Let's face it, sometimes Shared Coordinates can be a pain. Issues may arise when
trying to make small adjustments to very large numbers, and that comes up in other
places in Revit too. In some cases, using "Specify Coordinates at a Point" has almost
no effect, and you need to resort to workarounds like these.
In Revit, if we follow certain steps in a certain way we can solve these issues. It may
seem a fiddly, but if you want to fix coordinates on an existing model, perhaps one of
these methods will work for you.
Method 1 - Transfer Project Standards, Project Info
This transfers the 'location' data of a Shared Site...
On a real project, you will probably have a control model you can use in the workflow
below. The control model needs to have some lines showing at the desired Project
Base Point position, probably in a Linked View, as well as a SITE fixed named site
that has the 'correct' shared coordinates.
1. Open one of your models to fix
2. Go to a Plan view
3. Link in the COORDINATES file Origin-To-Origin
4. Set Linked view - COORDINATES
5. Turn on Site - Project Base Point
6. Select it and 'unclip'
7. Transfer Project Standards (from the link) - Project Info
8. Choose 'New Only'
9. Go to the Location - Site dialog box
10. Set the SITE fixed to 'Make Current'
11. Delete your old SITE, and rename SITE fixed to SITE (we have now replaced
the shared site coordinate info with that from the control model). Now, to get a
moved PBP in the right spot for the project...
12. Back in Floor Plan view, slightly drag the unclipped PBP away from the two
green lines (the pbp position in the control file), then move it back to exactly
that point
13. PBP should now be fixed