Creating, viewing, and editing manufacturing documentation
Detach the Work Instructions tab
Detaching the Work Instructions tab allows you to change the source of the assets. Until you detach this tab, all assets that you populate pertain to the originally selected structure line.
Procedure
Right-click the tab on the data pane.
Choose Detach data tab.Teamcenter separates the tab as a floating window on top of the application that you can enlarge and reposition as necessary.The detached tab remains visible unless you delete the component tracked by the tab or select another component in the navigation tree. You can also close the detached window manually by clicking the x button in the corner of the window. Teamcenter does not remember the selection of detached tabs between sessions.
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.plm00043/id621324 · retrieved 2026-07-11