there should be a possibility to "save" lightings in a 3D scene. I have multiple objects in one document (with different facing directions) and I have 3 different light sources. there's no "global lighting" - instead I have to select every single object and change the lighting settings.

@Michael Raahauge
Are those Custom Materials which you added by yourself? If yes then it is expected, First you need add the same material in another after that it will work.

When i move a ill project 3d from windows 11 to mac mini m2 i loos the abillity to edit materials property

When I try to use the 3D effects it shoes a message of error. What does it mean?
Send you the screenshot of the message bellow

Yes, Erik, you are correct. The direction the developers chosen for the modern effect is switched — it goes clockwise. The Classic Revolve goes counter-clockwise.
At the moment there is no option to switch the direction. However, the team is aware of this.
Thank you for raising this up here!

Why is the result different for the Revolve and Revolve(Classic) effect when the input parameters are the same?

Input parameters are:
Revolve Angle = 180°
Offset = 100px
Offset direction from = Left Edge
X = -20°
Y = 0°
Z = 10°

Matthew, at the moment — no, customized materials can’t be saved as presets.
The only workaround Ai allows today is to save the whole appearance of the object as a graphic style, with the Graphic Styles panel. A style also includes all other parameters of the effect: rotation, extrusion depth, light settings...
I am finally making a separate feature request about saving presets for this effect and will add you as a voter when it’s done, including all other users who mentioned it here in this thread.

Could we get the ability to save existing materials we modify with settings?

(If we change the color and roughness of, say, the "Handmade rice paper" material and wanted to save those changed settings into a material preset so we can quickly apply the modified material to multiple 3D objects)

Not all 3D tools work in Illustrator

The preview is always pixelated unless I click on the effect window.
After I click on the effect window it looks better but it still looks pixelated.
When I expand as wireframes the letters 'O' and 'U' get distorted, It's not an accurate representation of the cylinder shapes I was expecting.
Although I appreciate the materials revamp, this effect used to work much better in previous versions as the basics worked.
I hope you fix this asap.
Thanks.

When I want to use the effect to make a font 3D, I get this error "An error occurred while processing the appearance of an object". Can you help me how to fix it?

The modell to turn (from classic mode) is missing!!!

- solid fill with wire frame would be nice (as opposed to full x-ray with wireframe)
- taper (draft) both towards and away
- smarter conversion to wireframe (for graphics)

Incorporation of classic extrude is needed. The new 3D does not expand the shapes into separate elements like it used to. I can no longer create simple things like isometric objects and expand them so that I can modify things like colour. The only option I get when I expand appearance is a useless wireframe. Yes, it can be done through the Classic 3D option but why not just have one feature that is working well. Seriously Adobe.

Can't rotate multiple 3d objects together where the alignment stays correct - they tend to skew and you have to do it one by one but its very tedious

Bonjour,
Peut-on masquer l'arrière plan lorsqu'on est en "Géométrie invisible" ?
Peut-on faire varier la transparence d'un graphisme importer sur un objet 3D ? Merci

Very nice features.

I am getting ghost lines in my graphic in vector mode, that are not part of my design. They stay there when exporting as either image or PDF.

I've tried playing with essentially all render and raster settings within the 3D & Materials tab, and I'm stumped.

I don't know what information I need to provide to be useful as reporting an issue, but this is a fairly debilitating issue for me. Kind of breaks the whole process if it starts drawing random extra lines around the image.

hi,
I don't have the properties panel.. :( and the lighting panel is not active
I have the newest version of Illustrator