Hello,

I am using " *initial condition,type=enrichment " (image 1 below) to define an initial fracture in an element and it works fine (image 2 below), but when I add a hole in my model with the same material defined and try to create an initial fracture in one of the elements around the hole, in some of the elements that I am choosing it doesn't create any fracture and I can't see it in the .odb file (image 3 below). Why does this happen and how can I fix it? 

And my other question is that if I want the length of the initial fracture to be longer what should I do? Since initial fracture is created in only one element, so its length depends on the element size and when I use refined mesh, I don't know how I can have the same fracture length as the bigger element size?

Any help is appreciated

Thank you

Abaqus ​​​​​​​