diff --git a/src/scene/convert/acis_to_truck.rs b/src/scene/convert/acis_to_truck.rs
index 637510110..bcd766476 100644
--- a/src/scene/convert/acis_to_truck.rs
+++ b/src/scene/convert/acis_to_truck.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ use acadrust::entities::acis::{
 
 use crate::scene::model::mesh_model::{MeshLodSet, MeshModel};
 use crate::scene::convert::solid3d_tess::{
-    apply_body_transform, body_transform, collect_face_loops, cone_axis_span,
+    apply_body_transform, body_transform, collect_face_loops, cone_axis_span, tess_cone_face,
+    tess_plane_face, tess_sphere_face, tess_torus_face, LodConfig,
 };
 
 /// Slightly over 2π so revolution builders close the loop.
@@ -123,19 +124,30 @@ pub fn tessellate_sat_truck(
         selected: false,
     };
 
-    for face in sat.faces() {
+    for face in sat.faces().into_iter() {
         let Some(surf_rec) = sat.resolve(face.surface()) else {
             continue;
         };
-        let Some((faces, outward, tol)) = build_face_group(sat, &face, surf_rec) else {
-            continue;
-        };
-        if faces.is_empty() {
-            continue;
+        let mut appended = false;
+        if let Some((faces, outward, tol)) = build_face_group(sat, &face, surf_rec) {
+            if !faces.is_empty() {
+                let shell: Shell = faces.into();
+                let poly = shell.triangulation(tol).to_polygon();
+                if !poly.tri_faces().is_empty() {
+                    append_group(&mut mesh, &poly, &outward);
+                    appended = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // Truck's rsweep/triangulation degenerates to zero triangles on some
+        // short-arc cones (a curved wall face whose profile passes through the
+        // local origin), leaving a see-through gap. Fall back to the bespoke
+        // parametric sampler for just that face — it writes body-local verts
+        // into the same buffers, so the shared body transform below still
+        // applies uniformly.
+        if !appended {
+            bespoke_face(sat, &face, surf_rec, &mut mesh);
         }
-        let shell: Shell = faces.into();
-        let poly = shell.triangulation(tol).to_polygon();
-        append_group(&mut mesh, &poly, &outward);
     }
 
     // Spline (NURBS) faces are meshed by direct grid sampling of the truck
@@ -152,6 +164,41 @@ pub fn tessellate_sat_truck(
     Some(MeshLodSet::from_lods(vec![mesh]))
 }
 
+/// Fill one face with the bespoke parametric sampler (body-local verts into the
+/// shared mesh buffers) when truck produced no triangles for it. Mirrors the
+/// surface dispatch of the standalone sampler.
+fn bespoke_face(
+    sat: &SatDocument,
+    face: &SatFace,
+    surf_rec: &acadrust::entities::acis::SatRecord,
+    mesh: &mut MeshModel,
+) {
+    let (v, n, i) = (&mut mesh.verts, &mut mesh.normals, &mut mesh.indices);
+    match surf_rec.entity_type.as_str() {
+        "plane-surface" => {
+            if let Some(p) = SatPlaneSurface::from_record(surf_rec) {
+                tess_plane_face(sat, face, &p, LodConfig::HIGH.circ_segs, v, n, i);
+            }
+        }
+        "cone-surface" => {
+            if let Some(c) = SatConeSurface::from_record(surf_rec) {
+                tess_cone_face(sat, face, &c, LodConfig::HIGH, v, n, i);
+            }
+        }
+        "sphere-surface" => {
+            if let Some(s) = SatSphereSurface::from_record(surf_rec) {
+                tess_sphere_face(&s, LodConfig::HIGH, v, n, i);
+            }
+        }
+        "torus-surface" => {
+            if let Some(t) = SatTorusSurface::from_record(surf_rec) {
+                tess_torus_face(&t, LodConfig::HIGH, v, n, i);
+            }
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
+}
+
 /// Build the truck face(s) + outward rule for one analytic ACIS face.
 fn build_face_group(
     sat: &SatDocument,
diff --git a/src/scene/convert/solid3d_tess.rs b/src/scene/convert/solid3d_tess.rs
index 2f7f5c609..1beb0b681 100644
--- a/src/scene/convert/solid3d_tess.rs
+++ b/src/scene/convert/solid3d_tess.rs
@@ -201,7 +201,14 @@ fn collect_feature_edges(sat: &SatDocument) -> Vec<[f64; 3]> {
         let mut pts: Vec<[f64; 3]> = Vec::new();
         if let Some(cr) = sat.resolve(edge.curve()) {
             if let Some(ellipse) = SatEllipseCurve::from_record(cr) {
-                pts = sample_ellipse_arc(&ellipse, edge.start_param(), edge.end_param(), EDGE_SEGS);
+                let reversed = matches!(edge.sense(), Sense::Reversed);
+                pts = sample_ellipse_arc(
+                    &ellipse,
+                    edge.start_param(),
+                    edge.end_param(),
+                    EDGE_SEGS,
+                    reversed,
+                );
                 // sample_ellipse_arc drops the end param; append the true end so
                 // the polyline closes onto the shared vertex.
                 if let Some(p) = vertex_point(sat, edge.end_vertex()) {
@@ -512,11 +519,15 @@ pub(crate) fn append_coedge_points(
 
     if let Some(curve_rec) = sat.resolve(edge.curve()) {
         if let Some(ellipse) = SatEllipseCurve::from_record(curve_rec) {
+            // The edge's own sense (relative to its curve) decides the ellipse
+            // winding; a reversed edge samples the opposite handedness.
+            let reversed = matches!(edge.sense(), Sense::Reversed);
             let mut sampled = sample_ellipse_arc(
                 &ellipse,
                 edge.start_param(),
                 edge.end_param(),
                 circ_segs,
+                reversed,
             );
             if !sampled.is_empty() {
                 if !fwd {
@@ -548,6 +559,7 @@ fn sample_ellipse_arc(
     sp: f64,
     ep: f64,
     circ_segs: usize,
+    curve_reversed: bool,
 ) -> Vec<[f64; 3]> {
     let span = ep - sp;
     if span.abs() < 1e-9 {
@@ -568,11 +580,20 @@ fn sample_ellipse_arc(
     let minor_u = cross3(normal, major_u);
     let minor_len = major_len * ellipse.ratio();
 
+    // P(t) = center + major·cos t + (normal×major)·ratio·sin t, with param
+    // winding CCW about the curve normal. An edge stored with REVERSED sense
+    // traverses the curve backward, i.e. about the opposite normal, so its
+    // params index the mirror winding — evaluate with the sin term negated.
+    // Ignoring the edge sense mirrors a reversed boundary arc across the major
+    // axis to the far side of the circle, ballooning a curved wall into a full
+    // cylinder of the surface radius.
+    let hand = if curve_reversed { -1.0 } else { 1.0 };
+
     let segs = (circ_segs as f64 * (span.abs() / TAU)).round().max(2.0) as usize;
     let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(segs);
     for i in 0..segs {
         let t = sp + span * (i as f64 / segs as f64);
-        let (c, s) = (t.cos(), t.sin());
+        let (c, s) = (t.cos(), t.sin() * hand);
         out.push([
             center.0 + major_u[0] * major_len * c + minor_u[0] * minor_len * s,
             center.1 + major_u[1] * major_len * c + minor_u[1] * minor_len * s,
@@ -615,7 +636,7 @@ fn push_quad(
 
 // ── Planar face ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-fn tess_plane_face(
+pub(crate) fn tess_plane_face(
     sat: &SatDocument,
     face: &SatFace,
     plane: &SatPlaneSurface,
@@ -658,7 +679,7 @@ fn tess_plane_face(
 
 // ── Cone / cylinder face ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-fn tess_cone_face(
+pub(crate) fn tess_cone_face(
     sat: &SatDocument,
     face: &SatFace,
     cone: &SatConeSurface,
@@ -704,9 +725,6 @@ fn tess_cone_face(
         }
     }
 
-    let segs_u = lod.circ_segs;
-    let segs_v = (segs_u / 4).max(1); // height subdivisions
-
     let theta_span = if full_circle {
         TAU
     } else {
@@ -718,6 +736,12 @@ fn tess_cone_face(
         return;
     }
 
+    // Angular divisions scale with the arc's share of a full circle, so a short
+    // boundary arc (a curved wall face) isn't tessellated as finely as a whole
+    // rim — matching the wire arc sampler and keeping the triangle budget sane.
+    let segs_u = ((lod.circ_segs as f64 * theta_span / TAU).round() as usize).max(1);
+    let segs_v = (lod.circ_segs / 4).max(1); // height subdivisions
+
     for j in 0..segs_v {
         let t0 = h_min + h_span * (j as f64 / segs_v as f64);
         let t1 = h_min + h_span * ((j + 1) as f64 / segs_v as f64);
@@ -824,13 +848,35 @@ fn angular_range(
         angles.push(rv.atan2(ru));
     }
 
-    // Normalise angles to a contiguous range.
+    // Find the arc from the LARGEST angular gap, not raw min/max. `atan2`
+    // returns [-π, π]; a short arc that straddles the ±π seam splits its points
+    // between ≈+π and ≈-π, so naive `max - min` reads ≈2π and the face balloons
+    // into a full revolution (a curved wall of radius R drawn as a whole
+    // R-cylinder). The empty region a face doesn't cover is its largest gap, so
+    // the real arc is the complement: it starts just after the gap and runs to
+    // just before it (wrapping past the seam when needed).
     angles.sort_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap());
-    let theta_min = *angles.first().unwrap();
-    let theta_max = *angles.last().unwrap();
+    let n = angles.len();
+    let (mut max_gap, mut gap_i) = (0.0_f64, 0_usize);
+    for i in 0..n {
+        let a = angles[i];
+        let b = if i + 1 < n { angles[i + 1] } else { angles[0] + TAU };
+        let gap = b - a;
+        if gap > max_gap {
+            max_gap = gap;
+            gap_i = i;
+        }
+    }
 
-    // If the angular span is almost 2π, treat as full circle.
-    let full = (theta_max - theta_min) > TAU * 0.95;
+    // A genuine full circle has points spread all the way round, so its largest
+    // gap is small. A real arc leaves a wide empty wedge.
+    let full = max_gap < TAU * 0.05;
+
+    let theta_min = angles[(gap_i + 1) % n];
+    let mut theta_max = angles[gap_i];
+    if theta_max <= theta_min {
+        theta_max += TAU;
+    }
 
     (h_min, h_max, theta_min, theta_max, full)
 }
@@ -899,7 +945,7 @@ pub(crate) fn cone_axis_span(
 
 // ── Sphere face ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-fn tess_sphere_face(
+pub(crate) fn tess_sphere_face(
     sphere: &SatSphereSurface,
     lod: LodConfig,
     verts: &mut Vec<[f32; 3]>,
@@ -965,7 +1011,7 @@ fn sphere_dir(pole: [f64; 3], u_dir: [f64; 3], v_dir: [f64; 3], theta: f64, phi:
 
 // ── Torus face ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-fn tess_torus_face(
+pub(crate) fn tess_torus_face(
     torus: &SatTorusSurface,
     lod: LodConfig,
     verts: &mut Vec<[f32; 3]>,