
Autodesk Fusion 360
MATLAB
Solid Edge
Wolfram Mathematica
SimScale
SolidWorks Simulation
GNU Octave
Inventor is a 3D CAD software that lets you quickly create 3D models with embedded intelligence, intuitive workflows, and optimized performance.

Create blank files, custom file types, templates, whole batches, and reusable folder setups exactly where you are working on macOS.

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| Company | — | Startup from the United States · 1 - 9 employees · 2026 |
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CreateFiles+ adds the file creation workflow macOS should have had all along. Create a new file exactly where you are working, without opening TextEdit, saving-as, using Terminal, or dragging template files around. Use Finder right-click menus where macOS allows them, or fall back to the Finder...
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macOS should have created this feature out of the box but does not exist. Windows users have had this feature for over a decade. I created this to remove that gap for macOS users.
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I am not familiar with any competitors doing this today.
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Power Users, Developers, Productivity focused users, students, teachers, creators.
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Its brand new so that is yet to be determined.
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I have struggled with not having this capability in Finder for years and decided I would fix the problem for me and then see if other users would want the same solution.
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Seen as a rich-featured system, Inventor has both 2D and 3D mechanical design software and provides a large amount of post-modeling tools for rendering, simulation, visualization, and documentation of projects. The...
Rhino is a CAD program that sits in the middle of artistry and engineering. Unlike Fusion 360 or Inventor which are best suited for parametrically described models, Rhino allows more flexibility in the shapes you can...
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