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Christopher24986106ytnm
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May 23, 2025
Question

3d extrude makes all faces besides front black /unshaded

  • May 23, 2025
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I swear this worked before. When I select "extrude" in the 3d panel the shape that is created has color/lighting on only the front face. All the rest are black. I just reset all preferences, turned GPU on/off and updated Illustrator and it still doesn't work right. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help. 

MacOS 15.5

Illustrator 29.5.1  

3 replies

Kurt Gold
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Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
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May 23, 2025

If you want to keep the stroke, you may also use classic 3D extrusion and assign a custom shading colour in the advanced section of the dialog. Then play a bit with the other Light parameters.

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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May 23, 2025

As Ares suggested:it depends on stroke and fill color. Try to remove the stroke.

Ares Hovhannesyan
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Ares HovhannesyanCommunity Expert
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May 23, 2025

The color of 3D object depends on stroke and fill color. Try to change colors.

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