Not a pmx new, and not a question, but just to say ccx 2.23 has been released last saturday
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New features: CalculiX: New features in Version 2.23 of CalculiX
But the package with Windows executable needs a password so we may have to wait for Guido’s announcement: https://www.dhondt.de/calculix_2.23_4win.zip
The *DAMAGE INITIATION card looks interesting.
I hope it will be followed by *DAMAGE EVOLUTION (and more criteria) in the near future.
I hope that include some switch like “SHOW ELEMENTS FLYING YES/NO”. Just deleting the elements would force us to explaing to our bosses/customes were they go 
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Abaqus has STATUS output variable for that (1 if active, 0 if not). And the postprocessor hides failed elements by default, but it can be disabled:
Damage modelling occurs in a post-processing stage (using stress/strain states) since we’re looking for a potential crack initiation.
I would have a look to Fatlab but it needs Matlab 
For the crack propagation, we’ve to use another tools such as XFEM method for instance (for ductile material) and i don’t think such one is into the roadmap
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It has a standalone version too. It only requires freely available MATLAB Runtime.
Xfem would be nice in PPM + stress linearization and most of the PV folks would be happy 
No announcement yet, but the zip package issue is fixed now.
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