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SetStartTime()

SetStartTime()

Updated: 9 Jun 2026

Purpose #

Sets the start time of a node’s time segment (as per Notch timeline) in hundredths of a second.

Note that this only affects the first segment of a node.

Syntax #

bool SetStartTime(int start_time);

Parameters

start_timeThe start time.

returns true if successful or false if not.

Example #

function Update()
{ 
    layer = Document.FindLayer("My Layer");
    node = layer.FindNode("Image 2D");
    node.SetStartTime(6000);  // 1 second
}