3D to expand appearance

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November 26, 2021
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I made a 3D object by extrusion. I then chose to Expand appearance. It is supposed to create an object with editable shapes. The result is not made of different shapes. Illustrator 26.0.1

Draw and design

Correct answer Monika Gause

There's a "Render as Vector" setting in the Raytracing options. You can try if it helps. You will have to first check it and then click on Render for it to do anything.

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Mark23040699n1z5

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I've been playing around with this, and another solution seems to be: add the (revolved/extruded etc.) 3D object into a Library. This seems to create a shape out of the object that you can drag out of the Library and rotate in 2D space.

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ParthoSwe

Inspiring

There is a way to get editable shapes as in previous versions of Illustrator.

The solution is here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/expand-appearance-turns-3d-object-into-image-instead-of-path/td-p/12849298

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

That's what the first answer in this topic says.

Monika Gause

Correct answer

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There's a "Render as Vector" setting in the Raytracing options. You can try if it helps. You will have to first check it and then click on Render for it to do anything.

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

Is that supposed to work comparably to the old 3D effect on expanding? It seems to still give non-native art, just with a 0.01 px stroke wireframe behind it: