@aaron @jwpartain1
I’ve done a tool to align 3d model to footprint in a ‘Altium’ style…
No need to reiterate the aligning process or empiric calculate offset and rotation to apply to VRML model.
please have a look at this post:
align 3d model to footprint in a ‘Altium’ style
That tool should make the library building process very smooth and fast! 
Maurice