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Simulation solutions for SOLIDWORKS® provide an easy-to-use portfolio of analysis tools for predicting a product’s real-world physical behavior by virtually testing CAD models.

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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CreateFiles+'s answer:
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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