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New Features

Note

The following features and improvements are available in AutoaWeld 2026.

Support for Multi-Robot and Multi-Station Workcells

Autoa 2026 introduces support for multi-robot and multi-station workcells and projects. This will allow you to create and plan welding projects that use 2 or more robots working to complete tasks, and will require you to only need one Autoa cell when programming the same robot across several workstations.

  • Ability to swap a robot between several available workstations
  • Ability to plan weld programs with multiple robots at once

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Multi-Robot Program

Autosave Functionality

Autoa 2026 also implements autosave functionality. With autosave enabled, projects in both AutoaWeld and Cell Editor will autosave after a set period of time. This function can be enabled/disabled in the preferences menu.

Changelog

New Project

  • Example cells now available to download from within the "New Project" dialogue

Workspace

  • Create user-frame function has been added
  • Create Working Zones for workstations
  • Create floor function added
  • Export part to STEP functionality added
  • Parts can now be suppressed
  • Ability to align CAD models to point-cloud scans

Identify Welds

  • Identify welds function now only identifies welds within the selected workstation
  • Added the ability to change the visibility of parts within the identify welds dialogue.
  • 2 new debug-specific view options including: Showings parts after expansion, and showing the intersection of parts

Welds Widget

  • Added new filter options: Joint type, groove angle, part thickness
  • Added new options to the weld position filter
  • Added position codes to each weld position
  • Moved weld-specific tools from buttons under welds widget to inside the weld context menu

  • Added the following new options/functions to the weld context menu:

  • Translate/Rotate Weld: Reposition weld independent of weld path

  • Bulk Rename: Rename multiple welds at once
  • Join Welds: Merge selected welds into one weld

  • Updated weld sorting function:

  • New dialogue

  • Added support for multiple sorting stages
  • Added the ability to preview sorted welds in the 3D viewer

Details Widget

  • Updated Layout

  • New functions for troubleshooting and editing weld paths:

  • Troubleshoot path: Open the Path Troubleshooter widget

  • Edit targets: Directly edit the position, direction and groove angle of the points defining the current weld in the cell
  • Path smoothing: Set the distance from a corner or a curve where weld should start smoothing the change in direction
  • Tool rotation: Specify how the tool should rotate around a wire direction while planning the path

Weld Settings

  • 2 new options added for calibration settings:

  • Reverse order: Plan sense groups from the end to the start of welds.

  • Circle paths: Dedicated 4-point search routine for circular paths

Project Settings

  • New options added to general project settings:

  • Ability to switch between available robot and station combinations (labelled as tasks)

  • Option to save weld project compressed to reduce file size.
  • New layout for the Program Settings Sub-Menu
  • Option for selecting the generator to use when generating a robotic welding program using weld

Preferences

  • Option to select between 3 different update channels: Stable, Testing and Develop
  • Enable/Disable Autosave
  • Licenses submenu updated to use Autoa Account instead of retired license keys
  • New Submenu for viewing installed generators

UI Options

  • Updated layout of the view menu

  • New options available in the View menu:

  • Enable visibility of clip planes

  • Connect to VR Headset and view project in VR (requires steamVR to work)
  • Lock view to TCP

Macro Creation and Editing

  • Added ability to create custom macros
  • Added macro editor to the tools menu
  • See Macro Editor for more details.