About X3D and VRML Writers

FME can produce both X3D and VRML representations of 3D geometries.

X3D	VRML
Suitable for inclusion in other XML-based files, such as HTML.	Suitable as an interchange format for 3D models, with many applications supporting the import of 3D models.
Produces a single .x3d file for each FME feature type that it sends to the writer.	Produces a single .x3dv or .wrl file for each feature type that it sends to the writer. In the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) Writer Parameters dialog, you can choose the VRML version to write out.

In FME Workbench, the X3D/VRML Writers support feature type fanout and will write a different X3D model file for each feature type. Old files in the output folder are overwritten by the new files with the same name. If the output files cannot be written, the translation fails.

For more information on X3D and VRML, visit the Web3D consortium at http://www.web3d.org.