Topics in this section
- About Shared Coordinates
A Revit project has internal coordinates for all the elements that compose the model in a project. Those coordinates are known to this project only. This is acceptable if you have a standalone model whose position is not relevant to other models or to a site. However, if you want the position of the model to be known to other linked models, you need to share coordinates. - Defining Named Positions
Revit projects can have named positions. A named position is the placement of a model instance in a Revit project. - Acquiring and Publishing Coordinates
In general, you want to acquire coordinates from a linked model (such as a site) if you are working in a building model file. If you are working in the site model, you want to publish coordinates from the site model to linked building models. - Relocating and Mirroring a Project
- Reporting Shared Coordinates
You can report the shared coordinates of a linked model within a host model. The coordinates returned are with respect to the shared coordinates between the models. - Project Base Points and Survey Points
Every project has a project base point
and a survey point 
, although they might not be visible in all views, because of visibility settings and view clippings. They cannot be deleted.