# Assemblies

Assemblies are important for the higher-level grouping of components like structural beam systems, beam grids, and reinforcement cages. Unlike Revit groups, assemblies are exported to IFC as IfcElementAssembly with higher-level properties assigned.

To export assemblies, the IfcExportAs value is defined as *IFCElementAssembly:*

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