Anyone have a link to a tutorial on how to setup a 7th axis in Robot studio? I'm trying to add a rail to a IRB4600, and according to what I can find in the literature, it looks like it is supposed to be as easy as just dragging the robot onto the rail, and rebooting. However, I get the error "Invalid mechunit for coordinated motion. No mechunit configured for mechanism 'IRBT2005_IRB_STD_EXT_500_90_4__01'." and the RobotStudio prompts me to remove the robot from the rail.

Help with 7th Axis Setup in RobotStudio
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April 12, 2022 at 8:58 PM -
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I hardly ever do such things, but you probably need the option first, then will need to configure the mechanical unit in the MOC.
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I found some discussion on, ahem, another site.
https://forums.robotstudio.com/discussion/com…1#Comment_33301
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Thanks for the link. It was really helpful, since it included a working 7th axis cell. I was able to compare and contrast and find what was wrong with my setup.
Key things wrong:
- I didn't run the extended axis wizard, since I wasn't aware where it was. Its slightly hidden:
- Once I ran that, the robot would run on the rail, but movement wasn't coordinated.
- Had to go under the control panel settings, then under motion, then under robot, and then set the setting "Robot base moved by" to the name of the track.
Once I had that set, the robot now jogs correctly, and you can to do the typical "keep the TCP stationary and jog the 7th axis" type moves.