# Read X3D data

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-x3d-data/4619
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 18, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-x3d-data/4619 "2020-06-18T15:40:50Z")
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### Author: ![woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/woodscn/32/3226_2.png) [@woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/woodscn)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-x3d-data/4619/1 "2020-06-18T15:40:50Z")

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Does Paraview have support to read .x3d files? They show up in the file system when filtering by supported file types, but I can’t find a reader to actually process them. (Windows)

[Sphere.x3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/oW1hR0n1XyPZgvMYk5PLJp5w1ZW.x3d) (15.1 KB)

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### Author: ![utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/utkarsh.ayachit/32/39_2.png) [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-x3d-data/4619/2 "2020-06-18T18:18:20Z")

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ParaView (VTK) currently does not support reading/importing X3D files.