Welcome
What's New
View new features for HyperLife Crack Growth 2024.1.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
- Crack Growth Introduction
  Learn the features and benefits of HyperLife Crack Growth.
- User Interface
  Explore the user interface.
- Adjust the View
  View controls enable you to control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
- Selection
  Select and deselect entities to modify with other tools. Selected entities are outlined to indicate their selection state.
- Measure Length, Angles, and Radii
  Use the Measure tool to draw, length, angle, and radius measurements in the modeling window.
- Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
  Default keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls.
- Preferences
  Adjust HyperLife Crack Growth settings.
Tutorials
Discover HyperLife Crack Growth functionality with interactive tutorials.
Setup Analysis
Set up your model for analysis.
Evaluate
Run the model and view results.
HyperLife Crack Growth Overview
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Manage Files and Data
Create, open, import, and save models.
Working with Entities
Learn how to manipulate entities.

Preferences

Adjust HyperLife Crack Growth settings.

To access preferences, click File > Preferences > HyperLife CG from the menu bar.

Resources

Run at model location: HyperLife run files will be written to the Model file directory.
HyperLife home directory: Working directory for HyperLife run files.; The default directory is Documents\Fatigue\CrackGrowthRunHistory.
User defined material directory: Directory for UsrDefMaterialDB.csv; The default directory is Documents\Fatigue\UsrDefMaterialDB.xml.

Store input result file content: Store the input result file within the *.hlf file.