# Exporting the x3d file for all timesteps
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-the-x3d-file-for-all-timesteps/10188
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 24, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-the-x3d-file-for-all-timesteps/10188 "2022-08-24T11:47:03Z")
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### Author:  [@kit607](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kit607)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-the-x3d-file-for-all-timesteps/10188/1 "2022-08-24T11:47:04Z")
Hi all,
I am trying to export the x3d file from ParaView and import it to Blender for post-processing. I used the trace function in ParaView to generate the python script. I can use the script to export the x3d file for all the time steps with a 2D case. However, when I used the script on the 3D case, I only got the x3d file for the first time. Just to let you know, my 2D file size is about 40MB, and my 3D file size is about 30GB. I have attached a script I used to output the x3d file.
I would have appreciated it if any of you could give me a helping hand.
[script.file.txt](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/hJYqKeEZllHUG658wnyu22r4zuR.txt) (6.6 KB)
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### Author:  [@nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicolas.vuaille)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-the-x3d-file-for-all-timesteps/10188/2 "2022-08-25T07:22:58Z")
This looks unexpected.
Did you check:
- the list of available timesteps in your 3D case (from PV or from your script)
- the first time step you use (you call `GoToNext()` but maybe you start at the last ??)
- your disk space (enough space to write ?)
- any errors / warnings in log message