The following sections describe the crack definitions available for the Fracture feature.

• 5.5.4.1. Crack Overview
• 5.5.4.2. Defining an Arbitrary Crack
• 5.5.4.3. Defining a Semi-Elliptical Crack
• 5.5.4.4. Defining an Elliptical Crack
• 5.5.4.5. Defining a Ring Crack
• 5.5.4.6. Defining a Corner Crack
• 5.5.4.7. Defining an Edge Crack
• 5.5.4.8. Defining a Through Crack
• 5.5.4.9. Defining a Cylindrical Crack
• 5.5.4.10. Defining a Pre-Meshed Crack
• 5.5.4.11. Special Handling of Named Selections for Crack Objects
• 5.5.4.12. Initiate a Crack using Crack Initiation