Authoring manufacturing process plans > Creating in-process assemblies > Creating legacy in-process assemblies
Perform a local update
You can perform a local update after you detect and rectify errors in the generation or complete update.
Procedure
Select a process in the process structure. You can only select a single process at a time.
Choose Tools→Assembly Tree→Perform Local Update.Teamcenter displays the Perform Local Update dialog box. The next steps depend on whether there are multiple products configuring the process structure.
If multiple products configure the process, select the desired configuring product and click Continue.
If only one product configures the process structure, confirm the selection and click Continue.
Teamcenter displays the Local Update dialog box.Local update changes the IPA on which the command is invoked. If necessary, it also updates the occurrence pointing to this IPA in the process structure (located under the process element following the current process element in the process flow sequence).If the IPA has not been created and attached to the matching process, Teamcenter also changes the matching process and adds the incoming IPA as MEWorkpiece. This happens only if a process whose type is in the Selected Process Types list is added to the structure after the initial IPA is created.This command works only on the currently set configuration of the loaded process or product.
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.mse/ipa_local_update · retrieved 2026-07-11