Anyway to loop specific parts of the timeline?

Hey, is there anyway to loop SPECIFIC parts of the time line, the way you can in Motion, Logic and some other audio programs. That would really be nice as you can make changes while you watch in REALTIME.
Thanks

I tried both. First i simply used "A" Seclect tool to highlight the part of the timeline that I want to loop. That didn't work. The cursor just continued after the highlighted part. Then I sued "R" range slection tool and selected part of the clip/s in the timeline and again, the cursor just continued after the end of the selection.
In logic and other programs, you can create a section on top of the timeline where you want the loop to be and it will loop from those points.
Any other ideas of what to do? Thanks again

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Thanks Vivekuma,
I have uploaded the project here:
edge3.zip - Google Drive
Only the clock, people and the monitor icons have click behaviors now. As a reminder, the goal is that when I click on an icon, I want it to rotate to the north position (choosing clockwise or counter-clockwise depending on which is the shortest route).
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