I recently wrote this article to help explain (and understand myself) how coordinate systems work in IFC. It also talks a bit about how Revit does things.
Here it is, hope it helps others also understand the concepts:
https://thinkmoult.com/ifc-coordinate-r ... revit.html
Article about coordinate reference systems in IFC
Article about coordinate reference systems in IFC
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