What is the meaning of 以 in 以 ... 來 pattern? What is the literal meaning of 以 in 以 ... 來 pattern like in the following sentence: 以我的情況來看. What is the syntactic role of this word (verb, particle, etc)?
[以 ... 來 + (v)] = [with/ according to/ base on ... to + (v)]

[以]我的情況[來]看 = [to] assess it [base on/ according to] my situation

[以]我的想法[來]說 = [to] judge it [with/ according to] my thinking

[以]他的指示[來]做標準 = [to] make standards [according to/ with] his instruction

When you can replace 以 with 從 in your sentence, 以 means 'from'

When you can replace 以 with 用 in your sentence, 以 means 'with'

When you can replace 以 with 跟據 in your sentence, 以 means 'according to'