# Exporting to x3d
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 3, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491 "2020-02-03T14:08:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Svettekenny](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Svettekenny)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/1 "2020-02-03T14:08:41Z")
Hi guys.
I have a little problem when I try to export a file to .x3d. The error I get when I try to export is:
ERROR: In C:\bbd\ecd3383f\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\IO\Export\vtkX3DExporter.cxx, line 149
vtkPVX3DExporter (000002519C876CF0): unable to open X3D file C:/Users/Kenneth’s Leket?y/Desktop/ParaView-5.8.0-RC1-Windows-Python3.7-msvc2015-64bit/ParaView-5.8.0-RC1-Windows-Python3.7-msvc2015-64bit/bin/TestUtvik.x3d
The way I tried to export it was “File” -\> “Export scene…” -\> names the file and choose .x3d as files of type.
The files I want to exports are 3 .vtk files.
Hope someone can help me with my little problem.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/2 "2020-02-03T14:17:34Z")
No problem here.
Could you try to export to a path with only ANSI char in it where you have permission to write ?
eg: `C:/tmp`
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### Author:  [@Svettekenny](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Svettekenny)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/3 "2020-02-03T14:26:48Z")
oh it worked. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/4 "2020-02-03T14:29:20Z")
This bug is being worked on by @todoooo.
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### Author:  [@todoooo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/todoooo)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/5 "2020-02-03T21:05:46Z")
How timely. Is the latest build of Paraview being used?
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### Author:  [@Svettekenny](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Svettekenny)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/6 "2020-02-03T22:24:56Z")
I am using ParaView 5.8.0-RC1
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### Author:  [@todoooo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/todoooo)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/7 "2020-02-03T23:05:02Z")
You’ll need to build Paraview against the latest version of VTK in the master branch to fix this or wait for a new official release.
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/8 "2020-02-03T23:28:19Z")
Note that you can always get "master’ on the [paraview.org](http://paraview.org) webpage, under Downloads, then Nightly.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/9 "2020-02-03T23:49:06Z")
ParaView 5.8.0 will not include the fix. Nightly is your best bet until 5.9 comes out, which is scheduled for rough September 2020.
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### Author:  [@Pheu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pheu)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/10 "2021-11-09T19:19:23Z")
Hello Everyone.
I tried to do the same but I got a different message
ERROR: In C:\glr\builds\paraview\paraview-ci\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\IO\Export\vtkX3DExporter.cxx, line 149
vtkPVX3DExporter (000001B8CD348370): unable to open X3D file C:/Program Files/ParaView 5.10.0-RC1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64/blender.x3d
the paraview it is for Windows because also I could not install for Linux
Thank in advance for any Help
Zeus
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-to-x3d/3491/11 "2021-11-09T19:31:06Z")
You probably need administrator rights to write to `C:/Program Files/ParaView 5.10.0-RC1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64/`. Choose a different directory in the file dialog to save it somewhere else.