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Zooming the Timeline and Setting the Start Position

Next, you zoom in on the timeline and set the initial position for the animation.

Click the zoom tools and (lower-right corner of the MotionManager) until the timeline displays approximately 10 seconds.
The vertical gray line is the time bar.
Click the timeline at 0 sec to move the time bar to the start time.
Moving the timeline to 0 seconds specifies the initial starting position of the model for the animation.

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