I recently figure this out.
so i was running mga gda 94 zone 55 (im in australia, but use whatever is correct for your project) as my project space. and local as output.
this was wrong.
I’m now running mga gda 94 zone 55 for both project and output.
i preserve co-ordinates on export.
but then manually enter the x, y offset to re center the model.
I figure this by first exporting the model at its really far away position. center the pivot point. find its position and use the number to offset the position in rc.
after this is all working nicely.