);
                     set_wire_aabb(w, aabb);
                 }
                 return wires;
diff --git a/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs b/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs
index a5ebccd13..59a72fc12 100644
--- a/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs
+++ b/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub(crate) fn points_to_ds(
 /// The MLINE complex-linetype path uses this because `apply_along` lays out its
 /// dashes and glyphs in f32, which would otherwise quantise fine spacing far
 /// from the origin.
-fn shift_wire_to_world(w: &mut WireModel, origin: [f64; 3]) {
+pub(crate) fn shift_wire_to_world(w: &mut WireModel, origin: [f64; 3]) {
     if !w.points.is_empty() {
         let mut hi = Vec::with_capacity(w.points.len());
         let mut lo = Vec::with_capacity(w.points.len());