Fatigue analysi to get crack initiation life using ABAQUS/CAE

Dear All,

for LCF analysis to get crack initation life for simple plate with central hole specimen.

I used direct cyclic approach but getting error as o/p "CYCLEINI" is not available for your element type.

with fe-safe fatigue tool i got the crack initiation life but I want to get with Abaqus/CAE only

kindly help me out.

how to obtain the crack initation life using abaqus only.

Thanks in adavance