diff --git a/crates/cad/src/scene.rs b/crates/cad/src/scene.rs
index a82a891d1..d7e20654a 100644
--- a/crates/cad/src/scene.rs
+++ b/crates/cad/src/scene.rs
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ impl<'a> Scene<'a> {
                     // empty or not: every instance's art counts against one budget for the export.
                     let art = vectorcraft_doc::symbol_overrides::dynamic_art(&sym.art, n);
                     let count = art.count_with_masks() as u64;
-                    let most = doc.symbol_slice_map(symbol, *xf).map_or(count, |m| m.most_placed(&art, doc));
+                    // Counted as `place_symbol_art_unclipped` places it: no clip groups.
+                    let most = doc.symbol_slice_map(symbol, *xf).map_or(count, |m| m.most_placed_unclipped(&art, doc));
                     let placed = vectorcraft_doc::charge_symbol_art(&mut self.symbol_nodes, most, || {
                         let placed = doc.place_symbol_art_unclipped(symbol, &art, *xf);
                         let n = placed.as_ref().map_or(0, |a| a.count_with_masks() as u64);
@@ -1322,4 +1323,23 @@ mod budget_tests {
         assert!(points <= MAX_POINTS, "{points} points");
         assert!(!polys.iter().any(|p| p.contains(&Point::new(20.0, 20.0))), "the square past the budget is left out");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn flattening_a_path_of_repeated_points_stops_at_its_segment_budget() {
+        // Repeats of a point are dropped, so these keep one point but still count as segments:
+        // the segment budget, not the point budget, leaves out the square after them.
+        let mut bp = BezPath::new();
+        bp.move_to((0.0, 0.0));
+        for _ in 0..MAX_FLATTEN_SEGMENTS {
+            bp.line_to((0.0, 0.0));
+        }
+        bp.move_to((10.0, 10.0));
+        bp.line_to((20.0, 10.0));
+        bp.line_to((20.0, 20.0));
+        bp.close_path();
+        let polys = polygons(&bp);
+        let points: usize = polys.iter().map(Vec::len).sum();
+        assert!(points < MAX_POINTS, "{points} points");
+        assert!(!polys.iter().any(|p| p.contains(&Point::new(20.0, 20.0))), "the square past the budget is left out");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/cad/src/tests.rs b/crates/cad/src/tests.rs
index b09a8f080..e4984c333 100644
--- a/crates/cad/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/cad/src/tests.rs
@@ -1017,7 +1017,8 @@ fn symbols_fanning_out_into_empty_symbols_stop_at_the_symbol_budget() {
     d.symbols.push(vectorcraft_doc::Symbol { dynamic: false, name: "L0".into(), art: Arc::new(empty) });
     for level in 1..=5 {
         let below = format!("L{}", level - 1);
-        let children = (0..100).map(|_| Arc::new(Node::new(d.alloc_id(), NodeKind::SymbolInstance { symbol: below.clone(), xf: Affine::IDENTITY }))).collect();
+        let children =
+            (0..100).map(|_| Arc::new(Node::new(d.alloc_id(), NodeKind::SymbolInstance { symbol: below.clone(), xf: Affine::IDENTITY }))).collect();
         let art = Node::group(d.alloc_id(), children);
         d.symbols.push(vectorcraft_doc::Symbol { dynamic: false, name: format!("L{level}"), art: Arc::new(art) });
     }
diff --git a/crates/doc/src/symbol_nine_slice.rs b/crates/doc/src/symbol_nine_slice.rs
index a37b92eef..faa9afe6f 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/symbol_nine_slice.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/symbol_nine_slice.rs
@@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ impl NineSliceMap {
         self.most_at(art, &boxes, 0)
     }
 
+    /// [`Self::most_placed`] for [`Self::place_unclipped`]: the most objects it makes of `art`.
+    pub fn most_placed_unclipped(&self, art: &Node, doc: &Document) -> u64 {
+        Self { clips: false, ..*self }.most_placed(art, doc)
+    }
+
     /// [`Self::most_placed`] for `n` at nesting depth `depth`, following [`Self::place_at`].
     fn most_at(&self, n: &Node, boxes: &SymbolBoxes, depth: u32) -> u64 {
         let whole = n.count_with_masks() as u64;
@@ -642,10 +647,7 @@ impl Document {
     /// ([`NineSliceMap::place_unclipped`]).
     pub fn place_symbol_art_unclipped(&self, name: &str, art: &Node, xf: Affine) -> Option<Node> {
         match self.symbol_slice_map(name, xf) {
-            Some(m) => {
-                let m = NineSliceMap { clips: false, ..m };
-                (m.most_placed(art, self) <= MAX_SYMBOL_NODES).then(|| m.place(art, self))
-            }
+            Some(m) => (m.most_placed_unclipped(art, self) <= MAX_SYMBOL_NODES).then(|| m.place_unclipped(art, self)),
             None => Some(transformed(art, xf)),
         }
     }
@@ -1072,6 +1074,9 @@ mod tests {
         let bar = Node::path(d.alloc_id(), shapes::rectangle(Rect::new(0.0, 40.0, 100.0, 60.0)), Appearance::basic(gradient, Paint::None, 0.0));
         assert_eq!(m.most_placed(&bar, &d), 10);
         assert_eq!(m.place(&bar, &d).count(), 10);
+        // Unclipped, as DXF writes it, the bar is cut at the guides and stays one path.
+        assert_eq!(m.most_placed_unclipped(&bar, &d), 1);
+        assert_eq!(m.place_unclipped(&bar, &d).count(), 1);
         // Art nested past the depth limit, clipped in all nine cells.
         let mut deep = square(&mut d, Rect::new(0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 100.0), 0.0);
         for _ in 0..=MAX_SLICE_DEPTH {