Shared coordinate - team members

[Jonq12345]

Hi everyone!

Question about shared coordinates.

I have a building model (B) and a site model (S)

I have published the coordinate of (B) to (S) and saved the location of the site from "Internal (Current)" to "Site".

The structural engineer's were already working with my building model. They imported my building model by Origin to Origin.

When they import the Site within their model that contains also my building model, it doesn't recognise the new location...What am I wrong?

[ennujozlagam]

They should use link shared coordinate instead of origin to origin. Thanks 

[Jonq12345]

They used origin to origin only for the building model, for the site model they used shared coordinate but it's not in the right location.

They received the site model later. SO they started working with the building model and now they need to link the site model. As the building and the site don't share the same origin, I've linked the site within my building model and saved the location.

Why shared coordinate system don't work in this case?

[SteveKStafford · Accepted solution]

They need to use Acquire Coordinates on your model so that their model uses the same Shared Coordinates. Then they can link the Site model using By Shared Coordinates.

My view on normal process is that you position a building in the site model and Publish Coordinates to the model from site. That assumes the site model is coordinated with a survey file, used Acquire Coordinates on that survey. This means the site model understands the project's survey coordinate systems. When the model is linked into site the building is moved into the correct position, elevation and orientation. The Publish is used.

Unless you used Acquire Coordinates on a survey in the building model using Publish Coordinates on the site model wouldn't do much. I suspect you reversed the process I'd have used.